David A. Lake?is presently a Distinguished Professor of the Graduate Division at the University of California, San Diego. He was formerly the Jerri-Ann and Gary E. Jacobs Professor of Social Sciences (2010–2024) and Distinguished Professor of Political Science (2009–2024). The author and co-editor of numerous books and over 100 articles and chapters, he has published widely in international relations theory and international political economy. His most recent book is Indirect Rule: The Making of U.S. International Hierarchy (2024). He has served as President of the American Political Science Association (2016–2017) and President of the International Studies Association (2010–2011). The recipient of UCSD Chancellor’s Associates Awards for Excellence in Graduate Education (2005) and?Excellence in Research in Humanities and Social Sciences?(2013), he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2006.