BRUCE M. BAGLEY is a Professor of International Studies at the School of International Studies (SIS), University of Miami. He is also coeditor (with Dr. William C. Smith) of the Journal of Inter-American Studies and World Affairs. His principal research interests center on U.S. and Latin American relations with particular emphasis on illegal drug trafficking in Colombia, other Andean countries, Central America, and Mexico. Among his recent publications are Drug Trafficking in the Americas and Drug Trafficking Research in the Americas: A Bibliographic Survey.
PETER HAKIM is President of the Inter-American Dialogue, a Washington-based center for policy analysis and exchange on Western Hemisphere relations. In addition, he authors a regular column for the Christian Science Monitor, and serves on the External Advisory Committees of the Latin American Program of the World Bank. Previously, Mr. Hakim was a Vice President of the Inter-American Foundation, a U.S. Government foundation that supports grassroots development projects in Latin America, and he managed the international resource and environment program of the Ford Foundation. He has published numerous articles on political and economic issues in the Western Hemisphere in major newspapers, magazines, and professional journals. He is the principal author of Development, Reform and Malnutrition in Chile, and coeditor of Direct to the Poor: A Reader in Grassroots Development.
WILLIAM W. HARTZOG, a retired U.S. Army general, is currently a officer at Bradeshaw Associates Ltd. Previously, he served as Commanding General of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), Chief of Staff of the United States Atlantic Command (LANTCOM), Commanding General of the lst Infantry Division, and Commanding General of U.S. Army South (Panama). General Hartzog has received a number of decorations and awards, and is recognized as the architect of America's Army of the future.
MAX G. MANWARING is a retired U.S. Army colonel and an Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Dickinson College. He as served in various civilian and military positions at the U.S. Army War College, the United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), and the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Dr. Manwaring is the author and coauthor of several articles and reports dealing with political-military affairs. He is also the editor or coeditor of El Salvador at War; Gray Area Phenomena; Managing Contemporary Conflict: Pillars of Success; Toward Responsibility in the New World Disorder; and, Beyond Declaring Victory and Coming Home: The Challenges of Peace and Stability Operations.
AMBLER H. MOSS, JR., a retired ambassador, is presently Director of the North-South Center and Professor of International Studies at the University of Miami. He is also counsel to the law firm of Greenberg, Trourig, Hoffman, Lipoff, Rosen & Quentel in Miami. Previously, as a career Foreign Service officer, he served as U.S. Ambassador to Panama, was involved with the negotiations of the U.S.-Panama Canal Treaties and their ratification, served in the U.S. delegation to the Organization of American States (OAS), and served as the Spanish desk officer in the Department of State. Ambassador Moss has received numerous foreign and U.S. awards, and has written several articles and spoken on subjects relating to Inter-American affairs, U.S. foreign policy, and diplomatic negotiations.
TERRY L. McCOY is a Professor of Latin American Studies and Political Science at the University of Florida, where he also directs the Latin American Business Environment Program. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin and taught at The Ohio State University before joining the faculty of the University of Florida. Dr. McCoy's current research focuses on the Latin American business environment, contemporary Inter-American relations and Cuba as an issue in international relations, and the impact of globalization on the Caribbean. He is author of numerous scholarly articles and is editor of The Dynamics of Population Policy in Latin America and is a contributor to the Christian Science Monitor and the Wall Street Journal.
JOHN D. NEGROPONTE, a retired ambassador, is Executive Vice President of Global Markets, the McGraw-Hill Companies. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City, Chairman of the French-American Foundation, Co-President of the U.S.-Mexico Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange, and a Fellow of the Foreign Policy Association. As a member of the career Foreign Service, Ambassador Negroponte served as Special Coordinator for Post-1999 U.S. presence in Panama, Ambassador to the Philippines, Ambassador to Mexico, Ambassador to Honduras, and as Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
DONALD E. SCHULZ is currently Chairman of the Political Science Department at Cleveland State University. Previously, he was a Research Professor of National Security Policy at the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College. His current research centers on Mexico, Colombia, and narcopolitics. Dr. Schulz has authored or edited a number of articles and books that include Mexico Faces the 21st Century; The United States, Honduras and the Crisis in Central America; Cuba and the Future; Revolution and Counterrevolution in Central America and the Caribbean; and Political Participation in Communist Systems.
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