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Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy
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Phone: +1-202-509-8436
E-mail: pbeinart@cfr.org
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Washington, DC
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Author of The Good Fight: Why Liberals-And Only Liberals-Can Win the War on Terror and Make America Great Again. Editor-at-Large and former editor of the New Republic, columnist for the Washington Post, and contributor to Time magazine. Current work examines how the United States recovers from lost wars.
Expertise:U.S. national security; domestic politics and foreign policy; foreign policy history; the media and foreign policy; nationalism; democracy and human rights; Congress; the presidency.
Experience:Editor at Large, The New Republic (currently); Columnist, the Washington Post (currently); Contributor, Time Magazine (currently); Editor, The New Republic (1999-2006); Non-Resident Fellow, the Brookings Institution (2005-2006).
Honors:The Week magazine's columnist of the year for 2004. The Good Fight: Why Liberals-- And Only Liberals--Can Win the War on Terror and Make America Great Again named one of the best books of 2006 by the Washington Post.
Selected Publications:The Good Fight: Why Liberals--And Only Liberals--Can Win the War on Terror and Make America Great Again (HarperCollins, 2006). Also written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, the Boston Globe, the Atlantic Monthly, Newsweek, Slate, Reader's Digest, Die Zeit, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and Polity: the Journal of the Northeastern Political Science Studies Association.
Current Research Projects
July 6, 2009
Op-Ed
Time Magazine
Peter Beinart discusses Franklin D. Roosevelt's foreign policy legacy.
See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics, Foreign Policy History, Presidency
June 12, 2009
Op-Ed
Time Magazine
Peter Beinart argues, "by taking on the Israeli government over the issue of settlement growth, Obama is showing that he's a gambler overseas" as well as at home.
See more in United States, Israel, U.S. Strategy and Politics
May 7, 2009
Audio
Listen to Peter Beinart, senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at CFR, discuss the first one hundred days of the Obama administration.
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May 1, 2009
Op-Ed
Time Magazine
Peter Beinart argues that in the Palestinian territories, "it's best to stop worrying so much about what Hamas says and try to create a situation in which we can better influence what it does."
See more in Palestinian Authority, U.S. Strategy and Politics
February 23, 2009
Op-Ed
The Daily Beast
Peter Beinart writes, "after years of evasiveness by the GOP, finally some frank talk about deficits from Obama and even from Hillary in China."
See more in China, Economics, U.S. Strategy and Politics
January 21, 2009
Op-Ed
Time Magazine
Peter Beinart looks at how President Obama can make U.S. foreign policy "solvent" again.
See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics, Foreign Policy History, Presidency
January 18, 2009
Op-Ed
Washington Post
Peter Beinart urges Democrats to publicly acknowledge that they were wrong on the surge.
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare, U.S. Strategy and Politics
January 8, 2009
Op-Ed
The Daily Beast
Peter Beinart writes, "Obama's opening act looks a lot more like Bush's than like Bill Clinton's, even though Clintonites populate his administration."
See more in Presidency, U.S. Election 2008
December 8, 2008
Op-Ed
The Daily Beast
Peter Beinart believes that by electing Barack Obama the American people are ridding "the anti-intellectualism that has dominated politics for 50 years."
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December 8, 2008
Op-Ed
Time Magazine
Peter Beinart writes that "Obama understands that foreign policy is, in international-relations-speak, a two-sided game."
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November 23, 2008
Op-Ed
The Daily Beast
Peter Beinart says that filling the Obama administration with former Clintonites "gives Democrats a better chance at dramatic change than they've had in 75 years."
See more in U.S. Election 2008
November 15, 2008
Op-Ed
The Daily Beast
Peter Beinart writes that "if Barack pops the question, Hillary should suggest Colin Powell instead."
See more in U.S. Election 2008
November 13, 2008
Article
Time Magazine
Peter Beinart writes that, in the Obama era, liberalism could again become America's ruling creed.
See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics, Presidency
November 13, 2008
Expert Brief
CFR Senior Fellow Peter Beinart writes about how the global financial crisis will affect the United States' broad foreign policy goals.
See more in United States, Financial Crises
November 6, 2008
Audio
Listen to Peter Beinart, senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at CFR and editor at large for the New Republic, discuss the election results and foreign policy priorities facing President-elect Obama as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call Series.
See more in International Finance, U.S. Strategy and Politics, Presidency
November 3, 2008
Op-Ed
Washington Post
Peter Beinart writes that "this won't be the first time a culture war has come to a close."
See more in U.S. Election 2008
October 9, 2008
Op-Ed
Time Magazine
Peter Beinart writes that "even though Obama is ahead, the attacks have taken their toll."
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August 28, 2008
Op-Ed
Time Magazine
Peter Beinart writes that “of all the disasters that have befallen the Republican Party in recent years, the most cataclysmic may be about to unfold: John McCain might win.”
See more in United States, U.S. Election 2008
August 13, 2008
Op-Ed
Washington Post
Barack Obama wants race to stay out of the campaign, instead choosing to focus on issues like the environment, gas prices, the Iraq war and almost anything else. Unfortunately for him, he is not going to get his wish, writes Peter Beinart, pointing to the McCain campaign’s insistence on making race an issue any chance they get.
See more in Society and Culture, Media and Foreign Policy
July 7, 2008
Op-Ed
Time Magazine
“On the surface, defining patriotism is simple. It is love and devotion to country. The questions are why we love it and how we express our devotion. That's where the arguments begin,” says Peter Beinart
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Explore international efforts to curb nuclear proliferation with a new interactive from CFR's program on International Institutions and Global Governance.
The Canadian oil sands present an important challenge to policymakers: they promise energy security benefits but present climate change problems. Michael A. Levi assesses the energy security and climate change effects of the oil sands and makes recommendations for U.S. policymakers within the context of broader bilateral relations with Canada.
This report explores an important element of the maritime policy regime: the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Author Scott G. Borgerson examines the international negotiations that led to the convention, the history of debates in the United States over whether to join it, and the strategic importance of the oceans for U.S. foreign policy today.
Complete list of Council Special Reports
In War of Necessity, War of Choice, Richard N. Haass contrasts the decisions that shaped the conduct of two wars between the United States and Iraq involving the two presidents Bush and Saddam Hussein, and writes an authoritative, personal account of how U.S. foreign policy is made, what it should seek, and how it should be pursued.
In Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know, Julia E. Sweig presents a remarkably accessible portrait of Cuba’s unique place on the world stage over the past fifty years, including its internal politics, its often fraught relationship with the United States, and its shifting relationship with the global community.
As Ray Takeyh shows in Guardians of the Revolution, behind the famous personalities and extremist slogans of Iran is a nation that is far more pragmatic—and complex—than many in the West have been led to believe.
Complete list of CFR Books
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