Jeffrey Sommers is Professor of Political Economy and Public Policy at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and Senior Fellow at its Institute of World Affairs, as well as Visiting Professor at Babeș-Bolyai University in Romania. A recipient of multiple U.S. State Department Fulbright Awards, he has advised policymakers and investors across Central and Eastern Europe. His recent publications include The Contradictions of Austerity: The Socio-Economic Costs of the Neoliberal Baltic Model (Routledge 2014). His commentary appears in the Financial Times, The Guardian, and Project Syndicate.

Zoltán Vörös is Associate Professor and Academic Supervisor of the International Relations BA Program at the University of Pécs, and Senior Research Fellow at the John Lukacs Institute for Strategy and Politics, Ludovika University of Public Service. He heads the Indo-Pacific Challenges Research Group and serves as editor of the Hungarian Journal of African Studies and Polarities. His research focuses on China’s foreign and security policy and the shifting global order. Recent work includes the co-edited volume Átalakuló világrend – Az unipoláris pillanat vége? (Ludovika 2024).

István Tarrósy is Professor of Political Science and African Studies at the University of Pécs, Hungary, and Visiting Professor at the Center for International Security and Development, Jagiellonian University, Poland. He directs both the Africa Research Center and the International Center at the University of Pécs, and is the founding editor-in-chief of the Hungarian Journal of African Studies. A former Fulbright Scholar and Japan Foundation Fellow, his recent books include Trust and Trust-Making in Africa’s Global Connections (Brill 2025) and Selected African Studies in Memory of Zsuzsánna Biedermann (Cambridge Scholars 2024).