Douglas Murray is a bestselling author and commentator. His most recent book is the critically acclaimed Neoconservatism: Why We Need It (SAU, UK: Encounter Books, US) which Christopher Hitchens praised in the Washington Examiner as ‘a very cool but devastating analysis’, and which caused Andrew Roberts to hail Murray as ‘The Right’s answer to Michael Moore,’ saying, 'This book shows how to fight and win the War on Terror.'

On publication of the UK edition, the leading Arabic daily Asharq Alawsat wrote that ‘Whether one agrees with him or not Murray has made a valuable contribution to the global battle of ideas.’

Murray lectures and broadcasts widely. He appears regularly on the BBC (including 'The Today Programme', 'Newsnight' and 'The Moral Maze'), as well as Fox, Sky and many other global media networks. He did a number of broadcasts from the Israeli side of the border during the recent war with Hezbollah.

He also appears in the British and foreign press, and has written for The Sunday Times, The Guardian, The New York Sun, NRC Handelsbad and numerous other magazines and newspapers.

Murray also lectures and debates widely across Europe and America. In the last year he has spoken at, among other venues, the Manhattan Institute (New York), The Battle of Ideas (London), the Burke Institute, (Vanenburg), The Pim Fortuyn Memorial Conference (The Hague), the Hudson Institute (Washington), the Freedom Center (LA) and the White House. In January 2007 he debated the Mayor of London at the 'Clash of Civilisations' debate in London.

James Brandon is a journalist who has reported on Islamic issues from Europe, Africa and the Middle East for a wide range of print and broadcast media. In 2003-4 he helped found the Baghdad Bulletin, the first English-language newspaper to be set up in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein.

Since then he has reported on the growth of Islamist groups in more than a dozen countries, writing analysis for Janes' and the Jamestown Foundation among others. In 2006 he became the first western journalist to interview the leaders of Pjak (the Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan), the largest Kurdish rebel group in Iran.

Brandon has also appeared as a commentator on Islamic issues on CNN, BBC and Sky News. Most recently he worked as an editor for Al Jazeera television in Qatar. He has an MA in Middle Eastern Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London.

Hannah studied for her BA in English literature at Bristol University, before taking an MA in International Studies and Diplomacy at SOAS. She is a researcher at the Centre for Social Cohesion.

Robin took his BA in History at the University of Leeds, including a year in Newcastle, Australia. He then took his MSc in U.S. Foreign Policy at the University of London. Robin is a Section Director for the Henry Jackson Society and has a researcher role at the CSC.

Houriyah completed her BA in Anthropology and Law at the London School of Economics, and then took an MA in International Studies and Diplomacy at SOAS. She is now a researcher at the CSC.