Ben Buchanan is Assistant Teaching Professor at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, where he is also a Senior Faculty Fellow and former Director of the CyberAI Project at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology. He is the author of The Hacker and the State and The Cybersecurity Dilemma.

Andrew Imbrie is Associate Professor of the Practice in the Gracias Chair in Security and Emerging Technology in the School of Foreign Service and an Affiliate at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology at Georgetown University. He is the author of Power on the Precipice. The views and opinions expressed in this book are the authors' alone and do not necessarily represent the views of the US government or Department of State. The New Fire was completed prior to their entry into government service.