Thomas Rid is a research fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations in the School for Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. Previously he worked at the RAND Corporation, the Institut francais des relations internationales, and the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik. He is author of War and Media Operations and co-editor of Understanding Counterinsurgency Warfare.
Marc Hecker is a research fellow at the Security Studies Center of the Institut francais des relations internationales in Paris. Among his publications are La presse francaise et la premiEre guerre du Golfe, La defense des interets de l'Etat d'Israel en France, and Une vie d'Afghanistan.