Jonathan Tepperman

Jonathan Tepperman is an editor, writer, and analyst working on international affairs. He was appointed Managing Editor of Foreign Affairs—the magazine published by the New York–based Council on Foreign Relations—in February 2011.

Career

Tepperman was first hired by Foreign Affairs in 1998 by Fareed Zakaria (then Managing Editor) and spent several years at the magazine as a junior editor before moving on to Newsweek. There he was Deputy Editor for the international edition, ran (at various times) the Asia, Europe, Africa, Middle East, and Latin America sections, and wrote cover stories, opinion pieces, and a style column. He has also worked in political-risk consulting, as a reporter in Israel, and as a speechwriter for Morris B. Abram, a former U.S. Ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council.

John Tepperman with Senator John McCain at the Halifax International Security Forum 2014

Tepperman writes frequently for a range of publications. In 2013, he was a guest columnist for the International New York Times (formerly the International Herald Tribune).[1] Apart for his column and his writing for Foreign Affairs, he has published analytic essays, profiles, Op-Eds, interviews, and book reviews in The New York Times[2] and New York Times Magazine,[3] The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal,[4] The Atlantic,[5] The New Republic,[6] and many other newspapers and magazines. He currently writing a book on global problem-solving and is the co-editor of The U.S. vs Al Qaeda: A History of the War on Terror (2011), The Clash of Ideas: The Ideological Battles That Made the Modern World and Will Shape the Future (2011), and Iran and the Bomb: Solving the Persian Puzzle (2012).

He is a frequent media commentator on international affairs, appearing on CNN, MSNBC, the BBC, Fox News, NPR, Globo, and other networks, as well as radio, including The Brian Lehrer Show and The Diane Rehm Show.

Tepperman regularly conducts interviews with global leaders for Foreign Affairs magazine and the Halifax International Security Forum. Recent interviewees include Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe,[7] Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto,[8] Turkish President Abdullah Gül,[9] Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak,[10] Syrian President Bashar al-Assad,[11] and US Senator John McCain.[12]

Education

Tepperman has a BA in English Literature from Yale University and law degrees from Oxford and NYU. He is Vice Chairman of the Halifax International Security Forum and a Fellow of the New York Institute of Humanities. Born and raised in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, he lives in Brooklyn with his family.

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References

  1. ↑ The New York Times, July 26, 2013. "Israel vs Iran, Again."
  2. ↑ The New York Times, May 24, 2013, "Asian Tensions and the Problems of History."
  3. ↑ The New York Times Magazine, April 28, 2002. "Complicating the Race"
  4. ↑ The Wall Street Journal, August 4, 2006, "UN Peacekeepers to Lebanon?"
  5. ↑ The Atlantic, November 4, 2010, "Obama Makes Some Authoritarian Friends in Asia."
  6. ↑ The New Republic, November 18, 2002, "Can Mercenaries Protect Hamiz Karzai?"
  7. ↑ Foreign Affairs, July/August 2013, "Japan is Back."
  8. ↑ Foreign Affairs, January/February 2014, "Pact for Progress: A Conversation with Enrique Peña Nieto."
  9. ↑ Foreign Affairs, "Talking Turkey: A Conversation with Abdullah Gül."
  10. ↑ Foreign Affairs, "Barak's Last Battle."
  11. ↑ Foreign Affairs, "Syria's President Speaks."
  12. ↑ Halifax International Security Forum, 2011, "The United States in 2012: Super Power, Super Enabler or Stay at Home Parent?" with Senator John McCain and Senator Mark Udall."
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