The Globalist

Director, Research & Innovation, BSR Faris Natour is the director of Research & Innovation at Business for Social Responsibility (BSR). Faris took the helm in June 2008 as director of BSR’s growing research team, which produces independent, business-critical research to help companies anticipate emerging trends and implement sustainability strategies. Faris, who now focuses on the […]

Writer Frederick Stakelbeck is a freelance writer who focuses primarily on the implications of emerging bilateral and trilateral relationships for U.S. national security. His areas of expertise include China, Russia, Iran, Venezuela and Israel. Mr. Stakelbeck has worked for the past five years in the financial services industry. His professional background includes ten years at […]

Professor of Economics at the University of Linz Friedrich Schneider is Professor of Economics at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz. He was President of the Austrian Economic Association from 1997 to 1999 — and became an IMF Research Fellow in 1998. His research interests include economic theory of politics, finance and economic policy. His […]

Director of the International Economics Program at Johns Hopkins’ School of Advanced International Studies Charles Pearson has served as Director of the International Economics Program at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) since 1987. In addition, he has worked as Senior Staff Economist on the Commission on International Trade and Investment, as […]

NATO’s former Secretary General Lord George Robertson is former NATO secretary general, serving from 1999 to 2003. Previously, he was British Defense Secretary from 1997 to 1999 and a Member of the British Parliament from 1978 to 1999. Currently, Lord Robertson is Deputy Chairman at Cable & Wireless. George Islay MacNeill Robertson was born in […]

Former representative for the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees Kaiser Zaman has been involved in humanitarian projects — as the deputy or head of operations for various United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) missions and non-governmental organizations around the world — for over 25 years. Mr. Zaman worked with UNHCR from 1988 to 1997 […]

Freelance Journalist/Author Lutz C. Kleveman is a freelance journalist and author who lives in New York and at Gut Ankeloh, Germany. Born in Germany in 1974, Mr. Kleveman studied French Literature in Aix-en-Provence, France and International History at the London School of Economics. He has worked for CNN and German Television ZDF in Washington, D.C. […]

Professor of City Planning at San Diego State University Lawrence A. Herzog is a writer, photographer and college professor from the United States who has been residing in Mexico since January 2001. Mr. Herzog has lived in Mexico intermittently, but his permanent home is San Diego, California, where he is a professor of city planning […]

Director of New York Office, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Lukas Haynes has been the Director of the New York Office of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation since January 2005. He has also served as the foundation’s program officer for international peace and security grantmaking since February 2002. Mr. Haynes […]

Author Lee Harris entered Emory University at age fourteen and graduated summa cum laude. After years spent pursuing diverse interests, including a stint at divinity school, several years writing mystery novels and a career as a glazier, he began writing philosophical articles that captured the imagination of readers all over the world. Mr. Harris is […]