Gideon Rose ‘85 served as the editor-in-chief of Foreign Affairs from 2010-2021 and managing editor from 2000 to 2010. He is now the Mary and David Boies Distinguished Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. While at Yale, he served as one of the first editors-in-chief of the Yale Political Monthly.
In 2019, as the U.S. experienced its wettest spring on record, the Mississippi River and its tributaries overran their banks. One million acres of farmland flooded — an area the size of Rhode Island. In Nebraska alone, the unprecedented rainfall killed three residents, drowned thousands of cows and pigs, and caused over $1 billion in property damage.
During a 30-year tenure at Morgan Stanley, Stephen Roach served as the firm’s Chief Economist and as the Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia. Now a faculty member at Yale, Roach is an influential commentator on topics such as China, globalization, and trade, frequently appearing on CNBC and writing for outlets including the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times.
One of the most influential environmentalists of the twenty-first century, Bill McKibben is a best-selling author and the founder of climate group 350.org. His advocacy and journalism have helped shape the global climate movement, including fossil fuel divestment, opposition to…
Jonathan Zittrain (YC ’91) is one of the world’s leading authorities on Internet regulation. He is the co-founder and director of Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, the George Bemis Professor of International Law at Harvard Law School,…
Right now everyone is moving to rural and small urban areas. But urbanization is a fundamental, monotonic trend economic force –– we’re more productive when we’re near each other. People move to cities because they can share ideas and collaborate directly.
