Joshua Meservey is the senior policy analyst for Africa and the Middle East at The Heritage Foundation. He was a Peace Corps volunteer in Zambia and later an aid worker based in Kenya. He also worked at the US Army Special Operations Command and at the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center. He frequently testifies before Congress and provides commentary for a range of print and digital media outlets. He is a graduate of the Fletcher School at Tufts University and the Templeton Honors College at Eastern University.

Mark Melton was the managing editor for Providence from 2020 to 2022 and was the journal’s inaugural deputy editor from 2015 to 2020. He earned his master’s degree in international relations from the University of St. Andrews, and his bachelor’s degree in foreign language and international trade comes from Mississippi College. Prior to moving to DC, he worked as a political science adjunct professor at community colleges in Mississippi and taught English in France.