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Core Editorial Staff as 0f 3/4/2024

Owner: 1945 Corp.

EditorJ. Beth Gorton (Email: [email protected]

Senior Editor: Enid Burns

Senior Editor: Stephen Silver 

Senior Editor: Brandon Weichert


Defense and National Security Staff as of 08/24/2023

Note: For transparency and clarity, we have also included links to their current expert affiliation as well.

Senior Editor: Peter Suciu

Senior Defense Editor: Christian D. Orr 

Senior Defense Editor: Harrison Kass 

Defense In-Depth Editor: Sebastien Roblin

Defense and National Security Columnist: Stavros Atlamazoglou

YouTube Video Editor and Presenter: Jon Jaxon


Contributing Editors as of 08/24/2023

Note: for transparency, we have also included links to their current expert affiliation as well.

W. James Antle, Washington Examiner 

Salvatore Babones, University of Sydney

Doug Bandow, CATO Institute

Bruce Bechtol, Angelo State University 

Douglas Bulloch

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

David Hambling, Forbes Magazine

Peter Harris, Colorado State University

Anthony W. Holmes, Former U.S. Defense Department Offical 

James Holmes, U.S. Naval War College

Harry J. Kazianis, Rogue State Project

Robert E. Kelly, Pusan National University (Faculty Page)

Jason Killmeyer

Bruce Klingner, Heritage Foundation 

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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