Robert Kagan
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Robert Kagan (born September 26, 1958 in Athens) is an American scholar and neoconservative[1] political commentator.
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[edit] Early life and education
Kagan graduated from Yale University in 1980. He later earned a Masters from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a PhD from American University in Washington, DC.
[edit] Career
Kagan worked at the State Department Bureau of Inter-American Affairs (1985-1988) and was a speechwriter for Secretary of State George P. Shultz (1984-1985). Prior to that, he was foreign policy advisor to New York Representative and future Republican vice presidential candidate Jack Kemp (1983). Kagan is a Senior Associate with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.[1][2][3][4] He is a foreign policy advisor to John McCain, the presumptive Republican Party nominee for President of the United States in the upcoming 2008 election.[5][6]
Kagan is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is a co-founder of the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) and was one of the signers of the January 26, 1998, "PNAC Letter" sent to US President Bill Clinton, promoting regime change in Iraq.[7] Robert's brother Frederick and father Donald are also affiliated with PNAC.
Kagan is a columnist for the Washington Post and has also written for Commentary, World Affairs, The New Republic, Policy Review and the Weekly Standard.
[edit] Personal
Kagan is married to Victoria Nuland, the current U.S. ambassador to NATO, and has two children, Elena and David. He and his family live in Brussels, Belgium.
[edit] Books
- 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] External Links
- "After the End of History, the End of the End of History..." (Comment on Robert Kagan's article "The End of the End of History") by Adrien Jahier, June 04, 2008
[edit] Notes
- ^ 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"
- ^ http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/04/10/america/10mccain.php?page=1
- ^ Reynolds, Paul. "Not the end of history after all", BBC News, 2008-04-29. Retrieved on 2008-04-29.
- ^ "Project New American Century", The Indie Voice.
