Rajah Rasiah (Dato') obtained his doctorate in economics from Cambridge University in 1992. He is the Executive Director of the Asia-Europe Institute at Universiti Malaya. Among his prestigious awards include the Robert McNamara Award in 1993 (alternate) from the World Bank, the Celso Furtado Prize for advancing the frontiers of Social Science thought (Economics) from the World Academy of Sciences in 2015, and the Merdeka Prize in 2018. He was awarded the Distinguished Professor of Economics Position in 2017. He has published over 40 books and 450 scientific articles.

Roy Anthony Rogers is currently Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Strategic and International Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya. H e obtained his Ph.D. from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) in 2012. H is research interest are government and politics of the Central Asian republics and human rights conditions in Xinjiang. He was formerly the Deputy Director of Research, Publications, International Exchange, and Development at the Asia Europe Institute, Universiti Malaya.

Johan Saravanamuttu is Adjunct Professor at the Asia-Europe Institute, Universiti Malaya. He is also Emeritus Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia where he retired as Professor. He is the author of the book, Malaysia's Foreign Policy: The First Fifty Years - Alignment, Neutralism, Islamism, (Singapore: ISEAS, 2010).