Gareth Porter waa Xubin ka tirsan Guddiga La-talinta ee World BEYOND War. Waxa uu fadhigiisu yahay Maraykanka. Gareth waa saxafi baadhiseed madax-banaan iyo taariikhyahan ku takhasusay siyaasadda amniga qaranka Maraykanka. Buuggiisii ugu dambeeyay waa Dhibaatada la Qoondeeyay: Sheekada Aan Laheyn ee Iran Nuclear Nuclear, waxaa daabacay Just World Books sanadkii 2014. Wuxuu si joogta ah wax ugu biiriyey Adeegga Inter Press ee Ciraaq, Iran, Afghanistan iyo Pakistan sanadihii 2005 ilaa 2015. Sheekadiisa baaritaanka asalka ah iyo falanqeyntiisa waxaa daabacay Truthout, Eye Middle East, Consortium News, The Nation, iyo Truthdig, oo dib loogu daabacay bogagga kale ee wararka iyo ra'yiga. Porter wuxuu ahaa madaxa xafiiska Saigon ee qaybta loo yaqaan 'Dispatch News Service International' sanadkii 1971 kadibna wuxuu ka warbixiyay safaradii uu ku tagay Koonfur Bari Aasiya ee The Guardian, Asia Wall Street Journal iyo Pacific News Service. Sidoo kale waa qoraaga afar buug oo ka hadlaya Dagaalkii Vietnam iyo nidaamka siyaasadeed ee Vietnam. Taariikhyahan Andrew Bacevich ayaa ugu yeeray buugiisa, Dhacdooyinka Dominance: Isku-dhafida Awoodda iyo Wadada Dagaalka, oo ay daabacday Jaamacadda California Press ee 2005, "iyada oo aan shaki lahayn, waxtarka ugu muhiimsan ee taariikhda siyaasadda amniga qaranka ee Maraykanku u muuqanayo tobankii sano ee la soo dhaafay." Waxa uu baray siyaasadda koonfur bari ee Asia iyo daraasaadka caalamiga ah ee Jaamacadda Mareykanka, ee New York iyo Dugsiga Johns Hopkins ee Daraasadaha Caalamiga ah ee Sare.
