Virginie Mamadouh is Associate Professor of Political and Cultural Geography at the University of Amsterdam. She is a political geographer who works on geopolitics, globalization, European integration, new media, and multilingualism. Natalie Koch is Professor of Geography at the Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. She is a political geographer who works on geopolitics, authoritarianism, identity politics, and state power in hydrocarbon-rich countries. Chih Yuan Woon is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the National University of Singapore. He is a political geographer with research interests in critical geopolitics, postcolonial geographies, peace, nonviolence, and security. John Agnew is Distinguished Professor of Geography and Italian at UCLA. He previously taught at Syracuse University for more than 20 years. He is the author, co-author, and editor of numerous books on geopolitics, globalization, and governance.