Anastasia O. Barannikova – Ph.D (History), Research Fellow in Laboratory of Spatial  Logistics, Admiral Nevelskoy Maritime State University, Vladivostok. Dr. Barannikova is the author of more than 170 publications in scientific journals, newspapers, and blogs including articles in Russian, English, Chinese Korean, Mongolian and Japanese. Her research interests include DPRK foreign and domestic policies, DPRK nuclear and missile program, nuclear posture doctrine, Russia-DPRK-China cooperation, AI, neural networks. E-mail: electronicCCM@yandex.ru, phone: +79242414737

Mikhail A. Danchenkov – Ph.D (geographical sciences), senior researcher in the Far Eastern Regional Hydrometeorological Research Institute (FERHRI), Vladivostok. Among main interests: oceanography of the Sea of Japan and other Far Eastern seas, history and work of Russian research vessels. Besides, he is a well-known specialist in water currents and water termics. E-mail: danchenkov4@gmail.com

Nikolai I. Pereslavtsev – an expert in the Research Laboratory of Spatial Logistics, Admiral Nevelskoy Maritime State University, Vladivostok. He is one of the leading specialists in Primorye Region on the problems of Asia-Pacific security and Korean Peninsula and has 45 publications about these issues. E-mail: pereslavtev@ msun.ru 

Peter Yu. Samoylenko – Ph.D (political sciences), associate professor, Department of public relations and advertising, School of Humanities of Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok. As well, he’s an expert in Russian Society of Political Scientists, Moscow. Research interests: international processes in Asia-Pacific, information security and international relations, problems of security and transparency on Korean Peninsula, Northeast Asia and modern trends of foreign relations. E-mail: petersam@mail.ru

Sergei M. Smirnov – Ph.D (technics), senior research fellow in the Research Laboratory of Spatial Logistics, Admiral Nevelskoy Maritime State University, Vladivostok. Expert on regional policy, arms non-proliferation, NSR, marine industry. E-mail: ssmvld@gmail.com

Larisa V. Zabrovskaya – Dr.Sc. (history), leading researcher, Department of International relations, Center for global and regional researches, Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnologyt, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok. E-mail: larisa_zabrovska@mail.ru

 Vadim Ye. Isayev – one of the founders and the first editor of “Asia-Pacific Journal of Marine Science&Education” (2011-2014). He lives now in New Zealand and accomplishes the duties of the Journal’s non-staff correspondent on South-Pacific region.