Gawdat Bahgat is a Professor of National Security at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies at the National Defense University. He has written more than 10 books and approximately 200 scholarly articles. His work has been translated to several foreign languages. Dr Neil Quilliam is  acting head of the  Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Programme at Chatham House. He first joined Chatham House as a senior research fellow in January 2014, then as senior consulting fellow from September 2014. He previously served as senior MENA energy adviser at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), senior MENA analyst at Control Risks, London, and senior programme officer at the United Nations University, Amman. Professor Anoushiravan Ehteshami is the Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah Professor of International Relations and Director of the HH Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah Programme in International Relations, Regional Politics and Security in the School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University.