Robert Paarlberg is Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College and Associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. He has published books on the use of food as a weapon (Food Trade and Foreign Policy, Cornell University Press), on international agricultural trade negotiations (Fixing Farm Trade, Council on Foreign Relations), on environmentally sustainable farming in developing countries (Countrysides at Risk, Overseas Development Council), on U.S. foreign economic policy (Leadership Abroad Begins at Home, Brookings), on the reform of U.S. agricultural policy (Policy Reform in American Agriculture, Chicago University Press, with David Orden and Terry Roe). Paarlberg has also been a member of the Board of Directors of Winrock International, a member of the Emerging Markets Advisory Committee at the United States Department of Agriculture, a scientific liaison officer to the International Food Policy Research Institute, and a consultant to the National Intelligence Council (NIC), USAID, IFPRI, and the World Bank. His research has recently concentrated on policies toward genetically modified agricultural crops in developing countries, particularly Kenya, Brazil, Cameroon, Senegal, India, China, and Argentina. His latest book, The Politics of Precaution: Policies toward GM Crops in the Developing World, was published by the Johns Hopkins University Press in November 2001. Rob Paarlberg received his undergraduate degree in political science from Carleton College in 1967 and his PhD in government from Harvard University in 1975. He has also served as an officer in the United States Navy and as a legislative aide in the U.S. Senate.