Eric Shiraev is a professor and senior research associate with George Mason's Center for Global Studies and research associate with the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies of George Washington University. He is the coauthor of "People and Their Opinions: Thinking Critically About Public Opinion" (Pearson, 2006), with Richard Sobel; and "America: Sovereign Defender or Cowboy Nation?" (Ashgate, 2005), with Vladimir Shlapentokh and Joshua Woods. He lives in the Washington, D.C., area.