Robert Kagan
Robert Kagan (neoconservative, deep state operative?) | |
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Born | September 26, 1958 Athens, Greece |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Yale University, Harvard University, American University |
Religion | Jew |
Parents | Donald Kagan |
Spouse | Victoria Nuland |
Founder of | Project for the New American Century |
Member of | American Committee for Peace in Chechnya, Henry Jackson Society/International Patrons, Marshall Memorial Fellowship, Project for the New American Century, Skull and Bones, The American Academy in Berlin/Distinguished Visitors, Trilateral Commission |
Party | Republican |
Relatives | Frederick Kagan |
Co-founder of the Project for the New American Century |
Robert William Kagan is co-founder with William Kristol of the Project for the New American Century. He is an International Patron of the Henry Jackson Society and a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a contributing editor at the Weekly Standard, and a columnist for the Washington Post.[1]
Kagan was born in Athens, Greece, in 1958.[2] He holds a bachelor's degree from Yale College, a master's degree in public policy and international relations from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, and a Ph.D. in history from American University.[3]
In 1981, Kagan was Assistant Editor at the Public Interest. In 1983, he served as foreign policy advisor to Congressman Jack Kemp and as Special Assistant to the Deputy Director of the United States Information Agency. From 1984-1985, he was a member of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff and principal speechwriter to Secretary of State George P. Shultz. From 1985-1988, he was Deputy for Policy in the State Department's Bureau of Inter-American Affairs.[4]
According to independent counsel Lawrence E. Walsh, Kagan obtained $25,000 from Oliver North's secret cache of funds to continue the operations of the Contras political office in Washington in 1986. He was Elliott Abrams' special assistant for the State Department's office of public diplomacy at the time.[5]
Contents
Publications
Books
- A Twilight Struggle: American Power and Nicaragua, 1977-1990, Free Press, 1996.
- co-edited with William Kristol, Present Dangers: Crisis and Opportunity in American Foreign Policy, Encounter Books, 2000.
- Of Paradise and Power , Knopf, 2003.
- Dangerous Nation: America’s Place in the World from its Earliest Days to the Dawn of the 20th Century, Knopf, 2006.
- The Return of History and the End of Dreams, Knopf, 2008.
Articles
- Power and Weakness: Why the United States and Europe see the world differently, Hoover Institution, Policy Review No. 113, June & July 2002.
- BBC Four Profile, Robert Kagan
A Document by Robert Kagan
Title | Document type | Publication date | Subject(s) | Description |
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Document:Open Letter to Erdogan | open letter | 30 March 2016 | 2016 Turkish coup attempt Justice and Development Party PKK | Open letter from a number of neocon deep state actors warning Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan to change his ways. The letter was published three months before the failed 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt. |
Events Participated in
Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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Bilderberg/2004 | 3 June 2004 | 6 June 2004 | Italy Stresa | The 52nd such meeting. 126 recorded guests |
Brussels Forum/2007 | Belgium Brussels | Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and NATO-close German Marshall Fund. | ||
Brussels Forum/2008 | Belgium Brussels | Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and NATO-close German Marshall Fund. | ||
Brussels Forum/2009 | 20 March 2009 | 22 March 2009 | Belgium Brussels | Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and NATO-close German Marshall Fund. |
Brussels Forum/2012 | 23 March 2012 | 24 March 2012 | Belgium Brussels | Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA-close German Marshall Fund. |
Brussels Forum/2018 | 8 March 2018 | 10 March 2018 | Belgium Brussels | Annual 3 day spooky get-together of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and German Marshall Fund. Discussed the "Fight for Economic Equality". |
Munich Security Conference/2017 | 17 February 2017 | 19 February 2017 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 53rd Munich Security Conference |
Munich Security Conference/2018 | 12 February 2018 | 14 February 2018 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 54th Munich Security Conference |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2004 | 21 January 2004 | 25 January 2004 | Switzerland | 2068 billionaires, CEOs and their politicians and "civil society" leaders met under the slogan Partnering for Prosperity and Security. "We have the people who matter," said World Economic Forum Co-Chief Executive Officer José María Figueres. |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2014 | 22 January 2014 | 25 January 2014 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 2604 guests in Davos considered "Reshaping The World" |
Related Document
Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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Document:Ukraine is the latest neocon disaster | Article | 27 June 2022 | Jeffrey Sachs | The same neocons who turned the Middle East into a disaster area are now creating a similar catastrophe in Ukraine – for Ukrainians and for the rest of the world, argues Prof Jeffrey Sachs<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> |
References
- ↑ Robert Kagan, Robert Kagan, Project for the New American Century, accessed 26 May 2009.
- ↑ Robert Kagan, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace], accessed 26 May 2009.
- ↑ Robert Kagan, Robert Kagan, Project for the New American Century, accessed 26 May 2009.
- ↑ Robert Kagan, Robert Kagan, Project for the New American Century, accessed 26 May 2009.
- ↑ Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall:The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-up, W.W. Norton & Company, 1997, p.107.