William Inboden is Professor and Director of the Alexander Hamilton Center at the University of Florida, and Peterson Senior Fellow with the Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
Most recently he was Executive Director and William Powers, Jr. Chair at the Clements Center for National Security, and Associate Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, both at the University of Texas-Austin. Previously he served as Senior Director for Strategic Planning on the National Security Council staff, at the Department of State as a Member of the Policy Planning Staff and Special Advisor in the Office of International Religious Freedom, and as a staff member in both the US Senate and House of Representatives.
He is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and his commentary has appeared in numerous outlets including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, National Review, NPR, CNN, and the BBC. Inboden is the author or co-editor of four books. His most recent book, The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink (Dutton, a Penguin Random House imprint 2022), has received multiple national awards.
Originally published at ndisc.nd.edu.