Robert Kagan

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name = Robert Kagan

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Robert Kagan (born September 26 1958 in Athens, Greece) is an American neoconservative political commentator.

Early life and education

Kagan graduated from Yale University in 1980. He later earned a master's degree from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a PhD from American University in Washington, DC.

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. [ [http://www.carnegieendowment.org/experts/index.cfm?fa=expert_view&expert_id=16 Profile on the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace site] ] [ [http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/006/656lwsoy.asp?pg=1 "I Am Not a Straussian" by Robert Kagan] ] [ [http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=30540 "Robert Kagan Follows Father but Forges Own Path"] , Andrew Mangino, Yale Daily News] [ [http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1241 Robert Kagan profile on conservative site "Right Web"] ] He is a foreign policy advisor to John McCain, the Republican Party's nominee for President of the United States in the upcoming 2008 election. [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/04/10/america/10mccain.php?page=1 Foreign policy: 2 camps seek McCain's ear - International Herald Tribune ] ] cite news | first=Paul | last=Reynolds | coauthors= | title=Not the end of history after all | date=2008-04-29 | publisher= | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7370992.stm | work =BBC News | pages = | accessdate = 2008-04-29 | language = ]

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. [ [http://www.theindyvoice.com/pnac/ "Project New American Century"] , The Indie Voice.]

Kagan was a columnist for the "Washington Post" and has also written for "Commentary", World Affairs, "The New Republic", "Policy Review" and the "Weekly Standard". He has been associated with the neoconservative school [ [http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,558633,00.html] ] of American foreign policy.

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, Elena and David. Kagan and his family are Jewish and live in Brussels, Belgium.

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

External links

* [http://www.tnr.com/story.html?id=ee167382-bd16-4b13-beb7-08effe1a6844 "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.
* [http://adrien-jahier.blog.com/robert%20kagan/ "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, 04 June 2008.
* [http://bloggingheads.tv/search/?participant1=Kagan,%20Robert Video interviews and discussions] on Bloggingheads.tv

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