Luke Hunt is a South-east Asia correspondent for The Diplomat and has worked in journalism for more than 25 years.

Mong Palatino served for two terms in the House of Representatives in the Philippines representing the youth sector.

Prashanth Parameswaran is Associate Editor at The Diplomat based in Washington, D.C., where he writes mostly on Southeast Asia and Asian security affairs.

Shawn W. Crispin is a Southeast Asia columnist at The Diplomat. He has covered Southeast Asia for more than 16 years variously with the Far Eastern Economic Review, Wall Street Journal and Asia Times Online.