Nicholas Thompson is a senior editor at Wired Magazine and the author of The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War. He is a fellow at the New America Foundation and an official panelist on CNN International's "Connect the World" with Becky Anderson.

He is a frequent guest on CNN's American Morning and NBC's Today Show. He has also appeared as a commentator on Bloomberg Television, Fox News, MSNBC, CNBC, ABC's Live with Regis and Kelly and World News Tonight, CBS's Early Show, and National Public Radio.