Academic Background: Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Denver, 1981; M.A. in Political Science, University of Notre Dame, 1975; B.A. in Political Science, University of Denver, 1974.
Research Interests: International relations, U.S. foreign policy, and national security.
Appointments: Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution; Professor of Political Science at Stanford University; Former U.S. Secretary of State (2005-2009).
Awards: Presidential Medal of Freedom; Order of the Rising Sun (Japan).
Publications: Author of Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom (Twelve, 2017); No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington (Crown, 2011).
Additional Contributions: Frequent public speaker on global leadership and democracy.