Daniel Franklin is Executive Editor of The Economist and editor of The Economist's annual publication, 'The World in...', which focuses on the year ahead. Since joining The Economi...view moreDaniel Franklin is Executive Editor of The Economist and editor of The Economist's annual publication, 'The World in...', which focuses on the year ahead. Since joining The Economist in 1983, he has written about Soviet and East European affairs, covered great European upheavals - from the collapse of communism to the signing of the Maastricht treaty - and been Britain Editor and later Washington Bureau Chief in the US.view less