William R. THOMPSON is Rogers Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomington and Managing Editor of International Studies Quarterly. He is a past president of the In-ternational Studies Association (2005–06). Recent edited and co-authored books include Global-ization and Global History (with Barry K. Gills), Globalization as Evolutionary Process: Model-ing Global Change (with George Modelski and Tessaleno Devezas), Systemic Transition: Past, Present, and Future and Limits to Globalization and North-South Divergence (with Rafael Reuveny).