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Parent topics
- Neoconservatism [r]: A political philosophy and ideology which combines many traditional conservative opinions with an emphasis on the importance of foriegn policy and using American power to push democracy forward. [e]
- Ronald Reagan [r]: Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the United States. [e]
- Iraq War [r]: Invasion of Iraq by a coalition of countries, led by the United States, in 2003, and subsequent occupation [e]
Subtopics
Directors
- William Kristol [r]: An American political scientist, founder of the Weekly Standard, and U.S. Republican Party strategist; chief of staff to Vice President Dan Quayle and U.S. Secretary of Education William Bennett; son of Irving Kristol, dean of neoconservatism; contributor to The Weekly Standard and Washington Post; expert list, Middle East Forum [e]
- Robert Kagan [r]: U.S. foreign policy analyst and influencer; cofounder of the new Foreign Policy Initiative; senior associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, contributing editor at the New Republic and Weekly Standard, columnist, Washington Post; member, Council on Foreign Relations; fellow in American diplomatic history at American University; son of Donald Kagan and brother of Frederick Kagan [e]
- Bruce Jackson [r]: Industrial and financial strategist; Director, Project on Transitional Democracies; director, Project for the New American Century; U. S. Army mitary intelligence officer and then civilian staffer, U.S. Department of Defense, in nuclear forces and arms control. National co-chair of Dole for President in 1996, delegate to 1996 and 2000 Republican conventions, pledged to George W. Bush at the latter; President of the US Committee on NATO; Chairman of the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq 2002-2003 [e]
- Mark Gerson [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Randy Scheunemann [r]: Foreign policy and national security analyst; member, Committee for the Present Danger; Former President, Committee for the Liberation of Iraq; director, Project for the New American Century founded Committee for the Liberation of Iraq; Defense and Foreign Policy Coordinator for the "McCain 2000" presidential campaign; senior adviser to Republican Presidential Candidate Bob Dole and served on the 1996 Republican Platform Committee. Previously, National Security Adviser to Senate Republican and Majority Leaders Bob Dole and Trent Lott from 1993-99. Staff member of Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and the House Republican Policy Committee; Board of Directors of the U.S. Committee on NATO, the Project on Transitional Democracies, and the International Republican Institute [e]
Staff
- Ellen Bork [r]: Attorney involved in a number of neoconservative organizations; director, Democracy and Human Rights, Foreign Policy Initiative; previously Deputy Director of the Project for the New American Century; staff member for Asia and the Pacific at the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and at the Bureau of Latin American Affairs at the U.S. Department of State; member, Council on Foreign Relations [e]
- Gary Schmitt [r]: Add brief definition or description Senior Fellow
- Thomas Donnelly [r]: Add brief definition or descriptionSenior Fellow
- Reuel Marc Gerecht [r]: Senior fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, former senior fellow, American Enterprise Institute; expert panel, Iraq Study Group; former Middle East specialist at the Directorate of Operations, Central Intelligence Agency; senior fellow and director of Middle Eastern research, Project for the New American Century [e]
- Timothy Lehmann [r]: Add brief definition or description Assistant Director
- Michael Goldfarb [r]: Add brief definition or description Research Associate
Advisers
- Elliott Abrams [r]: Neoconservative, convicted and pardoned on activities related to the Iran-Contra affair; National Security Council staff during George W. Bush Administration; senior fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; son-in-law of Midge Decter and Norman Podhoretz; Project for the New American Century; Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute 1990-1996 [e]
- Gary Bauer [r]: American social conservative, heading the interest group, American Values; 2000 candidate for the Republican presidential nomination; board member of Foundation for Defense of Democracies; Christian Zionist on the board of Christians United For Israel [e]
- William Bennett [r]: Leading traditional values advocate of American conservatism (according to the New York Times) and historian; host of syndicated radio show; Washington Fellow, Claremont Institute; Reagan administration chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (1981-1985) and U.S. Secretary of Education (1985-1988), and President Bush's "drug czar" (1989-1990); author of The Book of Virtues; with Mario Cuomo, co-chairman of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America [e]
- Jeb Bush [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Dick Cheney [r]: (1941–) U.S. Vice President in the George W. Bush Administration and formerly head of Halliburton; currently a political commentator [e]
- Eliot Cohen [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Midge Decter [r]: Neoconservative journalist; Trustee of the Heritage Foundation; Jamestown Foundation Advisory Board; Board of Advisors, Foreign Policy Research Institute; Committee on the Present Danger; Accuracy in Media National Advisory Board; spouse of Norman Podhoretz; advisor, Project for the New American Century [e]
- Paula Dobriansky [r]: Leadership council, Foundation for Defense of Democracies; director, Atlantic Council; advisory board, U.S. Committee for a Free Lebanon; Board of Trustees, Freedom House; Hudson Institute; Project for the New American Century; Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs and Democracy, George W. Bush Administration; [e]
- Steve Forbes [r]: President and CEO, Forbes magazine; member, Committee for the Present Danger; Candidate for the Republican presidential nomination; adviser, Project for the New American Century; Leadership council, Foundation for Defense of Democracies [e]
- Aaron Friedberg [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Francis Fukuyama [r]: Professor at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, author and government adviser on global development and foreign policy; in and out of neoconservatism; adjunct fellow, Hudson Institute; director, National Endowment for Democracy, New America Foundation [e]
- Frank Gaffney, Jr. [r]: Neoconservative author; founder and head of the Center for Security Policy; columnist for the Washington Times; member, Committee for the Present Danger; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs under Richard Perle; contributing editor, National Review; advisor, Project for the New American Century; advisory board, U.S. Committee for a Free Lebanon; "favorite columnist", American Conservative Union [e]
- Fred Ikle [r]: Researcher and professor of international affairs, especially negotiation and decisionmaking; Distinguished Scholar, Center for Strategic and International Studies; subcabinet national security official in multiple Republican administrations; advisory council, The National Interest; board of advisers, American Foreign Policy Council; Board Member, Defense Forum Foundation; Board member, U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea; member Defense Policy Board; Governor, Smith Richardson Foundation; former head of the social science department of the RAND Corporation [e]
- Donald Kagan [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Zalmay Khalizad [r]: Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Afghanistan, and Iraq; Counselor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies; advisor, Project for the New American Century [e]
- Scooter Libby [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Norman Podhoretz [r]: Editor-at-large and formerly editor, Commentary (magazine), a leading journal of neoconservatism; member, Committee on the Present Danger; advisor, Project for the New American Century; adjunct fellow, Hudson Institute; spouse of Midge Decter [e]
- Dan Quayle [r]: (1947–) 44th Vice President of the United States under George H.W. Bush, well known for his various verbal gaffes. [e]
- Peter Rodman [r]: (1943-2008); former senior fellow, Brookings Institution; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (2001-2007); Director of National Security Programs at the Nixon Center for Peace & Freedom 1986-2001; Director Policy Planning Staff (1984-1986), and was Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from 1986-1990 under Presidents Reagan and G.H.W. Bush; Henry Kissinger protege [e]
- Stephen Rosen [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Henry Rowen [r]: Senior fellow, Hoover Institution; Director emeritus of the Asia/Pacific Research Center at Stanford University; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (1989-1991); Chairman of the National Intelligence Council (1981-1983); served as President of the RAND Corporation (1968-1972) [e]
- Donald Rumsfeld [r]: U.S. Secretary of Defense in the George W. Bush Administration (2001-2008); was the oldest secretary and earlier the youngest secretary in the Administration (1975-1977); major policymaker after the 9-11 attack; advisor, Project for the New American Century [e]
- Vin Weber [r]: Add brief definition or description
- George Weigel [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Paul Wolfowitz [r]: An American political scientist and policy-level foreign affairs official, of a neoconservative ideology; resident American Enterprise Institute and on International Security Advisory Board; Deputy Secretary of Defense in the George W. Bush Administration; advisor, Project for the New American Century [e]
Other related topics
- American Enterprise Institute [r]: A major U.S. political, economic and international relations "think tank", which has always been associated with a free enterprise view, and has, in recent decades, become more associated with neoconservatism and an interventionist foreign policy; many of its fellows went into policy positions in Republican administrations, and returned at the end of their tenure [e]
- Committee on the Present Danger [r]: An interest group that has been formed periodically to draw attention to a threat to the United States [e]
- Heritage Foundation [r]: A Washington DC based conservative political think tank [e]
- Hudson Institute [r]: A US think tank emphasizing futures studies, nonpartisan but conservative-leaning [e]
