Bar­ry Gewen, an edi­tor at The New York Times Book Review for thir­ty years, has writ­ten on pol­i­tics, inter­na­tion­al affairs, and cul­ture for sev­er­al pub­li­ca­tions, includ­ing The New York Times, The New Repub­lic, Dis­sent, and The Nation­al Inter­est. A sought-after speak­er and lec­tur­er, Gewen lives in New York City.