Seth G. Jones leads a bipartisan team of over 50 resident staff and an extensive network of non-resident affiliates dedicated to providing independent strategic insights and policy solutions that shape national security. Prior to joining CSIS, Dr. Jones was the director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center at the RAND Corporation. He also served as representative for the commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, to the assistant secretary of defense for special operations. Before that, he was a plans officer and adviser to the commanding general, U.S. Special Operations Forces, in Afghanistan (Combined Forces Special Operations Component Command–Afghanistan). He is the author of many books, including A Covert Action: Reagan, the CIA, and the Cold War Struggle in Poland (W.W. Norton, 2018) and Waging Insurgent Warfare (Oxford University Press, 2016).

David Ignatius has been covering the Middle East and the CIA for nearly four decades. He has written several New York Times bestsellers. Ignatius writes a twice-a-week foreign affairs column. Ignatius has also written eight spy novels including The Paladin (2021), Bloodmoney (2011), and The Increment (2009). Ignatius joined The Post in 1986 as editor of its Sunday Outlook section. In 1990 he became foreign editor, and in 1993, assistant managing editor for business news. Earlier in his career, Ignatius was a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, covering at various times the steel industry, the Justice Department, the CIA, the Senate, the Middle East and the State Department. His numerous honors and awards include: 2000 Gerald Loeb Award for Commentary, 2004 Edward Weintal Prize, 2010 Urbino International Press Award. 2013 Overseas Press Club Award for Foreign Affairs Commentary, and the Lifetime Achievement Award, International Committee for Foreign Journalists.

Suzanne Spaulding previously served as a member of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission and as under secretary for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), where she led the National Protection and Programs Directorate, now called the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Throughout her career, Ms. Spaulding has advised CEOs, boards, and government policymakers on how to manage complex security risks across all industry sectors. At DHS, she led the development and implementation of national policies for strengthening the security and resilience of critical infrastructure against cyber and physical risks, including the National Infrastructure Protection Plan and key presidential directives and executive orders. As a member of the board of directors for the First Responder Network Authority, Ms. Spaulding helped oversee the complex and unprecedented effort to deploy the first nation-wide broadband network for public safety.

Karen J. Greenberg is the Director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law. Her most recent book is Rogue Justice: The Making of the Security State (Crown, 2016). Greenberg is the host of "Vital Interests Podcast," and the editor-in-chief of three on-line publications: The CNS/Soufan Group Morning Brief (2007-present), the CNS/Aon Cyber Brief (2011-present), and Vital Interests Forum (2019-present).