ABOUT
Dr. James D. Boys is a Senior Research Fellow at UCL’s Centre on US Politics. Based in Boston, he focuses on US politics and grand strategy, with over a decade’s experience of on-camera political analysis work for the BBC, Sky News, CNBC and CNN.
He has published three books to date: Clinton’s Grand Strategy: US Foreign Policy in a Post-Cold War World (Bloomsbury, 2015), Hillary Rising (Biteback, 2016), and Clinton’s War on Terror (Lynne Rienner, 2018). His fourth book, addressing Donald Trump, Richard Nixon, and the Madman Theory will be published by Manchester University Press in 2026.
He was a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Strategic Studies at Tufts University’s Fletcher School (2021–2024), a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at King’s College London (2012–2015), and a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of North Dakota (2009–2010). He held several posts at the American University in London (2006–2019), including that of Professor of International Political Studies.
His academic expertise is combined with direct experience of politics on both sides of the Atlantic, having worked on Capitol Hill and held political office in the United Kingdom. He received his PhD from the University of Birmingham, his Masters Degree from the Institute of United States Studies, and holds a Bachelor of Arts from Leicester University.