Daniel S. Hamilton is the Richard von Weizsacker Professor and director of the Center for Transatlantic Relations - SAIS, Johns Hopkins University. He also serves as the director of the American Consortium for EU Studies. Joseph P. Quinlan is a nonresident fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations and a seasoned Wall Street economist. They are coauthors of a series of books on international economic issues, including The Transatlantic Economy 2008, and received the 2007 Transatlantic Leadership Award from the European-American Business Council and the 2006 Transatlantic Business Award from the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union.