Adam B. Lowther is Research Professor at the Air Force Research Institute. He is the author of Americans and Asymmetric Conflict: Lebanon, Somalia and Afghanistan and scholarly articles in various publications. Dr. Lowther specializes in the American approach to unconventional warfare and naval strategy.

Beverly Lindsay, a Distinguished Multiple Fulbright Fellow, is Professor and Senior Scientist of Higher Education and International Policy Studies at The Pennsylvania State University. Previously, she was Dean of International Education and Policy Studies and Professor at Hampton University and Dean of International Programs at Penn State. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Her latest of five books is Ralph Johnson Bunche: Public Intellectual and Nobel Peace Laureate.