Editor and Founder: Lionel Beehner

Lionel Beehner is formerly a senior staff writer at the website of the Council on Foreign Relations, where he was a term member. He has reported from over two-dozen conflict or post-conflict zones, including Iraq, Sri Lanka, and the Balkans. He is a member of USA Today’s Board of Contributors and is a PhD candidate at Yale, focusing on nonstate actors and the use of force, and visiting scholar at Columbia University’s Harriman Institute. His writing has appeared in Foreign Affairs, Slate, The Atlantic, and The New Republic, among other publications. He lives in New York, NYC with his wife, dog, and two children.

Co-editor: Chris Miller

Chris Miller is a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in roles as a military adviser, in counterinsurgency operations, and in nuclear, biological, and chemical defense. He is a Purple Heart recipient following two tours in Iraq and has worked as a military contractor in the Middle East. He holds postgraduate degrees in law and international politics. His interests are NBC/CBRNe, small arms, COIN, military and veterans issues, the Cold War, and international security affairs. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Guardian, Small Wars Journal, and other publications. He is a member of the Military Writers Guild.

Associate Editor: Peter Storey

Peter Storey is a graduate of Sheffield University and Aberystwyth University in the United Kingdom. He is currently working as an international market reporter in London while desiring to pursue a PhD - on how the U.S. military has dealt with the challenges of urban warfare since the end of the Cold War - at some point in the not-too-distant future. His interests include issues surrounding urban warfare and asymmetric warfare more broadly, the War on Terror, and British foreign and defense policy.

Editorial Interns:

Jordan Bravin is a U.S. Navy ROTC Midshipman and undergraduate at Yale University. He is majoring in Global Affairs in International Security with the class of 2016.

Matthew Beattie-Callahan is a Marine Corps Option U.S. Navy ROTC Midshipman and undergraduate at Yale University. He is majoring in Political Science with the Class of 2018.