RICHARD BERNSTEIN has been a reporter, foreign correspondent, and culture critic for forty years, starting at Time magazine, then at The New York Times, and currently as a freelance writer. His foreign postings for Time and The New York Times include Hong Kong, Beijing, Paris, and Berlin. He has written ten books and articles for numerous publications, including The New York Review of Books, The Atlantic, Foreign Affairs, The Wall Street Journal, and others. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.