Steve Chan is College Professor of Distinction (Emeritus) at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a former chair of the Political Science Department at that institution. Steve's published work includes thirty books and over two hundred thirty journal articles and book chapters. His most recent books are Gauging China's Influence Abroad (Cambridge, 2026); The Future of Pacific Asia (Routledge, 2026, co-authored with Weixing Hu); Fuses, Chains, and Backlashes (Oxford, 2025); Punctuated Equilibria and Sino-American Relations (Cambridge 2025); Mobilizing the Past (Stanford, 2025); Taiwan and the Danger of a Sino-American War (Cambridge, 2024); Geography and International Conflict (Routledge, 2024, co-authored with Weixing Hu); Culture, Economic Growth, and Interstate Power Shifts (Cambridge, 2024); Rumbles of Thunder (Columbia, 2023); Contesting Revisionism (Oxford, 2021, co-authored with Huiyun Feng, Kai He, and Weixing Hu); and Thucydides' Trap? (University of Michigan Press, 2020).

William R. Thompson is Distinguished Professor and Rogers Chair in Political Science Emeritus at Indiana University. He is a former President of the International Studies Association and former Editor-in-Chief of International Studies Quarterly and Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Political Science. He is the author or editor of some 48 books so far.