Speakers and authors

The journal Nexus was founded in 1991, the Nexus Institute three years later. Since then, a large number of international thinkers, artists, scholars and politicians have published in Nexus or taken part in one of the Institute’s activities. Below you find an overview of all our authors and speakers.

Natasha-Vita-More

United States, 1950

Natasha Vita-More

transhumanist designer and author
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Germany, 1975

Caroline Sommerfeld

intellectual of the New Right
Michael-Hayden

United States, 1945

Michael Hayden

former director CIA and NSA
John-Hare

United Kingdom, 1949

John Hare 

philosopher of religion
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Syria, 1986

Kassem Eid 

Palestinian-Syrian activist
Peter-Turkson

Ghana, 1948

Cardinal Peter K.A. Turkson

Cardinal
Wole Soyinka

Nigeria, 1934

Wole Soyinka

Nobel Prize-winning author
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Sweden, 1972

Anders Sandberg

transhumanist and expert on A.I.
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United States, 1957

David S. Rose

tech entrepreneur and investor
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Wales, 1980

Catherine Nixey

religion critic and journalist
Tarek-Mitri

Lebanon, 1950

Tarek Mitri

expert on interreligious dialogue

Algeria, 1948

Bernard-Henri Lévy

French philosopher and one of the most esteemed and bestselling writers in Europe
President-Elect Joe Biden

United States, 1962

Antony Blinken

71st US Secretary of State
Aleksandr Dugin

Russia, 1962

Aleksandr Dugin

political philosopher

Tunisia, 1941

Sheikh Rached Ghannouchi

Tunisian statesman and political philosopher

United Kingdom

Aileen Kelly

expert on Russian intellectual history

Libya, 1952

Moisés Naím

Venezuelan statesman and political philosopher

Czech Republic, 1949

Michael Žantovský

diplomat, politician, writer and spokesman of Václav Havel

China, 1957

Zhang Weiwei

Chinese international relations expert
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United States, 1938

Stephen Breyer

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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Belgium, 1937

Maurice Weyembergh

philosopher

Switzerland, 1946

Marco Riaskoff

impresario