Fabio Rafael Fiallo is an economist, writer and retired official of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). He writes on issues related to international relations and the world economy and has contributed to The Wall Street Journal, Le Monde, The Jerusalem Post, Le Temps (Geneva) and RealClearWorld. His latest book, "Ternes Eclats" or "Dimmed Lights" (Paris, L'Harmattan), presents a critique of multilateral diplomacy, including of the anti-Israel bias that prevails in a number of international forums. A graduate of Johns Hopkins University, he lives in Switzerland and has the double nationality Dominican and Swiss.