Stephen Kinzer is an award-winning foreign correspondent who has covered more than 50 countries on five continents. Among other notable accomplishments and publications, after completing his assignment as New York Times Istanbul Bureau cheif, Kinzer published Crescent and Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds.
The Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA) at Washington, D.C. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, independent, nonpartisan think tank based in Washington, D.C. dedicated to innovative studies on national, regional, and international issues concerning Turkey and US-Turkey relations.