Richard Oliver Collin

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 […]

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Robin Cook

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 […]

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Robert Cooper

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, […]

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Rachel DeWoskin

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 […]

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Robert L. Dilenschneider

Founder and Principal of the Dilenschneider Group Robert L. Dilenschneider formed The Dilenschneider Group in October 1991. Prior to forming his own firm, Mr. Dilenschneider served as president and chief executive officer of Hill and Knowlton, Inc. from 1986 to 1991. He has counseled major corporations, professional groups, trade associations and educational institutions, and has […]

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Rudiger Dornbusch

Ford Professor of Economics and International Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology The late Rudi Dornbusch was the Ford Professor of Economics and International Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago in 1971. Mr. Dornbusch’s served in a number of capacities in his […]

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Robert Dreyfuss

Journalist Robert Dreyfuss works as an independent journalist who specializes in magazine features, profiles and investigative stories in the areas of politics and national security. For the last decade, Mr. Dreyfuss has been writing for “Rolling Stone” and he currently covers national security for the magazine’s National Affairs section. He is also a contributing editor […]

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Richard Florida

Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University Richard Florida is the Hirst Professor in the School of Public Policy at George Mason University and a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Previously, he was the Heinz Professor of Economic Development at Carnegie Mellon University, and has been a visiting professor at MIT and Harvard […]

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Raúl Gangotena

Former Ecuadoran Ambassador to the United States Raúl Gangotena is currently President of Enlace Andino LLC, a firm established to provide financial links between migrants and their families in the Andean countries — and a member of the Indigenous Enterprise Institute of the United States. After serving as the Ambassador of Ecuador to the United […]

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Ross Gelbspan

Journalist and Writer Ross Gelbspan was a longtime reporter and editor at the “Philadelphia Bulletin,” the “Washington Post” and the “Boston Globe,” where he won a Pulitzer Prize for a series he conceived and edited. He covered the United Nations Conference on the Environment in Stockholm in 1972 and addressed the World Economic Forum in […]

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