Antony Best is Professor in International History at the London School of Economics. He works on modern East Asian international history. His most recent book is British Engagement with Japan, 1854-1923: The Origins and Course of an Unlikely Alliance (2020).

Jussi M. Hanhimäki is Professor of International History and Politics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. He works on US foreign policy, the international history of the Cold War, and transatlantic relations. His latest book is Pax Transatlantica: America and Europe in the Post-Cold War Era (2021).

Joseph A. Maiolo is Professor of International History in the Department of War Studies at King's College London. He works on the history of international relations in the first half of the twentieth century. His latest book, co-authored with Laura Robson, is The League of Nations (2023).

Kirsten E. Schulze is Professor in International History at the London School of Economics. She works on the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Her latest book is Contesting Indonesia: Islamist, Separatist, and Communal Violence since 1945 (2024).