Angel M. Rabasa (Ph.D., History, Harvard University) is a senior policy analyst at RAND. He was previously the Deputy Director, Office of Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore Affairs at the Department of State and has held numerous State and Defense Department positions.

Peter Chalk (PhD, political science, University of British Columbia) is an associate political scientist at RAND. Expertise includes South East Asia, international terrorism, terrorism and other emerging threats.

C. Christine Fair (M.A. Public Policy, M.A. South Asian Studies (PhD in progress), University of Chicago) is an associate political scientist at RAND who works in the diverse areas of military manpower, public policy issues concerning women and children, and South Asian political military affairs.