William J. Long (Ph.D. Columbia University, J.D. Georgetown University).

Dr. Long is Professor and Chair of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His research focuses on international conflict resolution and international trade and technology transfer and their relationship to national security, economic competitiveness, and international cooperation. He is the author of three books War and Reconciliation (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2003), Trade and Technology Incentives and Bilateral Cooperation (Ann Arbor; University of Michigan Press, 1996), and U.S. Export Control Policy (New York: Columbia University Press, 1989) and numerous articles and book chapters. He is the recipient of research and teaching awards from the Council on Foreign Relations, Hewlett, Pew, and MacArthur Foundations, the Fulbright Commission, and the U.S. Department of Education. Before entering academia, he practiced international law at the Washington, D.C. offices of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld.