Angelo M. Codevilla (1943&–2021), formerly a senior research fellow at the Hoover Institution, was a professor emeritus of international relations at Boston University. He was a Foreign Service officer and served on the Senate Intelligence Committee as well as on presidential transition teams. He is the author of, among others, Advice to War Presidents, Informing Statecraft, The Ruling Class: How They Corrupted America and What We Can Do About It, and A Student's Guide to International Relations. His articles have appeared in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, as well as in Commentary, Foreign Affairs, and the Claremont Review of Books.