Dr. Christopher Preble

Dr. Christopher Preble is the Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, and also teaches the U.S. foreign policy elective at the University of California, Washington Center. His 30 year career also includes time spent as a Commissioned Officer in the U.S. Navy.

Dr. Christopher Preble is the Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies at the Cato Institute. In addition to his work at Cato, Preble teaches the U.S. foreign policy elective at the University of California, Washington Center.

He was previously the Director for Foreign Policy Studies at the Cato Institute. Before joining Cato, he taught history at St. Cloud State University and Temple University. He was also a Commissioned Officer in the U.S. Navy, and served aboard the USS Ticonderoga (CG-47) from 1990 to 1993.

He is the author of The Power Problem: How American Military Dominance Makes Us Less Safe, Less Prosperous, and Less Free and John F. Kennedy and the Missile Gap. He co-edited, with John Mueller, A Dangerous World? Threat Perception and U.S. National Security; and, with Jim Harper and Benjamin Friedman, Terrorizing Ourselves: Why U.S. Counterterrorism Policy Is Failing and How to Fix It. Preble has also published articles in major publications, including The New York Times, USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, The Financial Times, National Review, The National Interest, and Foreign Policy, and is a frequent guest on television and radio.   

Dr. Preble holds a Ph.D. in History from Temple University.