The Globalist

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 […]

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 […]

Director, Earth Institute at Columbia University Jeffrey Sachs is director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University and was a special advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the Millennium Development Goals. Mr. Sachs has advised governments in Latin America, Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Asia and Africa on economic reforms, and he […]

Harvard Professor and Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General John G. Ruggie is the Evron and Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of International Affairs and Director of the Center for Business and Government at Harvard University. From 1997-2001 he was Assistant Secretary-General and chief advisor for strategic planning to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Mr. Ruggie […]

Research Fellow at the Brookings Institution Justine Rosenthal is a Foreign Policy Research Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Her areas of expertise include international terrorism, counter-terrorism strategies, nuclear proliferation, civil warfare and East Asian security. Prior to working at Brookings, Ms. Rosenthal was the Director of the Executive Office for the Council on Foreign Relations. […]

Vice President for Europe at the World Bank In 1998, Jean-François Rischard became the World Bank’s first Paris-based Vice President for Europe. Before taking the post, Mr. Rischard was responsible for the World Bank’s activities involving private and financial sector development in developing countries. Mr. Rischard took his first job with the World Bank in […]