Senior Political Writer at The Daily Beast Associate Professor of Journalism and Political Science at City University of New York Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation
Peter Beinart is hailed as a wunderkind by peers, colleagues, and politicos. He is the associate professor of journalism and political science at The City University of New York, a senior political writer for The Daily Beast-Newsweek, and a Schwartz senior fellow at the New America Foundation. Beinart burst onto the punditry scene immediately after graduating from Oxford in 1995. Since then, he has been editor of The New Republic magazine, written widely acclaimed books, and been a featured player on the television news circuit for his expertise and articulate analysis. Exclusively represented by Leading Authorities speakers bureau, Beinart addresses politics, the presidency, elections, and the American Jewish establishment.
Powerful Prose. His first book, The Good Fight: Why Liberals—and Only Liberals—Can Win the War on Terror and Make America Great Again, was published in 2006. His second, The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris, was published in 2010, and his latest, The Crisis of Zionism, which expands upon his The New York Review of Books essay, “The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment,” will be published by Times Books in April 2012.
The Good Fight was widely praised for its insight and depth. Thomas Friedman of The New York Times wrote that Beinart “takes us on a vigorous and entertaining search for a usable past…His reasoning must be heard.” And Madeleine Albright declared that it is “filled with apt insights and common sense,” recommending it to both liberals and conservatives.
Variety of Platforms. Beinart has contributed to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The Boston Globe, The Atlantic, TIME, Slate, Reader’s Digest, Die Zeit, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and Polity: The Journal of the Northeastern Political Science Studies Association. In 2004, The Week named him columnist of the year.
Additionally, He has appeared on Meet the Press, This Week, Charlie Rose, The McLaughlin Group, The Colbert Report, MTV, NBC, ABC, CNN, Fox, MSNBC and many other television and radio programs. He also provided commentary for CNN from the 2004 Democratic and Republican conventions.
Education and Early Career. Beinart graduated from Yale University in 1993, winning a Rhodes scholarship for graduate study at Oxford University. After graduating from University College, Oxford with a master’s in philosophy in international relations, Beinart became The New Republic’s managing editor in 1995. He became senior editor in 1997, and from 1999–2006 served as the magazine’s editor. Beinart was a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations from 2007–2009.
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Politics Today. 2012 elections, American foreign policy, Obama’s domestic agenda, and the future of Democratic and Republican parties
What’s Next for the Obama Administration? After a year in office, the political climate has changed for President Obama. Peter Beinhart discusses the expectations and realities for the administration and the Democratic agenda, using historical information and trends that are not widely known. He explores the current political climate, from the 2010 elections to American foreign policy to the future of the Democratic and Republican parties. Beinart, the senior political writer for The Daily Beast, and a contributor to Time and the Washington Post ,puts current events in context, and approaches the debates and decisions coming out of DC in a well-reasoned, engaging, often humorous, and always insightful way.
The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment. Based on his thought-provoking article in the New York Review of Books, Peter Beinart discusses the increasing rift between American Jews in their feelings towards Israel. Fewer and fewer American Jewish liberals are Zionists, and fewer and fewer American Jewish Zionists are liberal. Beinart examines attitudes to the Mideast peace process and the opportunities and challenges for the future.
The Future of Israel. As the green line disappears, Jewish settlements continue to grow, and the West Bank becomes more and more inseparable from Israel, many questions arise as to what the future of Israel will be. Will Israel incorporate the West Bank, lose its Jewish majority, but remain a democratic state? Or, will the authoritarian culture now restricted to the east of the green line swallow the liberal culture of the west, dissolving Israeli democracy entirely?
The Future of American Jews. Since the 1967 war, The American Jewish establishment has tied the continuity of American Jews to the continuity of Israel. Reviving images of Jewish victimhood and the Holocaust, the major Jewish American organizations have enthusiastically rallied behind Israel, arguing that Israel is in constant threat of dissolution and that it is the obligation of American Jews to defend their Jewish refuge. Despite the conviction of these American Jewish organizations, a great number of American Jews do not see Israel in the same light. In their eyes, Israel is not a victim but a strong military power who has, in several instances, abused its power. What will this schism between the leadership and the broader community mean for American Jewry? Will American Jews lose interest in Israel and Judaism altogether? Or will American Jewish identities eventually exist independently from Israel?
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