Stephen R. Weissman

Stephen R. Weissman, a political scientist and public policy analyst and advocate, has held U.S. academic positions at Fordham University, New Jersey City University, Stanford University, the University of Texas at Dallas and Howard University. He has also been Staff Director of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Africa, Legislative Representative for campaign finance and election reform at Public Citizen and Associate Director for Policy of the Campaign Finance Institute. Weissman’s previous books are: American Foreign Policy in the Congo 1960-1964 (Cornell University Press 1974) and A Culture of Deference: Congress’s Failure of Leadership in Foreign Policy (Basic Books 1995). His many articles have focused on American foreign policy in various regions, including Congress’s role, Central Intelligence Agency covert action and international conflict resolution, as well as the broken system of financing U.S. federal elections. For more information, see www.stephenrweissman.com