Andrew T. H. Tan is Non-Resident Principal Fellow at the Institute for Indo-Pacific Affairs, New Zealand, and was previously Professor of Security Studies at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. He specialises in defence studies, terrorism and regional security and is the author, co-author, editor or co-editor of 24 books.

Julian Droogan is Associate Professor and Director of Research and Innovation at the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism (Routledge). His academic research focuses on online extremism, terrorism and disinformation.

Nell Bennett has a PhD from Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, in terrorism and insurgency. Dr Bennett is Managing Editor of the Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism and is research fellow with the Blue Security Consortium and La Trobe Asia.