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William A. Stiles Jr.

William Kakenmaster is a research assistant at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. He graduated  from American University with a B.A. summa cum laude in International Studies. He was editor-in-chief of American University’s undergraduate research journal, Clocks and Clouds, and was founder and executive editor of its undergraduate policy magazine, the World Mind. Previously, he was a visiting student at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, UK.