Stephen Schlesinger

- Mr. Schlesinger is Director of the World Policy Institute at the New School University in New York City. He is the author of three books, including Act of Creation: The Founding of The United Nations, for which he won the 2004 Harry S. Truman Book Award; Bitter Fruit: The Story of the U.S. Coup in Guatemala (with Stephen Kinzer), and The New Reformers. He is a frequent contributor to magazines and newspapers, including The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Nation Magazine, and The New York Observer. He has appeared on CNN, Fox TV, NPR and other media outlets. Mr. Schlesinger received his BA from Harvard University and his JD from Harvard Law School.