William J. Antholis

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Managing Director, The Brookings Institution | Senior Fellow, Governance Studies

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William Antholis is managing director of the Brookings Institution and a senior fellow in Governance Studies. His academic background is in how democracies conduct foreign policy, and he has served in the U.S. government at the White House and State Department. He is the co-author with Strobe Talbott of Fast Forward: Ethics and Politics in the Age of Global Warming. | View Full Bio

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202.797.6105 — Brookings Office of Communications

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Expertise

  • Climate change
  • democracy promotion
  • development
  • emerging markets
  • G8
  • international economics
  • international organizations
  • political philosophy
  • U.S. constitutionalism
  • U.S. foreign policy

Experience

Past Positions

  • Director of Studies and Senior Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States
  • Council on Foreign Relations International Fellow, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
  • Director, Office of Policy Analysis, Bureau of Economics and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State (1999)
  • Director of International Economic Affairs, Senior Advisor to National Security Advisor, and National Economic Advisor, The White House (1997–1999)
  • Special Advisor, Office of Planning, U.S. Department of State (1995–1997)
  • Adjunct Professor of International Politics, Washington Program, Syracuse University
  • Senior Research Associate, Center for National Policy
  • Co-Founder and Director, Civic Education Project

Education

  • Ph.D., Yale University, 1993
  • B.A. University of Virginia, 1986

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