James W. Carden served as an advisor to the US-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission and to the Special Representative for Intergovernmental Affairs at the State Department.
A columnist at Asia Times, his work has appeared in The Nation, The American Conservative, The Spectator, Responsible Statecraft, UnHerd, The Los Angeles Times, Quartz, The National Interest, American Affairs, among other publications.
He serves as Senior Consultant to ACURA and is a member of the Board of the Simone Weil Center for Political Philosophy, a 501(c)3 dedicated to furthering international dialogue in a ‘post-liberal’ world.
He is a graduate of Johns Hopkins (SAIS) and did post-graduate work at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO).