birth_place credits birth_date birthname article_title name occupation alma_mater
north kingstown , rhode island , united states '' editor -lrb- present -rrb- '' foreign policy '' , managing slate editor -lrb- 2004 -- 2008 -rrb- '' newsweek international '' '' , senior editor for asia '' foreign affairs '' , magazine associate editor , politics and foreign affairs 02 march 1973 william joel dobson william j. dobson
 william j. dobson journalist , author middlebury -rrb- harvard law school -lrb- jd -rrb- college -lrb- ab -rrb- harvard university -lrb- am
william j. dobson

william j. `` will '' dobson is an american journalist and author who writes frequently on foreign affairs and international politics .
he is currently the politics and foreign affairs editor for slate .
