TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008

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Geopolitics of the Global Economic Crisis

Jessica  Mathews is president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a position she has held since 1997. Previously, she was a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and served as director of the Council’s Washington program. Over her long career in media, government, and research, she has served on the editorial board of the Washington Post, as director of the Office of Global Issues of the National Security Council, founding vice president and director of research at the World Resources Institute, and deputy to the undersecretary of state for global affairs. She earned her B.A. from Radcliffe College and Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology.

Marvin Zonis is professor emeritus of business administration at the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business and was formerly the director of the university’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies. He was the international editor of WBBM-TV, Chicago, and has served as the Middle East consultant to ABC/Capital Cities television. He is a member of the board of CNA Financial and a member of the U.S. Comptroller General’s Board of Advisors for the General Accountability Office. His writings have been published in the Financial Times, New York Times, International Herald Tribune, and his books include The Kimchi Matters: Global Business and Local Politics in a Crisis Driven World. He earned his B.A. at Yale University and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

Henry Bienen (moderator) is president of Northwestern University, a position he has held since 1994. Previously, he was the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor and dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He is a member of the board of directors of the Council on Foreign Relations and The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and has been a consultant to the U.S. Department of State, the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the World Bank. He received a bachelor's degree with honors from Cornell University and a master's and doctorate from the University of Chicago.

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