Adam M. Garfinkle (born June 1, 1951) is an American

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and

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and the founding

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of ''

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'', a bimonthly public policy magazine. He was previously editor of ''

The National Interest ''The National Interest'' (''TNI'') is an American bimonthly international relations magazine edited by American journalist Jacob Heilbrunn and published by the Center for the National Interest, a public policy think tank based in Washington, ...

.'' He has been a university teacher and a staff member at high levels of the U.S. government. He was a

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to more than one

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. Garfinkle was a speechwriter for both of President George W. Bush's Secretaries of State,

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and

Condoleezza Rice Condoleezza Rice ( ; born November 14, 1954) is an American diplomat and political scientist who is the current director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. A member of the Republican Party, she previously served as the 66th Un ...

. He was editor of ''

'' and left to edit ''

'' in 2005.

Francis Fukuyama Francis Yoshihiro Fukuyama (; born October 27, 1952) is an American political scientist, political economist, international relations scholar and writer. Fukuyama is known for his book ''The End of History and the Last Man'' (1992), which argue ...

, Eliot Cohen,

Zbigniew Brzezinski Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzeziński ( , ; March 28, 1928 – May 26, 2017), or Zbig, was a Polish-American diplomat and political scientist. He served as a counselor to President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1966 to 1968 and was President Jimmy Carter' ...

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, and

Ruth Wedgwood Ruth Wedgwood (born 1949) is an American lawyer and university professor who holds the Edward B. Burling Chair in International Law and Diplomacy at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, in Washington, D.C. Fam ...

were among the magazine's founding leadership.

Career

Early in his career, Garfinkle worked at the

Foreign Policy Research Institute The Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) is an American think tank based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that conducts research on geopolitics, international relations, and international security in the various regions of the world as well as ...

(1972–1978 and from 1981). He taught

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and Middle East politics at the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest- ...

(1980–1989) and

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consi ...

School of Advanced International Studies The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is a graduate school of Johns Hopkins University based in Washington, D.C., United States, with campuses in Bologna, Italy, and Nanjing, China. It is consistently ranked one of th ...

. He has also taught at

Drexel University Drexel University is a private research university with its main campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Drexel's undergraduate school was founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, a financier and philanthropist. Founded as Drexel Institute of Art, ...

(1980),

Widener College Widener University is a private university in Chester, Pennsylvania. The university has three other campuses: two in Pennsylvania (Harrisburg and Exton) and one in Wilmington, Delaware. Founded as The Bullock School for Boys in 1821, the school ...

(Chester, Pennsylvania) (1981),

Haverford College Haverford College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Haverford, Pennsylvania. It was founded as a men's college in 1833 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), began accepting non-Quakers in 1849, and became coeducationa ...

(1991), and

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...

(1992–1993). He served on the staff of the National Security Study Group of the US Commission on National Security/21st Century (the Hart-Rudman Commission), as an aide to

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(1979–1980), and an assistant to

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Henry M. Jackson Henry Martin "Scoop" Jackson (May 31, 1912 – September 1, 1983) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative (1941–1953) and U.S. senator (1953–1983) from the state of Washington. A Cold War liberal and anti ...

(1979). As of 2009, he was a member of the project "Middle East at Harvard" (MESH). Garfinkle has a

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(both 1972), and

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(1979) in

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from the

Books

* ''"Finlandization": A Map to a Metaphor'',

(Philadelphia), 1978. * (With others) ''The Three Per Cent Solution and the Future of NATO'', Foreign Policy Research Institute, 1981. * ''Western Europe's Middle East Diplomacy and the United States'', Foreign Policy Research Institute, 1983. * (Editor) ''Global Perspectives on Arms Control'', Praeger (New York City), 1984. * ''The Politics of the Nuclear Freeze'', Foreign Policy Research Institute, 1984. * (Coeditor and contributor) ''Friendly Tyrants: An American Dilemma'', Macmillan/St. Martin's (New York City), 1991. * ''Israel and Jordan in the Shadow of War: Functional Ties and Futile Diplomacy in a Small Place'', Macmillan/St. Martin's, 1992. * (Principal author) ''The Devil and Uncle Sam: A User's Guide to the Friendly Tyrants Dilemma'', Transaction Press (New Brunswick, New Jersey), 1992. * ''War, Water, and Negotiation in the Middle East: The Case of the Palestine-Syria Border, 1916–23'', Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies (Tel Aviv), 1994. * ''Telltale Hearts: The Origins and Impact of the Vietnam Antiwar Movement'' (St. Martin's) was named a "notable book of the year" (1995) in the ''New York Times Book Review''. * ''Israel: Myths and Realities'', Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (Ft. Worth, Texas), 1996. * ''Politics and Society in Modern Israel: Myths and Reality'', M.E. Sharpe (Armonk, NY), 1997; 2nd edition 2000. * ''A Practical Guide to Winning the War on Terrorism'', editor,

Hoover Institution Press The Hoover Institution (officially The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace; abbreviated as Hoover) is an American public policy think tank and research institution that promotes personal and economic liberty, free enterprise, and ...

(Stanford, California), 2004. * ''Israel'', Mason Crest Publishers (Philadelphia), 2004. * ''Political Writing: A Guide to the Essentials'', M.E. Sharpe (Armonk, NY), 2012.

References

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