Mohid Iftikhar (PhD) is a Researcher of geopolitics and market risk at the Center for International Relations, Hong Kong Institute for Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Dr. James F. Downes is a Senior Research Fellow and Head of The Populism Research Unit at The Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right. He is also a Lecturer in Comparative Politics and Head of Undergraduate Admissions in the Department of Government and Public Administration at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.