Peter J. Schraeder is Professor of Political Science at Loyola University, Chicago, IL. He has extensive field experience in Africa and Europe, most recently serving as a Fulbright scholar at the University of Tunis in Tunisia (2002-2003) and as a visiting professor at his university's John Felice Rome Center in Italy (2003-05). His research has been published in such diverse scholarly journals as African Affairs, The Journal of Modern African Studies, The Journal of Politics, Middle East Journal, Politique Africaine, and World Politics. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including African Politics and Society: A Mosaic in Transformation; Exporting Democracy: Rhetoric vs. Reality; and United States Foreign Policy Toward Africa: Incrementalism, Crisis and Change.