The Globalist

Member of the German Bundestag Cem Oezdemir is a member of the German Bundestag. When first elected to the Bundestag in 1994, he became the first son of Turkish emigrants ever to hold office in Germany’s lower house of Parliament. Mr. Oezdemir joined the German Green Party in 1981, the same year he became a […]

EU Commissioner for External Relations Trained as a historian, Chris Patten started his political career in 1966 with the Conservative Party’s Research Department. He entered parliament in 1979, the year Margaret Thatcher was elected Prime Minister. Subsequently, he climbed up the ranks of the British Conservative Party — and made it to the position of […]

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 […]

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel B. Poneman is the U.S. deputy secretary of energy and is chief operating office of the U.S. Department of Energy. He was nominated to that post by President Barack Obama in April 2009 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate the following month. Mr. Poneman first joined the Department of […]

Associate Professor of History, Indiana University South Bend Mr. Shlapenthok was born in Ukraine in the former USSR and graduated from Moscow State University. He emigrated to the United States in 1979 and received his MA in Russian/European History from Michigan State University and his PhD in Russian/European History from the University of Chicago. He […]

Professor of History at Catholic University of America Jerry Z. Muller is currently a Professor of Histroy at the Catholic University of America. Prior to this, Dr. Muller was a visiting scholar of residence at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs in 1993-94. Dr. Muller received his B.A. in History from Brandeis University and his […]

Professor of Political Science, Baruch University, New York Dov Waxman is an assistant professor in the Political Science Department at Baruch College of the City University of New York. His research concerns the impact of identity politics in international relations and the politics of the Middle East. Previously, he taught in the Department of Government […]

Japan-based Investment Analyst Darrel Whitten is currently director of new business development for the IR Corporation, a Tokyo-based investor relations consultancy serving both Japanese and foreign listed companies. Mr. Whitten has lived and worked in Japan for the past three decades — originally as a communications engineer for the U.S. government. He has been following […]

Chairman, Cambridge Energy Research Associates Daniel Yergin is Chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), a Pulitzer Prize winner — and a highly respected authority on energy policy and international politics and economics. He is also Executive Vice President of IHS, the parent company of CERA. He is also a recipient of the United States […]

Graduate Student, Natural Resources and Sustainable Development Emily Arnold is currently a candidate for a dual Master’s degree in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development, studying at American University in Washington, D.C. and the United Nations University for Peace, based in Costa Rica. She has pursued her interest in and commitment to issues of sustainability and […]