THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN is a three-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for his work with The New York Times and is the author of five bestselling books, including The World Is Flat.

 

MICHAEL MANDELBAUM, the Christian A. Herter Professor and Director of American Foreign Policy at The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, is the author or co-author of twelve books, including The Ideas That Conquered the World.