Joshua Rovner is the John Goodwin Tower Professor of International Politics and National Security at Southern Methodist University, where he also serves as Director of Studies at the Tower Center for Political Studies.
Helen E. Purkitt is Professor of Political Science at the U.S. Naval Academy.Stephen F. Burgess is Associate Professor in the Department of Strategy and International Security at the U.S. Air War College and Associate Director of the U.S. Air Force Counterproliferation Center.