About the Author

Robert B. Zoellick, the John M. Olin visiting professor at the U.S. Naval Academy, previously served as Executive Secretary at the U.S. Treasury Department and Under Secretary for Economic and Agricultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. Peter D. Sutherland, former director-general of the World Trade Organization and member of the Commission of the European Communities, is co-chairman of BP Amoco and chairman and managing director of Goldman Sachs International, based in London. Hisashi Owada, former Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, is president of the Japan Institute of International Affairs in Tokyo.