Dr Raymond William Baker

Economist, Author and Academic

Education: Ripon College, BA, 1964, French and Art History; Harvard University, MA, 1967; Harvard University PhD, 1972.

Career: Adjunct Professor of Political Science, The American University in Cairo, Egypt, 1978 to date; College Professor of International Politics, Trinity College, USA, 1996 to date; Director of Middle East Studies, Trinity College, 2001-2003; Governing Board, International Center for Contemporary Middle Eastern Studies, Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, 2001-2003 and 2004 to date; President Emeritus, International Association of Middle East Studies, 2001 to date; Governing Board Member, World Organization of Middle East Studies, 2002 to date; Co-Chair, Global Partnership for the International University of Iraq, 2003 to date; Founding member, the International Association of Contemporary Iraqi Studies, 2005 Carnegie Islam Fellow, 2006-08.

Commentary: Author of Capitalism's Achilles Heel: Dirty Money and How to Renew the Free-market System.  After more than 40 years of experience in the private sector, he is now a Guest Scholar at the Brookings Institution and a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy, both in Washington, DC.