Confidence Mbang is a legal practitioner based in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. He is legal head of the firm Confidence Mbang Legal (CML) and founder of Morelaw, a legal services advisory in multiple aspects of law. A constitutional law and human rights enthusiast, Mr. Mbang is an associate of the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators (ICMC) and an appointee to the Special Envoy for West Africa with the International Human Rights Protection Service in the United States. Mr. Mbang has represented young people of the Abi/Yakurr Federal Constituency at the Niger Delta Youth Parliament (NDYP). He is an awardee of the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies (CSLS), an Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) Ranger, and a member of the Citizens’ Liberties Committee (CLC) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).

“Brian Kaller is a journalist with the soul of a cultural anthropologist. He closely observed the daily life of his adopted country, and took the time to do what so few younger men these days bother to do: talk to the old people, and hear their stories.”
–Rod Dreher, author of Crunchy Cons, The Benedict Option and Live Not by Lies

Brian Kaller worked as a reporter and editor in the United States before moving to rural Ireland for two decades. He writes a weekly newspaper column on sustainable living, and has also written for The American Conservative, First Things, Resilience, Mother Earth News and Quillette. He has appeared on Irish television and his work has been featured on the popular BBC television series QI. He recently returned to his native Missouri.

Homam Al Safadi is a 2024 graduate in Information Systems and Technology from the G. F. Morozov Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies, where he earned his
degree with honors. He is a researcher and writer in scientific philosophy, with a focus on interdisciplinary research. His work has been published by various academic journals. In addition to his research, he also designed and coded the software program “Recognition and Classification Program of Human and Gorilla Skeletal Structures,” which is officially registered with the Russian government.

Dr. John A. Gentry teaches at the School of Defense and Strategic Studies at Missouri State University. For twelve years, he was an intelligence analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency, where he mainly worked on economic issues associated with the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact countries. For two of those years, he was senior analyst on the staff of the National Intelligence Officer for Warning. Dr. Gentry is a retired U.S. Army Reserve officer, with most assignments in special operations and intelligence arenas. Previously, he taught at Georgetown University, Columbia University, and the National Intelligence University. He writes regularly on intelligence and security issues. He is the author of Neutering the CIA: Why US Intelligence Versus Trump Has Long-Term Consequences (2023) and about 40 articles and book chapters on intelligence topics. He has an economics background and received his Ph.D. in political science from George Washington University. Follow him at @gentry_johna.

Gregory Novak received his Ph.D. (2004) from Northern Illinois University, where he studied intellectual history. He has taught religion, history, and philosophy at Olney Friends School in Ohio and Canterbury School in Indiana. He is the author of three novels under his pseudonym, Jay Jordan Hawke. These include: Pukawiss the Outcast (a Lambda Literary Award finalist in 2014), A Scout is Brave (Rainbow Award winner in 2015) and Onwaachige the Dreamer. This is his first work of nonfiction.

Major Bruce H. “Doc” Norton, USMC (Ret) is a decorated Vietnam War veteran, author, and former oral historian for the Marine Corps. Dr. Harry Kantrovich is a retired Chief of Naval Operations Command Master Chief, playwright, and award-winning director.

George Ewane Ngide is Associate Professor of English/British literature at the University of Yaoundé I, in Cameroon, where he specializes in Romantic literature, postcolonial and multicultural studies, and war poetry. He has published extensively on Robert Owen’s poetry and philosophy, as well as on other topics related to Romantic literature, media, and communication. A Cameroonian journalist, academic, and political figure, he is currently Technical Adviser and Head of the Division for Information and Communication at the Presidency of the Republic of Cameroon. He is also a veteran broadcaster who worked for CRTV Radio and Television for nearly two decades, reporting on the activities of President Paul Biya. In 2019, Dr. Ngide was appointed Spokesman for the Major National Dialogue, a forum aimed at resolving the Anglophone crisis in Cameroon.

Raised in the Catholic faith by his devout mother, Georges Mallet was encouraged to explore his beliefs freely and respect diverse opinions. As a university researcher, he pioneered equipment to study life’s fundamental molecules and atomic nuclei structures. Author and co-author of numerous scientific articles and presentations, his contribution to the discovery of piezoelectricity in amino acids four decades ago continues to offer significant insights in medical applications. As a teacher, he inspired students with leading scientists’ contributions to electronics, theoretical chemistry, the physics of matter, and radioactivity. Award France’s prestigious Chevalier des Palmes Académiques and now professor emeritus, he long served as the Nuclear Biological and Chemical advisor for the Alpes-Maritimes department.

Dr. Chinyere Rita Agu is Senior Research Fellow and head of the International Law Unit of the Division of International Law and Organisations at the Research and Studies Department at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Lagos State. She is also Chairperson of NIIA’s Linkages and External Relations. She obtained her Bachelor of Laws (LL.B)with honors from Enugu State University of Science & Technology, Master of Laws (LL.M) from Imo State University, in Owerri, Nigeria, and Ph.D. in Law from Abia State University in Uturu, Nigeria. Dr. Agu is also a Facilitator with the Lagos McCarthy Centre of the National Open University of Nigeria and a Visiting Lecturer at Trinity University Lagos. Widely published, she is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Lagos Branch, the Nigerian Society of International Affairs (NSIA), and the Owerre-Ezukala Development Union Women’s’ Wing Lagos, of which she served as President.

Dr. Erameh Nicholas Idris holds bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees in Political Science with a specialization in International Relations from the University of Ibadan, in Nigeria. His research interests include global politics & security, human rights, human security, mass atrocities, peacekeeping, post-conflict reconstruction, refugee and migration studies, armed conflict, ethnic & genocide Studies, and humanitarian intervention. Dr. Idris is currently Senior Research Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA). Before joining NIIA, he taught in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Chrisland University, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria, where he was Acting Coordinating Head of the department. Dr. Idris has received numerous grants, awards, and scholarships, and has published several articles in prominent international journals and books.