John Newhouse covered foreign policy for "The New Yorker" throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. He has served as assistant director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and was senior policy adviser for European affairs in the U.S. State Department during the latter half of the Clinton administration. He is the author of eight other books, including "Cold Dawn" and "Europe Adrift," He lives in Washington, D.C.