Will Inboden

Will Inboden is the executive director of the Clements Center for National Security and an associate professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, both at the University of Texas at Austin, a distinguished scholar at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law, and the author of The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink.

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US President Donald Trump disembarks from Air Force One upon arrival at Raleigh County Memorial Airport in Beaver, West Virginia, July 24, 2017, as Trump travels to speak at the National Boy Scout Jamboree in West Virginia. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump disembarks from Air Force One upon arrival at Raleigh County Memorial Airport in Beaver, West Virginia, July 24, 2017, as Trump travels to speak at the National Boy Scout Jamboree in West Virginia. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Our Missing President

Elephants in the Room
Will Inboden
Washington, UNITED STATES: US Republican Senator from Kansas and presidential hopeful Sam Brownback delivers remarks to the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), in Washington, DC, 14 March 2007. AFP PHOTO/MANNIE GARCIA (Photo credit should read MANNIE GARCIA/AFP/Getty Images)
Washington, UNITED STATES: US Republican Senator from Kansas and presidential hopeful Sam Brownback delivers remarks to the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), in Washington, DC, 14 March 2007. AFP PHOTO/MANNIE GARCIA (Photo credit should read MANNIE GARCIA/AFP/Getty Images)

Trump Made the Right Call on Religious Freedom

Elephants in the Room
Will Inboden
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 27: U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and British Prime Minister Theresa May ,participate in a joint press conference at the East Room of the White House January 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. Prime Minister May is on a visit to the White House and had a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office with President Trump. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 27: U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and British Prime Minister Theresa May ,participate in a joint press conference at the East Room of the White House January 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. Prime Minister May is on a visit to the White House and had a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office with President Trump. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

The U.S. and U.K. Have the Same Affliction: A Crisis at the Top

Elephants in the Room
Will Inboden
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - JUNE 05: British Prime Minister, Theresa May speaks at Clockwork Removals as the Conservative election campaign resumes on June 5, 2017 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The political parties have resumed campaigning after the weekend's terror attacks in the London Bridge and Borough areas of Central London. Theresa May will campaign in London, Scotland and West Yorkshire today. (Photo by Ben Stansall - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - JUNE 05: British Prime Minister, Theresa May speaks at Clockwork Removals as the Conservative election campaign resumes on June 5, 2017 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The political parties have resumed campaigning after the weekend's terror attacks in the London Bridge and Borough areas of Central London. Theresa May will campaign in London, Scotland and West Yorkshire today. (Photo by Ben Stansall - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Who Is Theresa May and What Does She Stand For?

Elephants in the Room
Will Inboden
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 28: President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office of the White House, January 28, 2017 in Washington, DC. Also pictured, from left, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, Vice President Mike Pence, and White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon. On Saturday, President Trump is making several phone calls with world leaders from Japan, Germany, Russia, France and Australia. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 28: President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office of the White House, January 28, 2017 in Washington, DC. Also pictured, from left, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, Vice President Mike Pence, and White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon. On Saturday, President Trump is making several phone calls with world leaders from Japan, Germany, Russia, France and Australia. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

The Trump Transition and the Next 1357 Days

Elephants in the Room
Will Inboden
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) looks on as President Donald Trump speaks to the press before he meets with his cabinet in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on March 13, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) looks on as President Donald Trump speaks to the press before he meets with his cabinet in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on March 13, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

Give Rex Tillerson a Chance

Elephants in the Room
Will Inboden
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Remembering Michael Novak

Elephants in the Room
Will Inboden
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 11: Former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of State, testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee January 11, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Tillerson is expected to face tough questions regarding his ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 11: Former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of State, testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee January 11, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Tillerson is expected to face tough questions regarding his ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

A Strategic Human Rights Agenda for the Tillerson State Department

Elephants in the Room
Will Inboden
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump arrives on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. In today's inauguration ceremony Donald J. Trump becomes the 45th president of the United States. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump arrives on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. In today's inauguration ceremony Donald J. Trump becomes the 45th president of the United States. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Looking Forward from the Sidelines

Elephants in the Room
Peter D. Feaver, Will Inboden
US President Donald Trump acknowledges the crowd during the Presidential Inauguration at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2017. / AFP / POOL / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump acknowledges the crowd during the Presidential Inauguration at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2017. / AFP / POOL / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Goodbye and Hello: A Shadow Government Peaceful Transfer of Power

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Peter D. Feaver, Will Inboden
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Can Donald Trump Be a Good President?

Shadow Government 2009-2017
Peter D. Feaver, Will Inboden
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Never Trump. And Never Hillary Clinton Either.

Shadow Government 2009-2017
Peter D. Feaver, Will Inboden
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It’s Impossible to Count the Things Wrong With the Negligent, Spurious, Distorted New Biography of George W. Bush

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Why the Brexit Isn’t a Boost for Trump

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Jo Cox: A Memory

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