About the Author

Dr John C. Hulsman is the president and co-founder of John C. Hulsman Enterprises (www.john-hulsman.com), a global political risk consulting firm. An eminent foreign policy expert, John is a senior columnist on foreign affairs for City AM and also writes regularly for the Aspen Institute of Italy and Limes, the premier Italian foreign affairs journal. A veteran of think tanks in Europe and America, Hulsman is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Author or co-author of ten books, Hulsman has also given 1,470 interviews, written over 330 articles and delivered more than 450 speeches on foreign policy around the world.