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Name: Robert Kagan Ph.D.
Title: Co-founder, Project for the New American Century

Position: PRO to the question "Should the U.S. have attacked Iraq?"
Reasoning:

"It is fashionable to sneer at the moral case for liberating an Iraqi people long brutalized by Saddam's rule. Critics insist mere oppression was not sufficient reason for war, and in any case that it was not Bush's reason. In fact, of course, it was one of Bush's reasons, and the moral and humanitarian purpose provided a compelling reason for a war to remove Saddam."

"The Right War for the Right Reasons"
Published by the Project for the New American Century
2/27/04
Credibility
Ranking:		  Experts
PhD's, JD's (lawyers), Judges, Members of Congress, Ambassadors, Consulate Generals, heads of government, Cabinet-level positions, military generals/admirals, members of legislative bodies with significant involvement in, or related to, the U.S.- Iraq conflict.

Involvement:
  • 1997 - Present - Co-founder, Project for the New American Century
  • 1985 - 1988 - Deputy for Policy, State Department 's Bureau of Inter-American Affairs
  • 1984 - 1985 - Member, State Department's Policy Planning Staff
  • 1984 - 1985 - Speechwriter, Secretary of State George P. Schultz
  • 1983 - Foreign Policy Advisor, Congressman Jack Kemp

Education:
  • Ph.D., History, American University
  • M.A., Public Policy and International Relations, Harvard University
  • B.A., Yale University

Affiliations/
Honors:
  • Member, Council on Foreign Relations
  • Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Contact Info:
Phone: (202) 293-4983 Fax: (202) 293-4572
E-Mail:   rkagan@CarnegieEndowment.org
Web Site: http://www.newamericancentury.org/robertkaganbio.htm

Other: Select Publications:
  • Of Paradise and Power, (Knopf, 2003)
  • Present Dangers: Crisis and Opportunity in American Foreign Policy, edited with William Kristol (Encounter Books, June 2000)
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