Dr. William Inboden

Dr. Inboden is Senior Vice-President of the Legatum Institute. Most recently 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, democracy and governance, contingency planning, counter-radicalization, and multilateral institutions and initiatives.  Prior to that, Dr. Inboden worked at the Department of State as a Member of the Policy Planning Staff and a Special Advisor in the Office of International Religious Freedom. 

Dr. Inboden was also a Civitas Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and has worked as a staff member in both the United States Senate and the House of Representatives.  He has lectured widely in academic and policy settings, and received numerous research and professional development fellowships.  His new book Religion and Foreign Policy, 1945-1960: the Soul of Containment, is published by Cambridge University Press.  Dr. Inboden received his Ph.D., M.Phil., and M.A. degrees in history from Yale University, and his A.B. from Stanford University.