Stefano Sannino is the Secretary-General of the European External Action Service (EEAS), the European Union's diplomatic service. Secretary-General Sannino will be traveling to DC on the occasion of the latest round of the EU-U.S. High Level Consultations on the Indo-Pacific, a framework of regular meetings by way of which the EU and the U.S. interagency align their respective Indo-Pacific strategies.

Alyssa Ayres is the Dean of the Elliott School of International Affairs. She previously held positions as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia and as a senior fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations.