Rashwan, Diaa
Egypt

Diaa Rashwan is Director of the Program for the Study of Islamist Movements and the Comparative Politics Unit at Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies (ACPSS) in Cairo. He is also Editor-in-chief of the Guide of World Islamist Movements, published annually by the ACPSS since 2006, and Director of the Egyptian Legislative Reform project at the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights. Rashwan is currently a member of the scientific committee of Rivista di Intelligence at the Centro Studi Internazionali, and member of the Advisory Board of the Program for the Study and Research of Terrorism at Cairo University. Previously, he served as Managing Editor at ACPSS of the State of Religions in Egypt, published annually from 1995 to 1999. Rashwan started his career as a political science researcher at the ACPSS in 1982, and accepted visiting research fellowships at other centers and institutes in Japan, France and Finland. Amongst other publications, he edited The Spectrum of Islamist Movements (Verlag Hans Schiler, Berlin, Germany, 2007).

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Reese, William
United States

William Reese is President and CEO of the International Youth Foundation, providing leadership and oversight for the management of the Foundation’s operations and programs supporting positive youth development in more than 70 countries and territories. He was appointed chair by the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and served 9 years, the longest serving chair in the agency’s 60 year history. Before joining IYF, Reese was President/CEO for 12 years of Partners of the Americas, the largest citizen-run, voluntary organization working to promote economic and social development in the western hemisphere. He served for 10 years with the Peace Corps, becoming deputy director of the Latin American and Caribbean Region. Reese served as chairman of the board of InterAction, vice chair of the Debt for Development Coalition and Finance for Development, Inc., and serves on the boards of Episcopal Relief and Development, Women’s Edge Coalition and the Basic Education Coalition. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, he is also a Woodrow Wilson National Fellow lecturing on Latin American affairs, foreign policy and development issues. Reese received his B.A. in Political Science from Stanford University in 1970.

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Rice, Susan E.
United States

Susan E. Rice is Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies and Global Economy and Development Programs at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., where her work encompasses a wide range of issues related to U.S. foreign and national security policy. Her long term research focuses on the national security implications of global poverty and inequality. Her other areas of expertise include transnational security threats, terrorism, weak and failed states, development issues, foreign assistance, post-conflict peace-building, the United Nations, U.N. international stability and peace operations, and African affairs. In 2004, Rice took a leave of absence from Brookings to serve as Senior Advisor for National Security Affairs on the Kerry-Edwards campaign. She served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 1997-2001. In this capacity, she formulated and implemented overall U.S. policy towards 48 countries of Sub-Saharan Africa, including political, economic, security and humanitarian issues. From 1995-1997, Rice was Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council (NSC) and, from 1993-1995, was Director for International Organizations and Peacekeeping at the NSC. Prior to her White House tenure, Rice was a management consultant at McKinsey and Company. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Aspen Strategy Group. She also serves on several boards, including the National Democratic Institute, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, the Atlantic Council, Stanford University’s Institute for International Studies, the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., Partnership for Public Service, the Beauvoir School, and the Internews Network. Rice received her B.A. in History with Honors from Stanford University and her M.Phil. and D.Phil. (Ph.D.) degrees in International Relations from Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar.

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Rodman, Peter
USA

Peter W. Rodman is a Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution. He has served in several positions in the U.S. government, including as a Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, Director of the State Department Policy Planning Staff, special assistant to Henry Kissinger on the National Security Council staff, and most recently, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. He is currently a member of the Defense Policy Board. Rodman was educated at Harvard College, Oxford University, and Harvard Law School.

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