Jeremi Suri holds the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. He is a professor in the university’s Department of History and the LBJ School of Public Affairs. Professor Suri is the author and editor of ten books on contemporary politics and foreign policy. His most recent books are “The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America’s Highest Office” and “Modern Diplomacy in Practice” (co-edited with Robert Hutchings.) Suri’s other books include “Henry Kissinger and the American Century,” “Liberty’s Surest Guardian: American Nation-Building from the Founders to Obama,” “Foreign Policy Breakthroughs: Cases in Successful Diplomacy” (with Robert Hutchings), and “The Power of the Past: History and Statecraft” (with Hal Brands). Professor Suri writes for major newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, CNN.com, Atlantic, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle, Boston Globe, New Republic, and Wired. He appears frequently on television and radio news programs.

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