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Dr Dalbir Ahlawat is a Senior Lecturer in Security Studies in the School of International Studies at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Dalbir.ahlawat@mq.edu.au

Sarah Tzinieris is a Lecturer in Security Studies Education in the Centre for Science and Security Studies in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. She holds a MPhil and PhD in International Relations from the University of Cambridge. Sarah has broad-ranging research interests but currently her work is focusing on US-China relations, AUKUS, critical minerals, technology racing, and emerging challenges to world order, particularly in terms of how great powers employ coercive strategies in an era of strategic competition.

Ansel Bayly is a Research Assistant in the Centre for Science and Security Studies in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. He studied for a BA in Liberal Arts, majoring in Politics at King's from 2022 to 2025. His research interests include critical minerals policy, supply chain weaponisation, and US-China strategic competition.

Nimra Javed is a Research Officer at the Center for International Strategic Studies AJK, working on Emerging Technologies. She holds an MPhil Degree in Strategic Studies from National Defence University, Islamabad.

Dr Shannon Brincat is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of the Sunshine Coast.

Dr Juan Zahir Naranjo Cáceres is a scholar based at the University of the Sunshine Coast. He holds a PhD in International Relations and Political Science, working at the intersection of international relations, international law, and constitutional politics.

Sangita Gayatri Kannan is a Ph.D candidate in Mineral and Energy Economics at the Colorado School of Mines.is a Ph.D candidate in Mineral and Energy Economics at the Colorado School of Mines.

Arrizal Jaknanihan is a Master of International Relations student at the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University. His research focuses on the intersection of security and trade in Southeast Asia, with a particular focus on Indonesia. His analyses have been featured in several outlets, including East Asia Forum, The Interpreter, The Jakarta Post, New Mandala, The Diplomat, and RSIS Commentaries. You can reach out to Arrizal through email (ArrizalAnugerah.Jaknanihan@anuedu.au or Linkedin)

Benjamin Fullarton is a PhD student in International Relations at the Australian National University. His research examines the politics of climate change, the environment, and resource extraction, as well as the wider politics and foreign policy of Australia, the United States, and the Pacific Islands Region. Previously, he worked as a policy advisor within the Australian Government, and prior to that, was a campaign strategist and political advisor within the Australian Labor Party and the wider labour movement.

Dr Seohee Kwak is a lecturer at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Her academic interests include contentious politics, intra-and interstate conflict, state repression, and democratic and authoritarian governance, with a geographic focus on East Asia.