Charles King is the author of Odessa: Genius amd Death in a City of Dreams, which received a 2011 Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award, and five oth­er books. A fre­quent media com­men­ta­tor on glob­al affairs, he is pro­fes­sor of inter­na­tion­al affairs and gov­ern­ment at George­town Uni­ver­si­ty. He lives in Wash­ing­ton, DC.