Lawrence F. Kaplan (born 1969) was editor of ''

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'' and executive editor of ''

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'', both foreign policy magazines. He is also distinguished visiting professor at the

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. He was formerly a senior editor at ''

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'', where he wrote about

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and

international affairs International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities between states—such a ...

. From 2005 to 2007, Kaplan reported for the magazine from Iraq. He has also written about foreign policy for ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Slate'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and numerous other publications. Kaplan was born to a

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

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January 28, 2013 and is a graduate of

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, and the

Johns Hopkins 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 ...

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* https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2007/12/why-some-u-s-soldiers-feel-at-home-in-iraq.html * https://newrepublic.com/article/75766/centripetal-force * http://www.nysun.com/opinion/neocon-resurgence/83369/ * https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2001/11/no-relation-no-13-the-foreign-policy-edition.html * https://www.politico.com/story/2008/02/post-iraq-journal-hopes-to-induce-discussion-008267 * https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/books/review/Kaplan-t.html Living people Columbia University alumni Jewish American journalists Alumni of the University of Oxford Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies alumni American magazine editors 1969 births 20th-century American journalists American male journalists 21st-century American Jews {{US-journalist-1960s-stub