1975-76, Editor, Washington Monthly. Over 10 years' experience as Reporter, Wall Street Journal: 1976-78, covering steel industry, Pittsburgh; 1978-80, covering Justice Department, CIA and US Senate, Washington DC; 1980-83, Middle East Correspondent, covering wars in Lebanon, Iraq; 1984-85, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent, Washington DC. 1986, with Washington Post: 1986-90, Editor, Outlook Section; 1990-92, Foreign Editor, supervising award-winning coverage of Iraqi invasion of Kuwait; 1993, Assistant Managing Editor, in charge of business news. 2000-03, Executive Director, International Herald Tribune; since 2003, current position. Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School "Future of Diplomacy" Project. Author of eight novels.