Bill Kristol

Bill Kristol has been a leading participant in American political debates and a widely respected analyst of American political developments for decades. Having served in senior positions in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations, Kristol understands government from the inside; as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University, he has studied American politics and society from the outside. After serving in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations, Kristol founded and edited The Weekly Standard from 1995 until its 2018 closure. Now, he is the editor-at-large of The Bulwark and founding director of Defending Democracy Together, an organization dedicated to defending America’s liberal democratic norms, principles, and institutions. Today, Kristol speaks on issues ranging from American foreign policy to the future of the Republican Party and the meaning of American conservatism. Kristol frequently appears on all the major television talk shows, and is the host of “Conversations with Bill Kristol.” Kristol received his undergraduate degree and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Kristol is also the co-author of the bestseller “The War Over Iraq: America’s Mission and Saddam’s Tyranny”.