Former Chief Geopolitical Analyst, Stratfor. For three decades, reported on foreign affairs, The Atlantic. Currently, Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security; Senior Adviser, Eurasia Group. Former: Visiting Professor, United States Naval Academy; Member, Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board, appointed by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Member, US Navy's Executive Panel. Author of 18 books on foreign affairs and travel translated into many languages, including: “The Return of Marco Polo's World”, “In Europe's Shadow”, “Asia’s Cauldron”, “The Revenge of Geography”, “Monsoon”, “The Coming Anarchy”, and “Balkan Ghosts”. Twice named one of the world’s “Top 100 Global Thinkers”, Foreign Policy magazine.