Reidar Visser, author of A Responsible End? The United States and the Iraqi Transition, 2005-2010, is a research fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. He has a background in history and comparative politics and holds a doctorate in Middle Eastern studies from the University of Oxford. He has published extensively on the history of southern Iraq and issues of decentralization and federalism relating to Iraq.

Helena Cobban explains what motivated her to establish the company in the Spring of 2010 and what readers can expect from this innovative new publisher. Helena highlights the inaugural titles from Just World Books, including works by Ambassador Chas Freeman Jr., Gazan Journalist Laila El-Haddad, Security Analyst Joshua Foust and Iraqi Politics Expert Reidar Visser.