Robert Kagan
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 Robert Kagan in Warsaw on April 17, 2008 |
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| Born | September 26, 1958 Athens, Greece |
| Residence | Virginia |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | PhD |
| Alma mater | Yale University, Harvard University and American University |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Victoria Nuland |
| Parents | Donald Kagan |
| Relatives | Frederick Kagan, brother |
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Robert Kagan (born September 26, 1958 in Athens, Greece) is an American historian and foreign policy commentator.
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[edit] Early life and education
Kagan graduated from Yale University in 1980, where he studied history and founded the Yale Political Monthly.[1] He later earned a master's degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a PhD from American University in Washington, D.C. He is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and adjunct professor of history at Georgetown University.
[edit] Career
In 1983, Robert Kagan was foreign policy advisor to New York Representative Jack Kemp. Between 1984 and 1986, he worked at the State Department Policy Planning Staff and was a speechwriter for Secretary of State George P. Shultz. From 1986 to 1988, he served in the Bureau of Inter-American Affairs at the State Department.
In 1997, Kagan co-founded the Project for the New American Century,[2][3] notably co-signing an open letter to President Clinton on Iraq.[4]
Kagan is a Senior Associate with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.[5][6][7][8] He was a foreign policy advisor to John McCain, the Republican Party's nominee for President of the United States in the 2008 election.[9][10]
Kagan is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Kagan is a columnist for the Washington Post and is syndicated by the New York Times Syndicate. He is a contributing editor at both the The New Republic and the Weekly Standard, and has also written for the New York Times, Foreign Affairs, the Wall Street Journal, Commentary, World Affairs, and Policy Review. His book, Of Paradise and Power, was a national and international bestseller and has been translated into 25 languages. His book, Dangerous Nation, won the 2007 Lepgold Prize from Georgetown University.[11] He is listed by Foreign Policy and Prospect as one of the world's "Top 100 Public Intellectuals."[12]
[edit] Personal
Robert Kagan is the son of Yale classical historian and author, Donald Kagan. He is married to Victoria Nuland, the former U.S. ambassador to NATO, and has two children.
He is the brother of political commentator Frederick Kagan.
[edit] Books
- A Twilight Struggle: American Power and Nicaragua, 1977-1990. (1996)
- Of Paradise and Power: America and Europe in the New World Order. (2003) ISBN 1400040930
- Dangerous Nation: America's Place in the World from its Earliest Days to the Dawn of the Twentieth Century. (2006) ISBN 0375411054
- The Return of History and the End of Dreams. (2008) ISBN 978-0307269232
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2005/10/27/robert-kagan-80-follows-father-but-forges-own-path/
- ^ PNAC. "Robert Kagan". http://www.newamericancentury.org/robertkaganbio.htm. Retrieved 13 November 2008. "Robert Kagan is co-founder with William Kristol of the Project for the New American Century."
- ^ PNAC. "About PNAC". http://www.newamericancentury.org/aboutpnac.htm. Retrieved 13 November 2008. "Established in the spring of 1997, the Project for the New American Century is a non-profit, educational organization whose goal is to promote American global leadership. (...) Project Directors: William Kristol, Chairman; Robert Kagan; Bruce P. Jackson; Mark Gerson; Randy Scheunemann"
- ^ PNAC. "Letter to President Clinton on Iraq". http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraqclintonletter.htm. Retrieved 13 November 2008. "We urge you to act decisively. If you act now to end the threat of weapons of mass destruction against the U.S. or its allies, you will be acting in the most fundamental national security interests of the country. If we accept a course of weakness and drift, we put our interests and our future at risk. Sincerely, Elliott Abrams, Richard L. Armitage, William J. Bennett, Jeffrey Bergner, John Bolton, Paula Dobriansky, Francis Fukuyama, Robert Kagan, Zalmay Khalilzad, William Kristol, Richard Perle, Peter W. Rodman, Donald Rumsfeld, William Schneider Jr., Vin Weber, Paul Wolfowitz, R. James Woolsey, Robert B. Zoellick"
- ^ Profile on the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace site
- ^ "I Am Not a Straussian" by Robert Kagan
- ^ "Robert Kagan Follows Father but Forges Own Path", Andrew Mangino, Yale Daily News
- ^ Robert Kagan profile on conservative site "Right Web"
- ^ Foreign policy: 2 camps seek McCain's ear - International Herald Tribune
- ^ Reynolds, Paul (2008-04-29). "Not the end of history after all". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7370992.stm. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
- ^ "Georgetown Awards 2007 Lepgold Book Prize". Georgetown University. 2008-09-17. http://explore.georgetown.edu/news/?ID=36299&PageTemplateID=289.
- ^ "Top 100 Public Intellectuals". Foreign Policy. May 2008. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4314.
[edit] External links
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Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Robert Kagan |
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Robert Kagan |
- "The End of the End of History: Why the twenty-first century will look like the nineteenth." Kagan in The New Republic, 23 April 2008.
- Video debates featuring Kagan on Bloggingheads.tv
- Audio: Robert Kagan in conversation on the BBC World Service discussion show The Forum
- [1] The Politic interviews Robert Kagan on Russian foreign policy at the beginning of Barack Obama's first presidential term -- April 2009
