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Core Editorial Staff as 0f 6/4/2022
Owner: 1945 Corp.
Editor: J. Beth Gorton
Senior Editor: Joel Weickgenant
Senior Editor: Enid Burns
Defense and National Security Staff as of 6/9/2022
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Senior Editor: Peter Suciu
Senior Defense Editor: Harrison Kass
Defense In-Depth Editor: Sebastien Roblin
Russian Military Studies Editor: Wesley Culp
Middle East Defense Editor: Maya Carlin
Defense and National Security Editor: Brent M. Eastwood
Defense and National Security Columnist: Stavros Atlamazoglou
Defense and National Security Columnist: Steve Balestrieri
Contributing Editors as of 7/15/2022
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W. James Antle, Washington Examiner
Salvatore Babones, University of Sydney
Doug Bandow, CATO Institute
James Jay Carafano, Heritage Foundation
Ted Galen Carpenter, CATO Institute
Gordon G. Chang, Author and Journalist
Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis, Defense Priorities, U.S. Army (Retired)
Mackenzie Eaglen, American Enterprise Institute
Robert Farley, University of Kentucky
Daniel Goure, Lexington Institute
Peter Harris, Colorado State University
James Holmes, U.S. Naval War College
Robert E. Kelly, Pusan National University (Faculty Page)
Scott B. MacDonald, Smith’s Research and Gradings
David Maxwell, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Andrew A. Michta, George C. Marshal Center European Center for Security Studies
Alexander Motyl, Rutgers University
Michael Rubin, American Enterprise Institute
Wilson VornDick, RANE Network Analyst, DUCO, and China Aerospace Studies Institute
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