William Kristol (born December 23, 1952, in New York City) is a leading American neoconservative political analyst, commentator, and writer. The son of prominent neoconservative intellectuals Irving Kristol—often called the "godfather of neoconservatism"—and Gertrude Himmelfarb, he graduated from Harvard College in 1973 with a Bachelor of Arts in history. Early in his career, Kristol served as a policy advisor and chief of staff to Vice President Dan Quayle from 1989 to 1993. He co-founded and served as editor of The Weekly Standard, a conservative magazine influential within Republican circles until its closure in 2018. In 1997, he co-founded and chaired the Project for the New American Century (PNAC), an organization advocating for a strong American global presence that influenced Republican foreign policy during the George W. Bush administration, including support for the Iraq War and American interventionism. He is also the founder of the Emergency Committee for Israel. A frequent media commentator on networks such as CNN and Fox News, Kristol has been a vocal critic of isolationism, populism within the Republican Party, and Donald Trump. Following the closure of The Weekly Standard, he founded and became editor-at-large of The Bulwark, a center-right publication critical of Trump and Trumpism. Since 2014, he has hosted "Conversations with Bill Kristol," a web-based interview series featuring policymakers and intellectuals. His work, characterized by strong support for military interventions and opposition to populist trends in American conservatism, has established him as a key and influential figure in conservative policy circles.