is a former correspondent and columnist for The New York Times and a former senior of official in the State and Defense departments. He is president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations.

is the president of the Breakthrough Institute and co-author (with Michael Shellenberger) of Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility.

is the chairman of the Breakthrough Institute and co-author (with Ted Nordhaus) of Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility.

is a Ph.D. candidate in American Government at Harvard University.

is an adjunct professor at American University.

is a former teacher in the District of Columbia Public School system. He spent his first two of eight years teaching as a Teach for America corps member, and was the 55th National Teacher of the Year.

is the Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.

is the co-author (with Daron Acemoglu) of Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty.

is the co-author (with James A. Robinson) of Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty.

is an assistant professor of public policy at Duke University.