Joseph Mroszczyk is a defense contractor working in support of the US Naval War College. He has previously worked at the US Department of Homeland Security, with the US Army Human Terrain System program in Iraq, and in various private sector intelligence-related roles. He has also served with the US Navy in East Africa. He holds a PhD from Northeastern University.

Max Abrahms is a Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Northeastern University. He has published extensively on terrorism with articles in International Organization, International Security, International Studies Quarterly, Security Studies, Comparative Political Studies, Harvard Business Review, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and The New York Times. He has had affiliations with the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University, the Dickey Center at Dartmouth College, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Belfer Center.