- Ph.D. in History, Yale University
- M.Phil. in History, Yale University
- M.A. in History, Yale University
- National Security Policy and Grand Strategy
- American Presidency and National Security Policy
- Religion, International Religious Freedom and Foreign Policy
- Policy Process and Institutions
- International Affairs and Diplomacy
- Intelligence and National Security
William Inboden joined the LBJ School faculty after many years of working as a policymaker in Washington, DC, and directing a foreign policy think tank overseas. He is the William Powers, Jr. executive director of the Clements Center for National Security and a distinguished scholar at the Strauss Center for International Security and Law. He is also a National Intelligence Council associate and serves on the CIA's Historical Advisory Panel and State Department's Historical Advisory Committee.
Inboden previously served as senior director for strategic planning on the National Security Council, worked on the State Department's Policy Planning Staff and served as a congressional staff member. His think-tank experience includes the American Enterprise Institute and running the London-based Legatum Institute. He is a Council on Foreign Relations life member and a contributing editor to Foreign Policy magazine, and his commentary has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Foreign Affairs, The Weekly Standard, USA Today, NPR, CNN and BBC. His classes, "Ethics & International Relations and Presidential Decision-Making in National Security," have been selected by students in recent years as the "Best Class in the LBJ School." He is currently writing a book on the Reagan administration's national security policies, titled The Peacemaker: The Reagan Presidency from War to Peace.
- In Defense of the Blob
- "Wisdom without tears: Statecraft and the uses of history"
- "Ronald Reagan, Exemplar of Conservative Internationalism?"
- The Last Card Inside George W. Bush's Decision to Surge in Iraq
- "Trying to Look Forward Through the Past: The Role of History in Bush White House National Security Policy"
- Spring 2021 - 60570 - PA 383G - Policy Making in a Global Age
- Fall 2020 - 59000 - PA388K - Advanced Topics in Public Policy
- Spring 2020 - 58270 - PA 383G - Policy Making in a Global Age
- Spring 2019 - 60170 - PA 388K - Advanced Topics in Public Policy
- Fall 2018 - 60695 - PA 387G - The Nature of the International System
- Spring 2017 - 61341 - PA388K - Advanced Topics in Public Policy
- Fall 2016 - 60630 - PA387G - The Nature of the International System
- Spring 2016 - 60145 - PA682GB - Policy Research Project on Global Policy Issues
- Fall 2015 - 59794 - PA682GA - Policy Research Project on Global Policy Issues
- Spring 2015 - 61215 - PA388K - Advanced Topics in Public Policy
- Fall 2014 - 62575 - PA388K - Advanced Topics in Public Policy
- Spring 2014 - 63450 - PA388K - Advanced Topics in Public Policy
- Fall 2013 - 63590 - PA388K - Advanced Topics in Public Policy
- Spring 2013 - 62700 - PA383G - Policy Making in a Global Age
- National Security
- U.S. Foreign Policy