Throughout CENEX, control members will either reject or approve how each team responds to the game's moves, injects and other actions. These powerful players manage the consequences of each person's action and determine whether teams' actions are plausible.

2012 CENEX Controls

Dr. Lewis Griffith: Master Control

U.S. Air Force Col. Jeffrey C. Louie: China

Dr. Thomas Doyle: India

Dr. Lindsay Heger: Armed non-state groups

Dr. Edwina Campbell: Pakistan

Charlotte Min-Harris & George Sullivan: International Committee of the Red Cross

Roderick C. "Rod" Zastrow: United States of America