Lilia A. Arakelyan, University of Miami, USA Graeme Herd, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Germany Nikita A. Lomagin, St Petersburg State University, Russia Wayne McLean, University of Tasmania, Australia Dina Moulioukova, University of Miami, USA Rémi Piet, Qatar University, Qatar Ellen B. Pirro, Iowa State University, USA Charles E. Ziegler, University of Louisville, USA