Authors
Kathleen Belew
Assistant Professor of US History and the College, the University of Chicago

Ashley Stradinger
Former Junior Salesforce Administrator
Ashley Stradinger joined the Chicago Council on Global Affairs in August 2021 as the junior Salesforce administrator. In this role, she promoted…
Melinda Fakuade
Culture & Features Associate Editor, Vox
Melinda Fakuade is the associate editor of culture and features at Vox. She has written for The Cut, The Outline, Rolling Stone, and MEL Magazine…

Noah Rothbaum
Hall Full Editor, The Daily Beast
Noah Rothbaum is the editor of The Daily Beast’s Half Full section. Under his leadership, the site won the Tales of the Cocktail Spirited…

Tom Standage
Deputy Editor, The Economist
Tom Standage is deputy editor of The Economist and editor of the yearly “The World in..” series. Standage leads the newspaper’s digital…

James Druckman
Payson S. Wild Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University
About James N. Druckman
Professor Druckman researches political preference formation and communication, such as how…
Heather Conley
Senior Vice President for Europe, Eurasia, and the Arctic, CSIS


