Dr James Bilsland completed his PhD in Politics at the University of Glasgow in 2013. He is the author of the monograph 'The President, the State and the Cold War: A Comparison of the Foreign Policies of Presidents Truman and Reagan' published by Routledge in 2015.
His research interests include US foreign policy, US-Russia relations, US policy towards Northeast Asia, the US presidency, the Cold War and international politics.