Peter Beinart

Peter Beinart has been editor of The New Republic since November 1999. He writes the publication’s weekly TRB column, which also runs in The New York Post. Beinart graduated from Yale University in 1993, winning both Rhodes and Marshall (declined) scholarships for graduate study at Oxford University. After graduating from University College, Oxford in the summer of 1995 with a masters of philosophy degree in international relations, Beinart returned to The New Republic as managing editor. He became senior editor in June 1997 and Editor two years later. Beinart also writes a monthly column for The Washington Post, and has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The Boston Globe, The Atlantic Monthly, Newsweek, and Time, where he is a contributor. Beinert is a regular guest on CNN, and has appeared on ABC’s The Week with George Stephanopoulos, Charlie Rose, The McLaughlin Group, MTV, and many other television programs. He addresses audiences on the election, the future of the Democratic Party, the future of liberalism, Jewish and American politics, and political analysis.