The Globalist

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 […]

Senior Advisor, APCO Worldwide Riccardo Perissich is the executive vice president of the Italian branch of the Council for the United States and Italy. He is also a senior advisor at APCO Worldwide. He was the European Commission Director General for Industry from 1990 to 1994, following two decades of service to the Commission in […]

Senior Writer for the Chicago Tribune Richard C. Longworth is a senior writer for the Chicago Tribune specializing in international and economic news. Mr. Longworth, a former business editor and columnist for the Tribune, was a foreign correspondent for 20 years and has won the Overseas Press Club Award twice, most recently for the series […]