Authors

Patrick Tucker

Editor, Science & Technology, Defense One

Patrick Tucker is science and technology editor for Defense One. He’s also the author of …

East Asia Bureau Chief, The Economist

Noah Sneider is The Economist’s East Asia Bureau Chief. He primarily covers Japan, North Korea and South Korea. He also contributes to coverage of…

Professor, Center for Global Education, University of Tokyo

Takako Hikotani has been a Professor at the Center for Global Education at the University of Tokyo since April 2025. From 2016 to 2021, she was…

Executive Director, Central Asia Business Council

Elena V. Son-LaRocco is the executive director of the American-Uzbekistan Chamber of Commerce, the US-Kyrgyzstan Business Council, the US-…

Assistant Professor, Politics, Lake Forest College

Ajar Chekirova is an assistant professor of politics at Lake Forest College. Her research interests include comparative politics and urban…

Chair, Illinois Commerce Commission

Doug Scott is chair of the Illinois Commerce Commission, having been appointed in 2023 by Governor Pritzker after…

William E. Wrather Distinguished Service Professor, Astronomy & Astrophysics and Physics, University of Chicago

Robert Rosner is the William E. Wrather Distinguished Service Professor in Astronomy & Astrophysics and Physics at the University of…

Secretary, Smithsonian Institution

Lonnie G. Bunch III is the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian. He assumed his position June 16, 2019. As Secretary, he…

Global Co-Head of Institutional Client Business and Head of Chicago Office & Midwest Region, Goldman Sachs

Chris Keogh is global co-head of the Institutional Client Business, head of the Chicago office and Midwest region, and…

Former Chairman & CEO, Goldman Sachs

Lloyd Blankfein is senior chairman of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and served as the firm’s chairman and chief executive officer from 2006…