Natalia Mirovitskaya is Visiting Research Fellow of Public Policy at Duke University. She is the author ofBiological Resources of the Ocean: International Aspectsand numerous other publications on international environmental policy and resource management.
William L. Ascher is Vice President, Dean of the Faculty, and Donald C. McKenna Professor of Government and Economics at Claremont McKenna College in California. His numerous books includeNatural Resource Policymaking in Developing Countries,coauthored with Robert Healy and also published by Duke University Press. Mirovitskaya and Ascher are also coauthors ofThe Caspian Sea: A Quest for Environmental Security.