William J. Long is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Georgia State University. From 2011-2016, he served as Dean of the Georgia State’s College of Arts and Sciences. Previously, Dr. Long served as Professor and Director of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Institute of Technology for ten years prior to joining Georgia State. Dr. Long’s fields of scholarly interest include international cooperation and conflict resolution, international political economy, religion and politics, and comparative political theory.  He is the author of six books and numerous articles and has received research and teaching awards from the United States Institute of Peace; the Council on Foreign Relations; the Hewlett, Pew, Sloan and MacArthur Foundations; the Fulbright Commission; the U.S. Department of Education; and the Commission of the European Union. Dr. Long recently completed a book on global international relations theory entitled: A Buddhist Approach to International Relations: Radical Interdependence. The book is available free as an open source.