Nicola Casarini is Senior Associate Fellow at the Institute of International Affairs (IAI) in Rome, Italy, and Global Fellow at the Wilson Center in Washington DC, USA.

Antonio Fiori is Associate Professor at the Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy.

Nam-Kook Kim is Professor and Jean Monnet Chair Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Korea University, South Korea, and President of the Korean Political Science Association.

Jae-Seung Lee is Dean and Professor of International Political Economy at KU-KIEP-SBS EU Centre, Korea University, South Korea.

Ramon Pacheco Pardo is Professor in International Relations at King's College London, UK, and the KF-VUB Korea Chair at the Brussels School of Governance of Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.