The Globalist

Investment banker and financial advisor Rudolfo Bogni is a former Chief Executive of the Private Banking unit at UBS AG and a former member of the Group Executive Board of both UBS AG and its predecessor Swiss Bank Corporation. He also spent two years at the Centre for Quantitative Finance of the Imperial College in […]

Author Ronald Bruce St John is the author of more than three dozen books and articles on Libya. His books include, “Historical Dictionary of Libya,” “Qaddafi’s World Design: Libyan Foreign Policy, 1969-1987” — and most recently, “Libya and the United States: Two Centuries of Strife.” Mr. St. John also serves on the Internatonal Advisory Board […]

Professor of History, Columbia University Richard W. Bulliet is a professor of history at Columbia University. Formerly, he was the director of the Middle East Institute and executive secretary of the Middle East Studies Association. He is also the author of “Islam: The View from the Edge,” “The Camel and The Wheel” and editor of […]

Diplomat-in-residence at the Council of Foreign Relations Richard Butler, former head of the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) to disarm Iraq is an expert in arms control, international security issues, the United Nations and the Middle East. He served as Australian Ambassador to the United Nations from 1992 to 1997, before serving as the head […]

Editor and writer Richard Byrne lives in Washington, DC. He is an editor at The Chronicle of Higher Education. His writing has been published in the The Guardian, the Washington Post, Foreign Policy, The American Prospect and on Time magazine’s web site. He was also a contributing writer for New York Press and the Boston […]

Senior Correspondent and Associate Editor, Washington Post Rajiv Chandrasekaran is a senior correspondent and associate editor of the Washington Post. He is the author of Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan (Knopf, 2012). From 2009 to 2011, he reported on the war in Afghanistan for The Post, traveling extensively through the southern […]

Professor, Coastal Carolina University After an early career as an intelligence officer serving in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, Richard Oliver Collin earned a doctorate in politics at Oxford University. While continuing to travel widely, he now divides his time between South Carolina, where he teaches politics at Coastal Carolina University, and East […]

Former British Foreign Secretary and Leader of the House Mr Cook was born on February 28, 1946 and studied English Literature at Edinburgh University. Mr. Cook first became a Member of Parliament for Edinburgh Central between 1974 and 1983. He is currently MP for Livingston in Scotland. He became Mr. Blair’s foreign affairs spokesman in […]

Director General of External and Politico-Military Affairs for the Council of the European Union. Robert Cooper is the Director General of External and Politico-Military Affairs for the Council of the European Union. Mr. Cooper is one of Britain’s most senior diplomats — and one of the most prominent strategic thinkers within the EU Council. Perviously, […]

Professor, Boston University Rachel DeWoskin is currently a professor of writing at Boston University. She spent six years in China as a corporate consultant and soap opera actress. Her first book, “Foreign Babes in Beijing,” details her life as an expatriate in China. Rachel DeWoskin has published work in the Boston Globe, Boston Magazine, the […]