About the Author

Edward J. Perkins, now retired as a U.S. Ambassador, is William J. Crowe Professor of Geopolitics and Executive Director of the International Programs Center at the University of Oklahoma.

Joseph Ginat is Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Middle East societies and Deputy Director of the Center for Peace Studies, International Programs Center, University of Oklahoma.
|His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal chairs a wide number of international and Jordanian committees and organizations.|A Rhodes Scholar, David Boren is President of the University of Oklahoma. A former governor of Oklahoma, he served as U.S. Senator from Oklahoma from 1979 to 1994 and chaired the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence from 1987 to 1993.