Michael John Williams

Michael John "Mike" Williams (born 14 September 1979) is an international relations scholar, former advisor for the Department of State,[1] and former congressional candidate for the 5th District of Connecticut.

Between 2008 and 2010, Williams was a member of the Research Partnership on Post-War State Building, working on solutions to foster sustainable government and security in places such as the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan.

[7] For his service to military science studies, Williams was elected a Fellow of the Inter-University Seminar on the Armed Forces & Society at Loyola University Chicago.

While at RUSI Williams conceived, organized and hosted the first "Global Leadership Forum"[8] in conjunction with Newsweek International, the Princeton Project on National Security and Berwin, Leighton, Paisner.

[10] He credits Biden in his motivation to pursue graduate studies abroad and to bring the knowledge he gained overseas back to help advance the American national interest.

Ahead of his sabbatical year from Royal Holloway, University of London in 2011–12, Williams announced in Spring of 2011 his candidacy for the 5th District Congressional seat that was to be vacated by Chris Murphy in 2012.