--- title: Matthew C. Waxman | TIME description: Matthew C. Waxman is the Liviu Librescu Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, where he chairs the Roger Hertog Program on Law and National Security. He served in senior positions at the National Security Council, Defense Department and State Department from 2001-2007. canonical: https://time.com/author/matthew-c-waxman/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/matthew-c-waxman/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Matthew C. Waxman ## Matthew C. Waxman _Matthew C. Waxman is the Liviu Librescu Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, where he chairs the Roger Hertog Program on Law and National Security. He served in senior positions at the National Security Council, Defense Department and State Department from 2001-2007._ ## Matthew C. Waxman *  Sep 10, 2016 ### [The Other Forever War Anniversary](https://time.com/4486572/forever-war-islamic-state-isis/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 4, 2015 ### [Why Obama's National Security Strategy Seems a Lot Like Bush's](https://time.com/4098014/matthew-waxman-charlie-savage-power-wars/) 'Obama will leave behind precedents that help entrench some of the very policies that many voters ex... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/matthew-c-waxman/","name":"Matthew C. Waxman"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/matthew-c-waxman/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/matthew-c-waxman/"},"name":"Matthew C. Waxman","jobTitle":null,"description":"Matthew C. Waxman is the Liviu Librescu Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, where he chairs the Roger Hertog Program on Law and National Security. He served in senior positions at the National Security Council, Defense Department and State Department from 2001-2007.","url":"https://time.com/author/matthew-c-waxman/","sameAs":["https://x.com/mattwaxman1"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```