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| '''Robert Kagan''' (born ], ]) is an ] ] scholar and political commentator. He graduated from ] in ], where he had been a member of the secret group, ]. He later earned a Masters from the ] at ] and a PhD from ] in Washington, DC. He is a co-founder of the ] (PNAC) and was one of the signers of the ], ], sent to ] ]. He is a member of the ]. Robert's brother ] and father ] are also prominent American neoconservatives, and also affiliated with the PNAC. | '''Robert Kagan''' (born ], ]) is an ] ] scholar and political commentator. He is of Jewish descent. He graduated from ] in ], where he had been a member of the secret group, ]. He later earned a Masters from the ] at ] and a PhD from ] in Washington, DC. He is a co-founder of the ] (PNAC) and was one of the signers of the ], ], sent to ] ]. He is a member of the ]. Robert's brother ] and father ] are also prominent American neoconservatives, and also affiliated with the PNAC. | ||
| Kagan worked at the ] Bureau of Inter-American Affairs (]-]) and was a speechwriter for Secretary of State ] (]-1985). Prior to that, he was foreign policy advisor to ] ] and future ] vice presidential candidate ] (]). Kagan is a Senior Associate with the ]. | Kagan worked at the ] Bureau of Inter-American Affairs (]-]) and was a speechwriter for Secretary of State ] (]-1985). Prior to that, he was foreign policy advisor to ] ] and future ] vice presidential candidate ] (]). Kagan is a Senior Associate with the ]. | ||
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Robert Kagan (born September 26, 1958) is an American neoconservative scholar and political commentator. He is of Jewish descent. He graduated from Yale University in 1980, where he had been a member of the secret group, Skull & Bones. He later earned a Masters from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a PhD from American University in Washington, DC. 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. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Robert's brother Frederick and father Donald are also prominent American neoconservatives, and also affiliated with the PNAC.
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.
Kagan, who has written for The New Republic, Policy Review, the Washington Post (monthly), and the Weekly Standard, now lives in Brussels, Belgium, with his family.
He is married to Victoria Nuland, the current U.S. ambassador to the NATO and has two children, Elena and David.
Kagan recently published the book Dangerous Nation: America's Place in the World from its Earliest Days to the Dawn of the Twentieth Century.