Gen. (ret.) Anthony Zinni

Military Commander

United States

General Anthony Zinni is a retired four-star general of the United States Marine Corps. He is former commander in chief of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) where, from 1997 to 2000, he was responsible for all U.S. forces in the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia. In 2002, he was appointed to one of the highest U.S. diplomatic posts, serving as special envoy for the United States to the Middle East. Zinni is currently a distinguished senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Maj. Gen. (ret.) Pavel Zolotarev

Military Commander

Russia

Retired Major General Pavel Zolotarev is the deputy director of the Institute for U.S. and Canada Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences and a professor at the Academy of Military Sciences. He previously served as head of the Information and Analysis Center of the Russian Ministry of Defense and deputy chief of staff of the Defense Council of Russia.

Zolotarev is a member of the Global Zero NATO-Russia Commission.