The Globalist

Deputy Director of Area Studies and Coordinator for European Area Studies at the Foreign Service Institute, U.S. State Department Carl Lankowski serves as Deputy Director of Area Studies and Coordinator for European Area Studies at the U.S. State Department’s diplomatic academy, the Foreign Service Institute. Previously, from September 1995 through August 2000, Mr. Lankowski was […]

President of the Japan Policy Research Institute Chalmers Johnson is president of the Japan Policy Research Institute. He is professor emeritus at the University of California, San Diego and a frequent contributor to the Los Angeles Times and The Nation. Mr. Johnson has written over a dozen books, including “The Sorrows of Empire,” “MITI and […]

Research Fellow at the U.S. Business & Industrial Council Educational Foundation Alan Tonelson is a Research Fellow at the U.S. Business and Industry Council Educational Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based research organization studying U.S. economic, national security, and technology policy. Tonelson is also a columnist for the Foundation’s globalization website, Tradealert.org and a Research Associate at […]

Senior Program Advisor at the Center on International Cooperation, New York University Abby Stoddard, a former aid worker, is a partner in the independent research group Humanitarian Outcomes. She is also a senior program advisor on humanitarian action for New York University’s Center on International Cooperation. Ms. Stoddard performs applied research and policy consultations for […]

Senior Research Associate, New America Foundation Alexander Greenbaum is a senior research associate in the Global Economic Policy Program at the New America Foundation. His writing focuses on issues relating to international trade, finance and global economic development. Prior to joining the New America Foundation, Mr. Greenbaum was a Research Associate at the Economic Strategy […]

Professor of Management and Economics at MIT Sloan School of Management Lester Thurow has been a professor of management and economics at MIT for more than 30 years, beginning in 1968. He was dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management from 1987 until 1993. His formal academic work focuses on globalization, economic instability and […]

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 […]

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 […]