Henry Farrell is professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University, and Editor in Chief of the Monkey Cage blog at the Washington Post. He works on a variety of topics, including democracy, the politics of the Internet and international and comparative political economy. He has written two books, The Political Economy of Trust: Interests, Institutions and Inter-Firm Cooperation and Of Privacy and Power: The Transatlantic Fight over Freedom and Security (with Abraham Newman.)