William Ruger

William Ruger is Vice President for Research and Policy at the Charles Koch Institute and Vice President for Research at the Charles Koch Foundation. He was previously an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Texas State University. Ruger earned his PhD in Politics from Brandeis University and an AB from the College of William and Mary. His scholarship has appeared in a number of academic journals, including International Studies Quarterly, Civil Wars, and Armed Forces and Society. He is the author of the biography Milton Friedman and a coauthor of two books on state politics, including Freedom in the 50 States. Ruger has written op-eds for a number of outlets, such as the New York Times, SA Today, and Foreign Affairs, and he has been interviewed frequently for television and radio, appearing on MSNBC, CNN, and Fox News. Ruger is a veteran of the war in Afghanistan and an officer in the U.S. Navy (Reserve Component). He lives with his wife and two sons in Virginia.