James A. Sheppard is President of Thomas University and author of Christendom at the Crossroads: the medieval era (2005). Along with U.S. Ambassador David Swartz, he co-founded the Center for Belarusian Studies and has written about the roles of Turkey and Belarus in relation to Russian aggression. Contributors: David J. Dunford served for three years as U.S. Ambassador to Oman and four years as Deputy Ambassador to Saudi Arabia during the 1990-91 Gulf War. Maj. Gen. Michael Lehnert, USMC was commissioned in 1973 as a combat engineer and participated in combat operations in Panama, Kuwait, and Iraq. In 2003 he led 5,000 Marines and sailors during the initial invasion of Iraq in support of the 70,000 Marines who formed the I Marine Expeditionary Force. During his 37 years of active duty, he held 13 separate commands from platoon commander to joint task force commander. He commanded the marine logistics group during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Khuram Iqbal teaches and researches at the National Defence University of Pakistan where he serves an Assistant Professor of Counter-Terrorism. He is a recipient of the "Terrorism Study Analyst Award" from the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research (ICPVTR) in Singapore.