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William Inboden

William Inboden

Professor and Director of the Alexander Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education at the University of Florida; Author & Former White House Staffer

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William Inboden Biography

William Inboden is Professor and Director of the Alexander Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education at the University of Florida, and Peterson Senior Fellow with the Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He previously served as William Powers, Jr. Chair and Executive Director of the Clements Center for National Security, Associate Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, and Distinguished Scholar at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law, all at the University of Texas-Austin. Inboden’s other current roles include Associate with the National Intelligence Council, member of the CIA Historical Advisory Panel, presidentially-appointed Commissioner with the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, and Senior Fellow with the Trinity Forum.

Previously he served as Senior Director for Strategic Planning on the National Security Council at the White House, where he worked on a range of foreign policy issues including the National Security Strategy, strategic forecasting, democracy and governance, contingency planning, counter-radicalization, and multilateral institutions and initiatives. Inboden’s other government service includes at the Department of State as a Member of the Policy Planning Staff and a Special Advisor in the Office of International Religious Freedom, and as a staff member in both the United States Senate and the House of Representatives. He also served as head of the London-based Legatum Institute, and as a Civitas Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

Inboden’s newest book is The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, The Cold War, and the World on the Brink (Dutton, a Penguin Random House imprint), an award-winning narrative overview of the Reagan Administration’s Cold War strategy and foreign and defense policies. He is also the author of Religion and American Foreign Policy, 1945-1960: The Soul of Containment (Cambridge University Press), co-editor of The Last Card: Inside George W. Bush’s Decision to Surge in Iraq (Cornell University Press), co-editor of Hand-Off: The Foreign Policy That George W. Bush Bequeathed to Barack Obama (Brookings Institution Press), and has published numerous articles and book chapters on American foreign policy, the presidency, and American history.

Inboden 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, USA Today, Foreign Policy, Politico, National Review, The Hill, World, Weekly Standard, NPR, CNN, and BBC. He has served as Editor-in-Chief of the Texas National Security Review, lectured widely in academic and policy settings, testified before the U.S. House Armed Services Committee and the US Congress Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, and received numerous research and professional development fellowships.

Professor Inboden has received multiple teaching awards including recognition as a “Texas 10” by the Texas Exes Alumni Association, selection as “Lecturer of the Year” at the LBJ School, and his classes Presidential Decision-making in National Security and Ethics and International Affairs were voted as “Best Class in the LBJ School” and “Class Most Likely to Challenge Your Assumptions.” Inboden received his Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in history from Yale University, and his A.B. in history with honors from Stanford University. He lives in Gainesville, FL with his wife and two sons.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 05/22/2025.

William Inboden Videos

  • Peaceful Victory? Ronald Reagan's Cold War Strategy | William Inboden | NDISC Seminar Series
    Peaceful Victory? Ronald Reagan's Cold War Strategy | William Inboden | NDISC Seminar Series
    William Inboden is Professor and Director of the Alexander Hamilton Center at the University of Florida, and Peterson Senior Fellow with the...
  • The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink | Uncommon Knowledge
    The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink | Uncommon Knowledge
    Recorded on January 25, 2023. Will Inboden is a man of many talents: author, academic, and national policy maker. He held positions with the State...
  • Onstage at the Reagan Library with Former White House Staffer William Inboden
    Onstage at the Reagan Library with Former White House Staffer William Inboden
    Please join us for an in-person event with author and former White House staffer William Inboden for his new book, The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the...
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William Inboden Books

  • The Last Card: Inside George W. Bush's Decision to Surge in Iraq
    The Last Card: Inside George W. Bush's Decision to Surge in Iraq
  • Religion and American Foreign Policy, 1945–1960: The Soul of Containment
    Religion and American Foreign Policy, 1945–1960: The Soul of Containment
  • The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink
    The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink

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