Richard C. Snyder taught political science at Northwestern University, University of California, Irvine, and Ohio State University. Burton Sapin is Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Relations at George Washington University. Valerie M. Hudson is Professor of Political Science, Brigham Young University. Derek H. Chollet is a Research Associate at The George Washington University. James M. Goldgeier is the Director of the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at George Washington University and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution.