Stephen D. Cohen is professor of international relations at The American University's School of International Service. Prior to joining the faculty in 1975, he served as a senior staff member on the White House-Congressional Commission on the Organization of the Government for the Conduct of Foreign Policy. Among Dr. Cohens books are The Making of United States International Economic Policy (now in its fourth edition), Cowboys and Samurai: Why the United States Is Losing the Battle with the Japanese, and Why It Matters, and International Monetary Reform, 1964-9: The Political Dimension.Joel R. Paul is professor of law at the University of Connecticut School of Law and past chair of the International Economic Law Group for the American Society of International Law. He received his J.D. from Harvard University, and he was awarded an M.A. in law and diplomacy from Tufts University. Dr. Paul has also taught at the University of Leiden in Holland, Yale University Law School, and the Washington College of Law at The American University. His articles have appeared in such journals as Harvard International Law Journal, Columbia Journal of European Law, and Wisconsin Journal of International Law.Robert A. Blecker is associate professor of economics at The American University and a research associate at the Economic Policy Institute, both in Washington, D.C. He received his BA. from Yale University and his M.A and Ph.D. from Stanford University. He is the author of Beyond the Twin Deficits: A Trade Strategy for the 1990s and the editor of a collection of readings on U.S. Trade Policy and Global Growth. His articles have appeared in such journals as Cambridge Journal of Economics, Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, and Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv.
