William Pfaff

International Herald Tribune; Journalist

William Pfaff is a journalist and op-ed columnist. He has written a newspaper column since 1978, begun at the invitation of the Paris-based International Herald Tribune. Subsequently it was syndicated in the United States and internationally by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate (which later became the Chicago-based Tribune Media Services, a division of The Tribune Company).

He is the author of eight books on international relations, contemporary history, and U.S. policy, and is published in five countries.

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MAY 26, 1996 Article

Morgenthau Lectures (1981–2006): The Future of the United States as a Great Power

William Pfaff points to the danger the U.S. will face if it continues to hark back to a mythical, isolationist past. He urges American ...