Hussein Agha has been involved in Israeli-Palestinian affairs and negotiations for more than half a century. He was a senior associate fellow at Chatham House and, until 2023, was a senior associate member of St. Antony's College, Oxford, for over twenty-five years. He has coauthored books on Syria, Iran, Palestinian national security, and Track II diplomacy with A. S. Khalidi. He is the editor of Mideast Mirror.
Robert Malley served in senior Middle East positions in the administrations of Presidents Clinton, Obama, and Biden. He was president and CEO of the International Crisis Group. He is the author of The Call from Algeria and currently is Senior Fellow and Lecturer at Yale University's Jackson School.
Hussein Agha and Robert Malley's joint writings have appeared in several major publications.