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James Kirchick

Fellow

Areas of Impact:

Arab Spring, Europe, Iran - Human Rights, Israel

Biography:

James Kirchick a writer and foreign correspondent based in Central Europe, and a contributing editor to the New Republic and World Affairs Journal. He is a fellow with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and an adjunct fellow of the Center for European Policy Analysis. Prior to joining FDD, he was writer-at-large for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, reporting on the politics and cultures of the 21 countries in RFE/RL’s broadcast region. Among the stories he covered were the fraudulent 2010 presidential election in Belarus, ethnic cleansing in Kyrgyzstan, and the Libyan Civil War.

For over three years, Kirchick worked at The New Republic, covering domestic politics, intelligence, and American foreign policy. He writes frequently for many periodicals including Newsweek, Commentary, The Weekly Standard, The American Interest, The Virginia Quarterly Review, The Columbia Journalism Review, Prospect, Foreign Policy and Policy Review, among others. He has also written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and Wall Street Journal Europe, The Jerusalem Post and The Los Angeles Times. He is a monthly columnist for Ha’aretz and a frequent contributor to Tablet.

Kirchick has previously worked for The New York Sun, The New York Daily News, and The Hill. A leading voice on American gay politics and international gay rights, he is a recipient of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Journalist of the Year Award. His personal website is www.jameskirchick.com.

James Kirchick a writer and foreign correspondent based in Central Europe, and a contributing editor to the New Republic and World Affairs Journal. He is a fellow with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and an adjunct fellow of the Center for European Policy Analysis. Prior to joining FDD, he was writer-at-large for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, reporting on the politics and cultures of the 21 countries in RFE/RL’s broadcast region. Among the stories he covered were the fraudulent 2010 presidential election in Belarus, ethnic cleansing in Kyrgyzstan, and the Libyan Civil War.

For over three years, Kirchick worked at The New Republic, covering domestic politics, intelligence, and American foreign policy. He writes frequently for many periodicals including Newsweek, Commentary, The Weekly Standard, The American Interest, The Virginia Quarterly Review, The Columbia Journalism Review, Prospect, Foreign Policy and Policy Review, among others. He has also written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and Wall Street Journal Europe, The Jerusalem Post and The Los Angeles Times. He is a monthly columnist for Ha’aretz and a frequent contributor to Tablet.

Kirchick has previously worked for The New York Sun, The New York Daily News, and The Hill. A leading voice on American gay politics and international gay rights, he is a recipient of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Journalist of the Year Award. His personal website is www.jameskirchick.com.

Obama vs. Romney: Cold War Revival

3rd May 2012 – World Affairs Journal

Obama vs. Romney: Cold War Revival

James Kirchick

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has been predictably ridiculed for his statement earlier this year that Russia is “without question our number one geopolitical foe.” more...

Analysis & Commentary

14th May 2012 – Haaretz

Peter Beinart’s Crisis of Oversimplifying American Jews

James Kirchick

Peter Beinart wants to be able to be proud of Israel. The fact that he can’t is in large part due to the efforts of an American Jewish leadership long out of touch with the people they presume to represent. He really ought to know better. more...

4th May 2012 – Haaretz

Has America Given Up?

James Kirchick

The Barack Obama administration gussies up everything it says and does in meaningless, New Age diplospeak. Its Atrocities Prevention Board is but the latest, and most ridiculous, example. more...

3rd May 2012 – World Affairs Journal

Obama vs. Romney: Cold War Revival

James Kirchick

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has been predictably ridiculed for his statement earlier this year that Russia is “without question our number one geopolitical foe.” more...

3rd May 2012 – Tablet

London Jews’ Labour Problem

James Kirchick

Ken Livingstone, the once and perhaps future London mayor, has made a string of anti-Semitic remarks. Why do his party’s leaders indulge him? more...