James Ron is a sociologist, political scientist, and former academic who is now an independent writer. He held tenure-track and tenured positions at Johns Hopkins, McGill University (where he was a Canada Research Chair), the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (at Carleton University in Ottawa), CIDE (in Mexico City), and the University of Minnesota (where he held an endowed chair). His work and research interests can be found at www.jamesron.com, Google Scholar, or ResearchGate.