Bruce Gilley is professor of politics and global affairs at Portland State University and a presidential scholar at the New College of Florida. He earned his Ph.D. in politics from Princeton University and his M. Phil. in economics from the University of Oxford. His research in comparative and global politics led him in 2017 to write the peer-reviewed article “The Case for Colonialism”, which stirred up a global cancellation mob. Since then he has published a book-length version, The Case for Colonialism, as well as In Defense of German Colonialism. His forthcoming book is entitled An Imperial History of the United States.