William A. Galston

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Senior Fellow, Governance Studies | The Ezra K. Zilkha Chair in Governance Studies

William A. Galston holds the Ezra Zilkha Chair in the Brookings Institution’s Governance Studies Program, where he serves as a senior fellow. A former policy advisor to President Clinton and presidential candidates, Galston is an expert on domestic policy, political campaigns, and elections. His current research focuses on designing a new social contract and the implications of political polarization. | View Full Bio

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Expertise

  • American political thought, institutions, and processes
  • contemporary political and social philosophy
  • history of political thought
  • U.S. domestic policy

Experience

Past Positions

  • Saul Stern Professor and Acting Dean at the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland
  • Director of the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy
  • Founding director of the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE)
  • Executive Director, National Commission on Civic Renewal
  • Deputy Assistant to President Clinton for Domestic Policy
  • Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center
  • Director of Economic and Social Programs, Roosevelt Center for Economic American Policy Studies
  • Senior Adviser, Gore for President Campaign

Education

  • Ph.D. (1973), M.A. (1969), University of Chicago
  • B.A. Cornell University, 1967

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"The State Department report will make it much harder for Obama to justify rejecting the Keystone project. Still, it has become a highly visible and emotionally charged symbol of an often diffuse issue, and it is where many leading environmental organizations have chosen to draw the line."

Source: The New Republic

William Galston's commentary on TNR.com

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