About the Authors
Dr Lee Jones is reader in international politics at Queen Mary University of London. His research concerns political economy, social conflict, state power and security, particularly in the Asia-Pacific. He is author of ASEAN, Sovereignty and Intervention in Southeast Asia (2012), Societies Under Siege: Exploring How International Economic Sanctions (Do Not) Work (2015) and, with Shahar Hameiri, Governing Borderless Threats: Non-Traditional Security and the Politics of State Transformation (2015), and co-editor, with Toby Carroll and Shahar Hameiri, of The Political Economy of Southeast Asia: Politics and Uneven Development under Hyperglobalisation (2020). His website is www.leejones.tk and he tweets @DrLeeJones.
Dr Shahar Hameiri is associate professor of international politics at the School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland, specializing in the politics of development and security in Asia. His latest books are The Political Economy of Southeast Asia, 4th ed., (2020) co-edited with Toby Carroll and Lee Jones, and International Intervention and Local Politics (2017), co-authored with Caroline Hughes and Fabio Scarpello. His work has also appeared in leading scholarly journals, including International Studies Quarterly, European Journal of International Relations and International Affairs. He tweets @ShaharHameiri.