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Alan Wolfe听is the founding director of the Boisi Center and Professor of Political Science at Boston College. He is author of more than a dozen books, including, most recently,听Political Evil: What It Is and How to Combat It听(2011),听The Future of Liberalism听(2009),听Does American Democracy Still Work?听(2006),听Return to Greatness听(2005),听The Transformation of American Religion: How We actually Practice our Faith听(2003),听Moral Freedom听(2001) 补苍诲听One Nation After All听(1999). Widely considered one of the nation's most prominent public intellectuals, he is a frequent听contributor to the听New听York Times,听Washington Post,听The New听Republic听补苍诲听The Atlantic, and has delivered lectures across the United States 补苍诲听Europe.听

Martha Minow听is the Dean and Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor at Harvard Law School where she has taught since 1981. An expert in human rights with a focus on members of racial and religious minorities and women, children, and persons with disabilities, her scholarship also has addressed private military contractors, management of mass torts, transitional justice, and law, culture, and social change. She has published over 150 articles and her books include听In Brown鈥檚 Wake: Legacies of America鈥檚 Educational Landmark听(2010) 补苍诲听Between Vengeance and Forgiveness: Facing History After Genocide and Mass Violence Politics and Law听(1998). Her edited and co-edited books include听Government by Contract听(2009),听Imagine Co-Existence: Restoring Humanity After Ethnic Conflict听(2003).

Following nomination by President Obama and confirmation by the Senate, she serves as vice-chair of the board of the Legal Services Corporation. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Michigan and the Harvard Graduate School ofEducation, Minow received her law degree at Yale Law School before serving as a law clerk to Judge David Bazelon and Justice Thurgood Marshall. A member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, her awards include the Sacks-Freund Teaching Award at Harvard Law School; the Holocaust Center Award, the Radcliffe Graduate Society Medal and honorary doctorates in Education (Wheelock College) and law (University of Toronto).

James Traub听is an international affairs journalist for the听New York Times Magazine,听and a former writer for听The New Yorker. After publishing a number of books and articles on domestic issues, he began to focus on foreign affairs in 1999. Traub has since traveled extensively through the Middle East and remote regions in Africa and has written on issues of peacekeeping, state-building, repression and democracy.听He is the author of听The Freedom Agenda, which explores the Bush Administration鈥檚 attempt to foster democracy in the Middle East, 补苍诲听The Best Intentions, a commentary on the complex relationship between the United States and the UN. Traub appears frequently on CNN鈥檚 鈥淚n the Arena鈥� and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is currently writing a biography of John Quincy Adams, tentatively titled听Militant Spirit听(expected 2014). Traub graduated听magne cum laude听from Harvard University. He has taught at NYU in Abu Dhabi and is a fellow at both the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect in New York City and the Center for International Protection in Kyrgyzstan.