The Globalist

Associate Professor of History, New York University Joanna Waley-Cohen, a graduate of Cambridge and Yale Universities, has taught Chinese history at New York University since 1992. In addition to her work on China’s historical relationship with other states and civilizations, she is author of “Exile in mid-Qing China: Banishment to Xinjiang, 1758-1820,” as well as […]

British freelance journalist, Valparaiso, Chile Justin Vogler is a British freelance journalist based in Valparaiso, Chile. His work is focused on democratization and integration in South America. Previously, he spent 12 years traveling and working on development projects in South East Asia and Latin America — and speaks French, Spanish and Portuguese. He is also […]

Author Jack Turner was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1968. He received his B.A. in Classical Studies from Melbourne University and his Ph.D. in International Relations from Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar and MacArthur Foundation Junior Research Fellow. He lives with his wife, Helena, and their son in Geneva. This is his first […]

Freelance journalist Julie Thompson is a freelance journalist from New Zealand who currently works with the Global Volunteer Network. The Global Volunteer Network (GVN) is a private, Non Government Organization (NGO) based in Wellington, New Zealand. GVN connects people with communities in need by supporting the work of local community organizations in countries through the […]

Curator of Fashion and Costumes, Centraal Museum Utrecht Jose Teunissen has been the Fashion and Costumes curator at the Centraal Museum Utrecht since 1998. In addition, she has been a lecturer in fashion design at the ArtEZ Institute of the Arts (ArtEZ Modelectoraat) since 2002. Her publications include Mode in Beweging: Van modeprent naar modejournaal […]

Professor at Columbia’s Graduate School of Business and former World Bank Chief Economist Mr. Stiglitz served as a World Bank Chief Economist and Senior Vice President in development economics from 1997 to 1999. Prior to that, he served on President Clinton’s economic team as chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisors from 1993 to […]

Deputy Director of the International Security Program at CSIS Julianne Smith is a fellow and deputy director of the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Before coming to CSIS, Ms. Smith worked at the German Marshall Fund as a program officer on the Foreign Policy program. Prior to this position, […]

Chief Executive Officer, Swiss Re Americas J. Eric Smith is chief executive officer of Swiss Re Americas, a reinsurance and financial services company. Before joining Swiss Re in July 2011, he had been president of the USAA Life Insurance Co. and president of Allstate Financial Services. Before Allstate, he had spent over 20 years with […]

Author and Chief Executive Officer of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation John Shattuck assumed his current position of Chief Executive Officer of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation in Boston, Mass. in 2001. In 1993, he became the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. In this position, Mr. Shattuck received […]

Visiting Professor at the New School Jonathan Schell now teaches at Wesleyan University and the New School and is the Harold Willens Peace Fellow at The Nation Institute. Mr. Schell was a writer and editor at the New Yorker between 1967 and 1987 and — and Deputy Editor for 1987-88. He has received several awards […]