Thomas Friedman
Thomas Friedman is a columnist for the New York Times and author of, most recently, The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1999). Robert Kaplan is a correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly and author of, most recently, Warrior Politics: Why Leadership Demands a Pagan Ethos (New York: Random House, 2002).