Angelo Maria Codevilla (May 25, 1943 – September 20, 2021) was an American professor of international relations at what is now the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University.

[5][3][6] His contributions to national security included helping to conceive the technology programs that, in 1983, were relabeled the Strategic Defense Initiative.

In 1985 Codevilla returned to full-time academic life as a senior research fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.

While acknowledging that Jonathan Pollard was guilty of espionage, Codevilla was one of many who publicly objected on procedural and substantive grounds to the life sentence given the convicted Israeli spy.

He further stated that his opinion, as those of DCI James Woolsey, former Attorney general Michael Mukasey, and former Senator Dennis DeConcini, is based on a thorough knowledge of the case.

He served in the United States Navy Reserve 1969–1971, leaving active duty as a lieutenant, junior grade.