About Eric S. Edelman, Vlad Kobets, and David J. Kramer

Eric S. Edelman is counselor at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. He served as undersecretary of defense for policy in the George W. Bush administration from 2005 to 2009. Vlad Kobets is executive director of the International Strategic Action Network for Security (iSANS). David J. Kramer is executive director of the George W. Bush Institute. He served as assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights, and labor in the George W. Bush administration.