Storer H. (“Bob”) Rowley is a contributing writer for Washington Monthly and writes commentary for the Chicago Tribune, among other outlets. He teaches journalism at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and has co-directed Medill’s Politics, Policy and Foreign Affairs specialization for graduate students. He is also Adjunct Faculty at Northwestern’s School of Communication and a former Assistant Vice President of Media Relations at the University. Earlier, as an award-winning journalist, Rowley spent 30 years working for the Chicago Tribune (1979-2009), the last seven of them as national editor, and covered stories in more than 50 countries. He also served as a member of the Tribune’s Editorial Board writing about foreign affairs and defense issues, and before that, was a foreign correspondent for 12 years based in Mexico, Canada and Israel. He served as the Tribune’s White House and Pentagon correspondents in Washington, D.C. He has covered wars and conflict, natural disasters, human rights, politics, economics, culture, religion and the human condition around the world. He is Vice President and a member of the board of the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents in the USA.