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Jing Ge is an instructor at Florida International University. She also works as a research assistant at the Jack D Gordon Institute to provide policy analysis. Her research interests include foreign policy, Asia-Pacific regional security studies, great power competition, and global governance. She has written for several publications, including The National Interest, The Diplomat, The Interpreter, and American Purpose. Her academic work has been published in many international peer-reviewed journals.

Dr Gerald Mako is a Research Affiliate of the Cambridge Central Asia Forum at Cambridge University. His research focuses on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and great power competition in Asia.

Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat is a co-author, serves as Director of the China-Indonesia Desk at CELIOS, and is also affiliated with positions at the Middle East Institute at the National University of Singapore, the London School of Economics’ IDEAS, and Busan University of Foreign Studies

Yeta Purnama is a researcher at Center of Economic and Law Studies (CELIOS), whose work focuses on the evolving dynamics of China–Indonesia relations.

Kumail Mehdi works as a Research Assistant at the Center for International Strategic Studies, Islamabad. His expertise includes Indian Strategic Culture, Military Industrial Complex, and Arms Control.

Tanisha Lamichhane is a Master of International Relations graduate from the University of Melbourne with a background in research, gender advocacy, and policy analysis. She has contributed to reforms in Nepal’s national juvenile justice frameworks, co-authored submissions for the UN Universal Periodic Review examining human rights violations in Australia, and worked as a Policy and Advocacy Support Officer amplifying students’ voices in the University of Melbourne through the Graduate Student Association. Currently, as a contributing writer at the Young Diplomats Society and National Publications Director at Asia Australia Youth Association, she publishes academic articles on gender, structural justice, and inequities in regional and international contexts. Her work focuses on context-sensitive approaches to amplify underrepresented voices in political discourses and policymaking.

Muhammad Amir is a PhD researcher at Deakin University, specializing in international relations and security studies. His research focuses on peace processes, strategic competition, defence policy, and emerging technologies.

Ali Ramezaniotaghvar is an undergraduate student at the Australian National University, studying a PhB (Humanities and Social Science) Honours, majoring in Political Science. He currently researches and studies American geopolitics, political philosophy and comparative politics. He currently interns as Assistant Editor to Australian Outlook at the Australian Institute of International Affairs.

Dr Abhishek Dadhich is an Assistant Professor at the School of Police Science and Security Studies, National Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar, India.