Ankit Panda is a senior editor at The Diplomat. He tweets @nktpnd.

Carl Thayer is Emeritus Professor at The University of New South Wales and Director of Thayer Consultancy.

Dingding Chen is Professor of International Relations at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China and Non-Resident Fellow at the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) Berlin, Germany. He is also the Founding Director of 海国图智研究院 （Intellisia Institute）, a newly established independent think tank focusing on international affairs in China. His research interests include: Chinese foreign policy, Asian security, Chinese politics, and human rights. He can be found on Twitter at @ChenDingding.

Franz-Stefan Gady is an Associate Editor with The Diplomat.

Harsh V. Pant is professor of international relations in the Defence Studies Department and the India Institute at King’s College London.

Robert Farley is an assistant professor at the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce.