Yoichiro Sato currently teaches at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University and is the dean of the Department and the Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies. He was previously a Visiting Senior Fellow at ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute.
Zha Daojiong is a Visiting Senior Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. He is also Professor of International Political Economy at the School of International Studies, Peking University.
Zhihua Zheng is an Associate Professor and the Head of the East Asia Marine Policy Project at the Centre for Japanese Studies at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Shanghai. He is currently a visiting scholar at the Huayang Centre for Maritime Cooperation and Ocean Governance in Haikou.