Robert Singh is Professor of Politics at Birkbeck College, London; fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts; and member of the Royal Institute for International Affairs (Chatham House) and the International Institute for Strategic Studies. His publications include "American Government and Politics" (2003) and "Contemporary American Politics: Issues and Controversies" (2003) and (as co-author) "After Bush: The Case for Continuity in American Foreign Policy" (2008).