Barry Buzan is a Fellow of the British Academy, Emeritus Professor in the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Department of International Relations, and a Senior Fellow at LSE IDEAS. He was formerly Montague Burton Professor in the Department of International Relations, LSE. He is the author of Rethinking Sino-Japanese Alienation, with Evelyn Goh, and Making Global Society: A Study of Humankind Across Three Eras.

Robert Falkner is Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), where he serves as the Academic Dean of the TRIUM Global EMBA, an alliance between NYU Stern, LSE, and HEC Paris. He is currently a Distinguished Fellow at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. He is the author of Environmentalism and Global International Society and co-editor of Great Powers, Climate Change, and Global Environmental Responsibilities.