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Prof Swaran Singh, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Krisshnaa Kannan is a 4th year Bachelor of Laws (Honours) / Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy major) student at Monash University. Alongside litigation and advocacy, he has a strong interest in both law and philosophy (with this, his interest in diplomacy drastically increased), with an aim of pursuing future postgraduate study in law alongside philosophical research and publication. This works alongside his naturally empathetic nature, where he aims to immerse himself in many volunteer and justice-based initiatives.

Wayej Kuruni is a Bangladeshi sociologist and political analyst based in Türkiye. His work focuses on South Asian politics, political Islam, secularism, student movements, and media narratives. His commentary has appeared in Daily Sabah, Politics Today, Türkiye Today, New Age, Fikir Turu, and Perspektif.

Early Nalvi Hoata Sahureka (Early NHS) is a lecturer in International Relations at Universitas Pembangunan Nasional “Veteran” Jakarta, Indonesia. His research and writing focus on global politics, public diplomacy, popular culture and world politics, and paradiplomacy.

Ashish Khanna is a master's student in Eurasian Studies at the Centre for Central EurasianStudies,University of Mumbai. His research interests include International Relations theory, Chinese foreign policy, the foreign policy of small states, Eurasian geopolitics, strategic autonomy.

C. F. Legrand is an independent researcher with a Master of Philosophy in Political Science. Her work examines how states wield economic tools as instruments of coercion, with particular attention to the deepening rivalry between the United States and China. She has conducted various research on great-power competition, sanctions policy, and international political economy. This article has been written under a pseudonym.

Anusreeta Dutta is a columnist and climate researcher with experience in political research analysis, ESG research, and energy policy.

Hannah Fearnside is a lawyer with almost a decade of practice and policy experience in family violence and family law. She is a Master of Public Policy student and research affiliate at the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership. Hannah is a participant in the Women in Strategic Policy (WISP) program run by the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at ANU and Girls Run the World. A professional ‘yapper and tapper’, Hannah sits on the board of Voices of Influence and is passionate about access to justice, intersectional feminism and gender equality. She was a 2026 delegate to the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations in New York City and Women Deliver in Melbourne with The Persephone Network.

Debomita Dasgupta is an independent policy researcher based in Melbourne, working on Indo-Pacific governance and climate security. Her writing has appeared in the Lowy Institute's The Interpreter and the Devpolicy Blog (ANU).

Keith Paolo C. Landicho is a member of the 2026 Indo-Pacific Cooperation Network. He is currently a Research Associate on the Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Programme at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He obtained a Bachelor of Science (Geography) from the University of the Philippines and was a Disaster Monitoring and Analysis Officer at the AHA Centre from 2020 to 2023. He is currently a member of the ASEAN Emergency Response and Assessment Team and was deployed to Myanmar in 2023 for the Cyclone MOCHA response operations and consultation workshops to operationalise the ASEAN 5-Point Consensus.