Our Contributors

Narges Bajoghli is an assistant professor of Middle East Studies at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, and the author of Iran Reframed: Anxieties of Power in the Islamic Republic.

Francis Bator, Professor of Political Economy Emeritus at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, was Deputy National Security Adviser under US President Lyndon B. Johnson, and has consulted for the US Treasury, State, and Defense Departments. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a recipient of the US Treasury Department’s Distinguished Service Award.

Leonard Benardo is Executive Vice President at the Open Society Foundations.

Laurence Black is Founder of The Index Standard.

Laurence Boone is Chief Economist of the OECD.

Alex Bornyakov, Head of the Diia City project, is Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.

Jules Boykoff, a former professional soccer player, teaches political science at Pacific University in Oregon. He is the author, most recently, of NOlympians: Inside the Fight Against Capitalist Mega-Sports in Los Angeles, Tokyo, and Beyond.

Erik Brattberg is a visiting fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Johns Hopkins University’s Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).

Jerry Brown is a former governor of California.

Matthew Brown is Africa Director at The Nature Conservancy.

Jessica Bruder is a journalist and the author of Nomadland. She teaches narrative storytelling at Columbia Journalism School.

Lee Buchheit is Honorary Professor of Law at the University of Edinburgh. 

Barbara Buchner is Director of Climate Policy Initiative.

Lisa Bukreyeva is an award-winning photographer.

Lizzy Burden is an economics reporter at The Telegraph.