James Denton is the executive director of Heldref Publications and the publisher of World Affairs.
Lawrence F. Kaplan is editor of World Affairs. Previously, he was senior editor at The New Republic, where he wrote about U.S. foreign policy and, from 2004-2006, reported from Iraq. Before coming to The New Republic, he was executive editor of The National Interest. He has written about foreign policy for The Financial Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Weekly Standard, Foreign Policy, Slate, The Los Angeles Times, and numerous other publications. Kaplan is a graduate of Columbia University, Oxford, and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, where he is currently a Merrill Fellow in Strategic Studies.
Steven Donald Smith is managing editor of World Affairs. Prior to joining World Affairs he worked as a contractor for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, where he wrote about a wide range of military issues for the American Forces Press Service. Smith also worked for the Missile Defense Agency and has written extensively about the history of missile defense. He has a B.A. in history from the University of Tennessee and a master's degree in international affairs from The Catholic University of America.
