Daniel Kurtz-Phelan | |
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Nationality | American |
Education | Yale University (BA) |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, author |
Employer | Foreign Affairs |
Daniel Kurtz-Phelan is an American journalist and author currently serving as the editor of Foreign Affairs (succeeding Gideon Rose)[1] and Peter G. Peterson Chair at the Council on Foreign Relations.[2][3] He previously was Foreign Affairs' executive editor (October 2017 – December 2020).[4]
Kurtz-Phelan studied history and international relations at Yale University.[5]
Kurtz-Phelan was a member of the policy planning staff at the State Department under Hillary Clinton from 2010 to 2012 during the Obama administration. He was also a foreign policy advisor and speechwriter for then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.[6][7] In 2015, he joined New America as a fellow in its International Security program, after serving as a senior fellow at the Centre for Policy Research and a senior adviser to the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.[8]