TOR BUKKVOLL Senior Research Fellow and head of the Russia programme at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment HÅKAN EDSTRÖM Lecturer and Researcher at the Norwegian Defence University College, and Lieutenant Colonel in the Swedish Army STEPHAN FRÜHLING Lecturer in Graduate Studies in the Strategy and Defence Program, Strategic and Defence Studies Center (SDSC), Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University, Australia RYAN C. HENDRICKSON Professor of Political Science, Eastern Illinois University, USA SEAN KAY Professor of Politics and Government, Chair of International Studies Ohio Wesleyan University, USA JANNE HAALAND MATLARY Professor of International Politics at the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Norway FEDERICO MERKE Researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET) and Lecturer of IR-theory and Latin American International Relations at the Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina MAGNUS PETERSSON Senior Research Fellow and executive leader of the NATO in the Changing world research programme at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, Norway BENJAMIN SCHREER Senior Lecturer, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, School of International, Political and Strategic Studies at the Australian National University, Australia