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Robert Kagan |
Robert Kagan (born September 26, 1958 in Athens, Greece) is an American neoconservative[1] political commentator.
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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.
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 presumed 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.
Kagan is married to Victoria Nuland, the former U.S. ambassador to NATO, and has two children, Elena and David. He and his family live in Brussels, Belgium. He also was a member of the Yale secret society Skull and Bones (joined 1980)citation needed.
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