Ashraf Swelam, a World Fellow at Yale University, recalls his role as an Egyptian diplomat in Washington in the days following the September 11 attacks. He talks about the critical mutual interests of the US and Egypt, challenges to the relationship and the broader question of peace in the Middle...

Wolfgang Proissl was until recently the Brussels Bureau Chief for the Financial Times Deutschland. When he leaves Yale in a few short weeks, he will take up his new post as Frankfurt Bureau Chief for the same paper. He is known for his expertise and advocacy on European integration and has been...