John Baylis is Emeritus Professor of Politics and International Relations and a former Pro-Vice Chancellor at Swansea University. Prior to that he was Professor of International Politics and Dean of Social Sciences at Aberystwyth University. He has published more than 20 books and over a hundred chapters and articles. His books include Sharing Nuclear Secrets: Trust, Mistrust and Ambiguity in Anglo-American Nuclear Relations since 1939, with Anthony Eames (Oxford University Press, 2023); The British Nuclear Experience: The Role of Beliefs, Culture and Identity, with Kristan Stoddart (Oxford University Press, 2015); The Makers of Nuclear Strategy, with John Garnett (Pinter, 1991); and The Globalization of World Politics, edited with Steve Smith and Patricia Owens (10th edn, Oxford University Press, 2026). He has a BA, MSc (Econ), PhD, and DLitt from Swansea and Aberystwyth Universities.James J. Wirtz is a Professor of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. He is the author of Understanding Intelligence Failure (Routledge, 2017). Along with Loch Johnson, he is the editor of Intelligence: The Secret World of Spies (6th edn, Oxford University Press, 2022). He received his PhD from Columbia University.Jeannie L. Johnson is the Founding Director of the Center for Anticipatory Intelligence at Utah State University and a Professor in the Political Science department. She is the author of The Marines, Counterinsurgency, and Strategic Culture: Lessons Learned and Lost in America's Wars (Georgetown University Press, 2018), and the co-editor of Routledge Handbook of Strategic Culture (Routledge, 2024) and Crossing Nuclear Thresholds: Leveraging Socio-Cultural Insights into Nuclear Decisionmaking (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018). Dr Johnson previously worked for the CIA's Directorate of Intelligence and the US State Department. She received her doctorate from the University of Reading in 2013.Danielle F. S. Cohen is the Director of the Public Policy Program at Lake Forest College, where she teaches courses in public policy, international relations, and modern East Asian history. She is the co-author, with Gilbert Rozman and Yun Sun, of Xi Jinping's Quest for a Sinocentric Asia, 2013-2024: Deciphering Chinese Strategic Thinking in a Pivotal Period (Routledge, 2025) and has been a frequent contributor to The Asan Forum. She received her PhD in Government from Cornell University in 2016.
