Dr Joshua Alley is a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin. My research focuses on international relations, with an emphasis on alliance politics and the political economy of security. His research explores when alliance participation increases or decreases military spending, alliance politics in democracies, and public opinion towards political violence.

Dr Brian Blankenship is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Miami. His research and teaching interests are in the areas of international relations, international security, and international cooperation, with a focus on U.S. foreign policy and the politics of military alliances. He earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University in May 2018 and his B.A. in Political Science from Indiana University, Bloomington, in May 2012.