Dr Olexander Hryb is a sociologist and London-based analyst with over 30 years of experience in research, analysis, media, and PR. His previous book, Understanding Contemporary Ukrainian and Russian Nationalism (2020), explored the revival of paramilitary Cossack movements in Russia and Ukraine in the context of Eurasianist ideology. Hryb worked earlier at BBC World Service and served in the British Armed Forces, as well as is currently a cultural advisor on Central and Eastern Europe.

Andreas Umland, M.Phil. (Oxford), Dr.Phil. (FU Berlin), Ph.D. (Cambridge), Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs in Stockholm, Senior Expert at the Ukrainian Institute for the Future in Kyiv, and Associate Professor at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

Mark Laity was until 2020 Director of the Communications Division at NATO’s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe and has since been Senior Director of the StratCom Academy.