Con Coughlin
<p>Con Coughlin, one of Britain's leading journalists, is the executive foreign editor of the <em>Daily Telegraph</em> and a world-renowned expert on the Middle East. He is the critically acclaimed author of the <em>New York Times</em> bestseller <em>Saddam: His Rise and Fall</em>. He appears regularly on television and radio in the United States, and has been a frequent political commentator on CNN, NBC, and MSNBC. He has also written for the <em>Wall Street Journal</em> and the <em>Atlantic Monthly</em>. He lives in London, England.</p>