Robert Kagan

Robert Kagan is the Senior Fellow at Washington think tank Brookings; a contributing columnist at The Washington Post; and the author of several NYT bestsellers including The World America Made (Knopf, 2012), Return of History and the End of Dreams (Knopf, 2008), Dangerous Nation (Knopf 2006). Politico Magazine named Kagan one of the 'Politico 50' in 2016. He served in the State Department from 1984 to 1988. He is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and holds a doctorate in American history from American University.

Books by Robert Kagan

Rebellion

Robert Kagan

A short 'warning from history' book that uses America's past to explain and reconfigure the present crisis facing the US, in the vein of Tim Snyder's On Tyranny & Anne Applebaum's Twilight of Democracy.

The Jungle Grows Back

Robert Kagan

A brilliant and visionary argument for America's role as an enforcer of peace and order throughout the world--and what is likely to happen if we withdraw and focus our attention inward.

The World America Made

Robert Kagan

An incisive, timely consideration of what the world might look like if the United States were to decline in power--from the New York Times bestselling author of Of Paradise and Power.