Abdifatah Ismael Tahir is a research adviser at the Observatory of Conflict and Violence Prevention in Somaliland. He is also doing doctoral studies in Geography at the University of Sussex. His current research interests lie in the intersection between land governance, security, and justice in urban spaces.

Andrew Mack is Director of the Human Security Research Group at the School for International Studies at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver and Fellow at the One Earth Future Foundation in Denver, Colorado. He was formerly Director of Strategic Planning in the Executive Office of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and Head of the International Relations Department at the Australian National University.

Nezar Patria is currently managing editor at VIVA.co.id. He was previously an editor for Tempo magazine, a leading Indonesian weekly, and a part-time analyst for International Crisis Group, South East Asia Office, where he produced a number of reports on Aceh. Nezar is also an editor for Prisma, an Indonesian academic journal, and a board member of the Press Council of Indonesia.

Bassel F. Salloukh is Associate Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences and Associate Professor of Political Science at the Lebanese American University. He is author, co-author, and co-editor of a number of books, chapters, and journal articles on Arab politics, Lebanon, Syria, Hezbollah, and Middle East geopolitics.

Ana Glenda Tager is Latin American Regional Director at Interpeace. She previously worked as a Programme Officer for WSP International (Interpeace’s predecessor), developing a number of programmes on citizenship security issues in Latin America. She has also held the position of Professor of Political Sociology at Rafael Landívar University, Guatemala.