The Globalist

U.S. Congressman Sherrod Brown is currently running for the U.S. Senate as a representative of Ohio. Since being elected to represent Ohio’s 13th Congressional District in 1992, Sherrod Brown has positioned himself as one of Congress’ most respected voices on domestic and international health care and trade policy. He is the author of “Congress from […]

Senior Economist, Deutsche Bank Stefan Bielmeier joined Deutsche Bank in 1996 and is currently senior economist at Deutsche Bank. Previously, he analyzed the behavior of the financial markets and developed econometric forecast models on the basis of these analyses. Within the bank’s Global Markets division he is the economist for Germany and forecasts all key […]

Author Robert Wright is the author of “Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny,” which uses a game theoretic approach to understand the purposes of human evolution. His previous book, “The Moral Animal: Evolutionary Psychology and Everyday Life” (Vintage Books) was named by the New York Times Book Review as one of the 12 best books […]

Editorial Page Editor, Providence Journal Robert Whitcomb is the co-author of “Cape Wind: Money, Celebrity, Class, Politics and the Battle for Our Energy Future on Nantucket Sound.” He is also a vice president and the editorial-page editor of The Providence Journal. Before coming to the Providence Journal, Mr. Whitcomb was the financial editor of the […]

Journalist Ronan Thomas is a London-based journalist. Since 2004, he has reported on the geopolitics of East Asia, Europe and the Middle East for BBC News Online, Asia Times Online, Wall Street Journal, Spiegel Online, Christian Science Monitor, Businessweek, Korea Times and Singapore’s Straits Times. During the 1990s, he worked for Accenture’s strategy practice in […]

Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations Ray Takeyh is a senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. His areas of specialization are Iran, political reform in the Middle East and Islamist movements and parties. He is also a contributing editor at The National Interest. Takeyh was […]

Indonesia’s Minister for Trade and Industry Rini Soewandi is Indonesia’s Minister for Trade and Industry. Prior to that, Ms. Soewandi served as a Commissioner at the Jakarta Stock Exchange from 1995 to 2001. She also served as expert staff to the Minister of Finance in 1998, focusing on international finance relations and the Vice-Chairman at […]

Former WTO Director General and Chairman of Citigroup Switzerland Renato Ruggiero was born in Naples in 1930. After graduating with a law degree from the University of Naples in 1953, he entered the Italian diplomatic service. From 1987 to 1991, Mr. Ruggiero was Italy’s Minister for Foreign Trade. After his service in government, he joined […]

Managing Director, IMF Rodrigo de Rato assumed office as the ninth Managing Director and Chairman of the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund on June 7, 2004. He will leave his post in the end of October, 2007. Prior to taking up his position at the IMF, Mr. de Rato served as the Minister […]

Professor of Finance, Chicago Booth School of Business Raghuram G. Rajan is the Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the Chicago Booth School of Business. He served as Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund between 2003 and 2006. His major research focus is on economic growth, and the role finance plays […]