The Globalist

Writer and Photojournalist John Reader, who currently lives in London, is a writer and photojournalist. He holds an Honorary Research Fellowship in the Department of Anthropology at University College London and is a fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute and the Royal Geographic Society. He is the author of “Africa: A Biography of a Continent,” […]

Federal President of Germany Mr. Rau first stood for election as Federal President in 1994, but lost to Roman Herzog, the CDU/CSU candidate. Exactly 5 years later, on May 23, 1999, Johannes Rau was elected Roman Herzog’s successor as President of the Federal Republic of Germany. On taking office as Federal President, Johannes Rau could […]

Fellow at the New America Foundation James P. Pinkerton is a fellow at the New America Foundation. He is also a columnist for Newsday and TechCentralStation.com and a contributor to the Fox News Channel. Mr. Pinkerton worked in the White House domestic policy offices of Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. He also worked […]

President, Dream Change Coalition John Perkins is founder and president of the Dream Change Coalition, which works closely with Amazonian and other indigenous people to help preserve their environments and cultures. He was previously founder and CEO of Independent Power Systems, an alternative energy provider. From 1971 to 1981 he worked for the international consulting […]

Director of the OECD’s Center for Tax Policy and Administration Jeffrey Owens is the Director of the OECD’s Center for Tax Policy and Administration. Over the last ten years, he has built up the OECD’s work on taxation so that it is now the leading public-sector organization in the international tax area. Mr. Owens is […]

Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell Corporation Jorma Ollila has been Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell plc and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nokia Corporation since June 2006. Previously, he served as Chairman and CEO of Nokia (199-2006). He joined Nokia in 1985 and later became President and CEO, a position in which he held […]

Former Dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University Joe Nye was Dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University from 1995 to 2004. He joined the Harvard faculty in 1964 as director of the Center for International Affairs and Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences. From […]

Correspondent and Assistant Editor for The Oriental Economist Julie Norwell is a correspondent and assistant editor for The Oriental Economist (TOE) with responsibility for special projects relating to economic, political and business developments in the United States, Japan and Northeast Asia. She is also a correspondent for Weekly Toyo Keizai, Japan’s third largest weekly business […]

Professor of Japanese Cultural Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara John Nathan is the Takashima Professor of Japanese Cultural Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has translated the novels of both Yukio Mishima and the Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe into English, and is also the author of a definitive biography […]

Executive Director, Michigan Organizing Project John Musick has been a community organizer with a variety of grass-roots community organizations since 1973. Currently he is head organizer with the Michigan Organizing Project in Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo Michigan.