Political analyst and popular neoconservative thinker William Kristol will present “The 2004 Election: What’s at Stake?” as part of the Assembly Series at 11 a.m. Oct. 7 in Graham Chapel.
Widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading political analysts and commentators, Kristol appears regularly as a commentator on Fox News.
In 2003, he and Lawrence Kaplan co-wrote The New York Times’ best-selling The War Over Iraq: Saddam’s Tyranny and America’s Mission. In it, they explain the importance of U.S. involvement in Iraq and turn a critical eye on foreign-policy decisions of past administrations concerning Saddam Hussein, analyzing both the Bush and Clinton administrations.
Kristol is the founding editor and publisher of The Weekly Standard, a Washington, D.C.-based political magazine. The Standard is one of Washington’s most acclaimed political magazines.
He led the “Project for the Republican Future,” working with other prominent Republicans to shape the strategy that produced the 1994 Republican Congressional victory.
In 1997, Kristol co-founded the “Project for the New American Century,” a nonprofit educational organization seeking to promote “American global leadership.” This movement, comprising liberal and conservative leaders, is credited with influencing some of the foreign-policy decisions of the current Bush administration.
During his political career, Kristol has enjoyed prominent roles within the government. During the Reagan administration, he served as chief of staff and counselor to Secretary of Education William Bennett. He was chief of staff to Vice President Dan Quayle.
Kristol earned a bachelor’s degree in government (1973) and a doctorate in political science (1979), both from Harvard University. He then taught American politics and political philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania for four years and worked at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government from 1983-85.
Assembly Series talks are free and open to the public. For more information, call 935-4620 or go online to assemblyseries.wustl.edu.