Edward L. Miles is Virginia and Prentice Bloedel Professor of Marine and Public Affairs at the University of Washington.

Steinar Andresen is a Senior Research Fellow at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute in Norway.

Elaine M. Carlin is a Research Scientist with the Joint US/Norwegian Research Team in the School of Marine Affairs at the University of Washington.

Arild Underdal is Professor of Political Science at the University of Oslo.

Jørgen Wettestad is a Senior Research Fellow at the Fridtjof Nansen Institutein Norway. He has published extensively in international journals and bookson international environmental regimes and EU politics. His most recentbooks include Clearing the Air—European Advances in Tackling Acid Rain and Atmospheric Pollution (2002) and (with coauthors) Environmental Regime Effectiveness(2002).