Hubert Védrine was the French minister of foreign affairs from 1998 to 2002, France. He is the coauthor (with Dominique Moisi) of France in an Age of Globalization (English edition by Brookings, 2001). Philip H. Gordon is a senior fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy at the Brookings Instituion, Washington, D.C., USA, and the translator of numerous works, including France in an Age of Globalization. Madeleine Albright was U.S. secretary of state from 1997 to 2001. Her most recent book is Memo to the President Elect: How We Can Restore America's Reputation and Leadership (Harper, 2008).