People -

Leadership

William Inboden

Dr. William Inboden is a founding principal of the America in the World Consortium. He is currently serving as executive vice president and provost of The University of Texas at […]

Peter Feaver

Peter D. Feaver (Ph.D., Harvard, 1990) is a Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Duke University. He is Director of the Duke Program in American Grand Strategy and […]

Hal Brands

Hal Brands is the Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He is also a scholar at the American […]

Paul Edgar

Paul Edgar was appointed the Executive Director of the William P. Clements, Jr. Center for National Security at the University of Texas-Austin in May 2026. He holds a PhD in […]

Administration

Emma Rogers serves as the Program Director for the America in World Consortium. Based in Austin, Texas, Emma manages the daily functions of the Consortium, including marketing and expansion efforts, […]

Perry Lum

Perry Lum is the Senior Program Manager for the America in the World Consortium. Perry recently earned a Master of Global Policy Studies degree from the LBJ School of Public […]

Senior Advisors

Roger Zakheim

SENIOR ADVISOR

Mr. Zakheim is the Director of the Ronald Reagan Institute. He is the co-founder of the Reagan National Defense Forum, host of the Reaganism podcast, and author of Peace Through Strength: […]

Paul Lettow

SENIOR FELLOW

Paul Lettow is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he focuses on US foreign policy, US grand strategy, and strategic competition with China and Russia. He […]

Charlie Laderman

SENIOR ADVISOR

Charlie Laderman is a Professor of Strategy and Statecraft at The University of Texas at Austin. He returns to the Forty Acres after previously being a Harrington Faculty Fellow at […]

Affiliated Scholars

Kyle Beardsley

Duke University

Professor of Political Science

Michael Beckley

Tufts University

Professor of Political Science

Robert Chesney

University of Texas - Austin

James A. Baker III Chair in the Rule of Law and World Affairs, Dean of Texas Law

William Chou

Hudson Institute

Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Japan Chair

Susan Colbourn

Duke University

Associate Research Professor and Associate Director of the Program in American Grand Strategy

Jeff Colgan

Brown University

Richard Holbrooke Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Director of the Climate Solutions Lab

Anthony Eames

Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute

Jill E. Kent Chair in History, Civics, and Statecraft and Director of Scholarly Initiatives

Cindy Ewing

University of Toronto

Assistant Professor of Contemporary International History

James D. Fearon

Stanford University

Theodore and Frances Geballe Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies