George Bogden
“The Steamboat Institute was instrumental in preparing me for this new role as Executive Director of the Office of Trade Relations at CBP. The leading lights I met through various programming have honed my ability to navigate complex policy environments, communicate effectively, and advocate for principled leadership—skills I will carry into this exciting new chapter of public service. The Tony Blankley Fellowship’s namesake remains a constant source of inspiration. I owe the Steamboat Institute a great debt of gratitude for helping me to emulate the example Mr. Blankley set for my generation.”
George E. Bogden serves as the Executive Director of the Office of Trade Relations at the Department of Homeland Security. He earned a doctorate in International Relations from the University of Oxford as a Clarendon Scholar, conducting dissertation fieldwork in Kosovo as a Fulbright Public Policy Fellow. Prior to his legal training, Dr. Bogden was Associate Director of a research hub at the Hudson Institute. He later clerked at the U.S. Court of International Trade and held fellowships at Columbia Law School, Bard College, the British Library, the German Marshall Fund, and the Kennan Institute. He practiced law at King & Spalding in Washington, DC. His research has been featured in The Washington Post, and his commentary has appeared in The Atlantic, Newsweek, War on the Rocks, The Wall Street Journal, Lawfare, The Hill, The National Interest, and The Kyiv Independent, among other outlets.
