Scott N. Romaniuk is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Security Studies at the China Institute, University of Alberta. He received his PhD in International Studies from the University of Trento. He holds an MRes in Political Research, an MA in Terrorism, Crime and Global Security, and an MA in Military Studies (Joint Warfare). His teaching and research specializations include International Relations, Military and Strategic Studies, Security Studies, Terrorism and Political Violence, and Research Methods. He is a Senior Research Affiliate with the Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security and Society (TSAS) and a member of the Conflict, Terrorism and Development (CTD) Collaboratory at Michigan State University.   Péter Marton is Associate Professor at Corvinus University in Budapest, Hungary. He holds a PhD in International Relations. His primary research area is Foreign Policy Analysis, and his research focuses on the politics of overseas military operations and international cooperation over burden-sharing. He has published in New Perspectives, the Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society, Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Defense Studies and the Journal of Contemporary African Studies.