Allan Behm specialises in international and security policy development, political and security risk evaluation, policy analysis and development, and negotiating the policy/politics interface with the Australia Institute.

Edward Acton Cavanough is a journalist, researcher and policy analyst based in Adelaide. He has reported from Afghanistan, China, Mongolia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Timor Leste, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands.

Mark Edele is Hansen Professor in History and Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of six books on the history of the Soviet Union, including Stalinism at War: The Soviet Union in World War II (2021), and most recently Russia’s War Against Ukraine (2023).

Antony Loewenstein is an independent journalist, bestselling author, filmmaker, and co-founder of Declassified Australia. He’s written for The Guardian, The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, and many others.

Lachlan Strahan was an Australian diplomat for 30 years, serving in Germany, Korea, India (as deputy High Commissioner), Switzerland (as acting UN Permanent Representative) and Solomon Islands (as High Commissioner until January 2023).