William J. Dobson is no longer with the Carnegie Endowment.
William J. Dobson left the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in October
2009 to write a book on modern-day dictatorships (forthcoming, Doubleday, 2011).
Prior to joining the Carnegie Endowment as a visiting scholar, he was the managing editor of Foreign Policy magazine. During his four-year tenure, Foreign Policy (FP) was nominated for a National Magazine Award each year—the only publication of its size to be nominated for four consecutive years—and in 2007, the magazine won the overall award for General Excellence.
Prior to joining FP, Dobson served as Newsweek International’s senior editor for Asia. In this position, Dobson oversaw the magazine’s weekly coverage of Asia, supervising the assignments of foreign correspondents in over fifteen countries. During this time, Newsweek International’s Asia coverage received six honors from the Society of Publishers of Asia—a record for any publication—including General Excellence, Best Reporting, and Best Photography and Design. Prior to that position, Dobson served as an associate editor at Foreign Affairs.
Dobson has published widely on U.S. foreign policy and Asia. His articles and essays have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Foreign Policy, New Republic, Newsweek International, and elsewhere. He is a regular source of commentary and analysis for a variety of news outlets, including CNN, CBS, MSNBC, and NPR.
In 2006, Dobson was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. In 2003, he served as the U.S. Rapporteur to the World Economic Forum’s East Asian Economic Summit in Singapore and was awarded a Knight Fellowship by the Salzburg Seminar. Dobson is also a 1994 Truman Scholar.
Areas of Expertise
William Dobson is an expert in U.S. foreign policy and national security, Chinese foreign policy, political reform, and authoritarian regimes.
Education
B.A., Middlebury College; A.M., Harvard University; J.D., Harvard Law School
