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My Take
Robert Kagan is one of those names I can't read neutrally, because his ideas have genuinely shaped American foreign policy debates. Co-founding the Project for the New American Century puts him squarely in the neoconservative camp, yet I find him more interesting than that label suggests, given his Brookings perch and his advocacy for liberal internationalism. Born in Athens to an academic family and Yale-educated, he writes like someone who actually wrestles with the burden of American power rather than sloganeering. I don't have to agree with his conclusions to think he's worth reading. Columnists who argue from a coherent worldview, agree or not, are increasingly rare.
Overview
Robert Kagan (; born September 26, 1958) is an American columnist. He is a neoconservative scholar. He is a U.S. foreign policy analyst and commentator and a leading advocate of liberal internationalism. A co-founder of the neoconservative Project for the New American Century, he is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Kagan has been a foreign policy adviser to U.S.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Robert Kagan
- Name (Japanese)
- ロバート・ケーガン
- Reading
- ろばーと・けーがん
- Born
- September 26, 1958 (age 67)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Dog
- Origin
- Athens, Central Athens Regional Unit, Greece
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- political scientist / writer / historian
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- North Haven High School
- University
- Yale College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.