Shmuel "Sam" Vaknin is an Israeli writer and professor of psychology and business studies. He is the author of Malignant Self Love: Narcissism Revisited (1999), an IMF and World Bank affairs consultant for several nation states, he also was the last editor-in-chief of the now-defunct political news website Global Politician, and runs a private website with content about psychological themes such as narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), psychopathy, abuse, victimization by stalkers, as well as other topics such as philosophical and sociopolitical and economic issues. His views have been solicited by the media.