A.E. Stahl is an Associate at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) – Department of Military and Strategic Affairs (INSS, Israel), and former Fellow at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT, Israel). He is also a co-founder and the publisher of Infinity Journal. A.E. Stahl is currently writing his doctoral thesis on Israeli strategy (King's College London – Department of War Studies).

Adam Ahmad is an investigative researcher at the Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington, DC concentrating on counterterrorism in the South Asian region.

Adam Elkus is an analyst specializing in foreign policy and security. He is Associate Editor at Red Team Journal. He is a frequent contributor to Small Wars Journal and has published at numerous venues including The Atlantic, Defense Concepts, West Point CTC Sentinel, Infinity Journal, and other publications. He is an associate at SWJ El Centro and blogs at Rethinking Security.

Adam Harmon has served with Israeli Paratrooper and Special Operations units since 1990. As an expert on the Middle East, Harmon has participated in premiere US military war games, briefed the US defense community on counter-terrorism best practices, and been a guest on dozens of NRP, CNN, and Fox programs – including Larry King and Hannity. He is the author of Lonely Soldier, which details his experiences with the Israeli military between 1990- 2003. His next book, Unstoppable: Making Success Inevitable by Adopting the Core Principles of the IDF, will be published by Penguin. 

To learn more about Adam, visit: www.adamharmon.com or http://www.linkedin.com/in/adamharmon

Al Mauroni is a senior policy analyst with the Air Force. A former Army officer, he has over 25 years experience in military chemical, biological, nuclear, and radiological (CBRN) defense policy and program development. He is a graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University and has a master’s of science in administration from Central Michigan University. He is the author of six books and more than two dozen articles on the topic. His last book was “Where Are the WMDs?” published by the Naval Press Institute.

Alex Calvo is a global economics and international relations professor at European University (Barcelona Campus), and a former teaching and research fellow at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan). He is a law graduate from the School of Oriental and African Studies (London University).

Alex Verschoor-Kirss is a student at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He is currently working on a thesis that redefines the label of religious terrorism by investigating how it is misapplied by both terrorist organizations and spectator audiences.

Dr. Alfred H. Paddock, Jr. holds a BA degree in political science from Park College, and MA and Ph.D. degrees in history from Duke University.  Dr. Paddock retired from the U.S. Army as a colonel in 1998 after 31 years of service.  His military career included command and staff assignments in Korea, Okinawa, Laos, Vietnam, and the United States.  During the 1960s he served three combat tours in Laos and Vietnam with U.S. Army Special Forces Green Beret operational units.  He served as Commander, 4th Psychological Operations Group and was the senior psychological staff officer in the Office of Secretary of Defense during the 1980s. Dr. Paddock is the author of U.S. Army Special Warfare: Its Origins (Revised Edition), published by the University Press of Kansas, as well as numerous articles and book chapters on special operations topics. 

Ali Hayat has planned, designed and managed international qualitative and quantitative research projects and evaluations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan including in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Yemen, Egypt, Lebanon, The Palestinian Territories, Egypt, Algeria, Mali, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Israel and Georgia. He recently returned from a field trip to Southern Pakistan where he conducted a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threat (SWOT) analysis for an international NGO. Earlier this year he successfully completed the Human Terrain Systems (HTS) training as a Social Scientist in Leavenworth, Kansas. He has worked on diverse research projects on post-conflict governance and stabilization, civil wars and insurgencies, counter insurgency and development for government, non-government, and international clients.

Andrew Bertrand is a former Plans Operations and Medical Intelligence (POMI) officer in the U.S. Navy Medical Service Corps.  He retired at the rank of Lieutenant Commander in 2011.  He now provides contract support as a Health Services Analyst at Naval Warfare Development Command (NWDC) in Norfolk, VA. Both officers have a passion for strategy, tactics, and Middle East affairs.  

Andrew G. Attar, Jr., is a major in the U.S. Army.  He is an air defense artillery officer and is currently a student at Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Andrew Kubik is a former TACP and USAF combat controller who served in multiple combat zones including the initial invasion to Afghanistan.  In 1999, he was named US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) NCO of the Year.  Currently, he is engaged in serving his community and starting his own business. 

Major Andrew Pfluger is an Armor officer currently serving as an instructor and as the Executive Officer of the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at West Point, NY.  He commanded HHT, 1^st Squadron, 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fort Hood, TX and in the Ninewah Province of Iraq from June 2006 to July 2008.  He received a B.S. in civil engineering from West Point.  He earned both a Master’s Degree and an Engineer’s Degree from Stanford University in Environmental Engineering.   

Captain Andrew R. Feitt is an active duty Military Intelligence officer in the U.S. Army.  Between 2009 and 2011, he deployed twice to southern Afghanistan with 3^rd Special Forces Group (Airborne). 

Dr. Anthony Vinci received his PhD in International Relations from The London School of Economics. He is the author of ‘Armed Groups and the Balance of Power: The International Relations of Terrorists, Warlords and Insurgents’ as well as articles in journals including Parameters: US Army War College Quarterly, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism and Journal of Strategic Studies. Dr. Vinci studied emerging threats and US responses to those threats on the ground throughout Africa and the Middle East. Currently he consults on national security issues and is the Director of the Civilian Veterans Association.