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Sandy Africa Editor

Sandy Africa is the Research Director of the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) and a Research Associate in the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria. She is the author of Well Kept Secrets: The Right of Access to Information and the South African Intelligence Services (2009).

Aries A. Arugay is Professor of Political Science at the University of the Philippines-Diliman. He is also Visiting Senior Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies-Yusof Ishak Institute (Singapore) and Editor-in-Chief of Asian Politics & Policy. He is co-editor of Games, Changes, & Fears: The Philippines from Duterte to Marcos Jr. (2024).

Hans Born is Head of Research and Training at DCAF - Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance, Switzerland. He is editor of several books, including Democratic Control of Intelligence Services (2011), International Intelligence Cooperation and Accountability (2011), and Civil-Military Relations in Europe (2006).