Steven Clemons

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Steven Clemons
Steven Clemons - Annual Meeting of the New Champions Tianjin 2010.jpg
Steven Clemons at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions in 2010
Born 1962
Salina, Kansas

Steven Craig Clemons (born 1962) is an American journalist and blogger. He is the publisher of the political blog, The Washington Note,[1] and a former staff member of Senator Jeff Bingaman. Clemons is also Director of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation where he previously served as Executive Vice President, and the former director of the Japan Policy Research Institute.[2] The New America Foundation has been described as radical centrist in orientation,[3] and Clemons characterizes himself as a "progressive realist".[4]

He was appointed as Washington editor-a-large of The Atlantic and editor-in-chief of AtlanticLIVE, the magazine's live events series, in June 2011.[5]

Background

Clemons is the former executive vice president of Economic Strategy Institute, former executive director of the Nixon Center for Peace and Freedom, and served as Senator Jeff Bingaman's Senior Policy Advisor on Economic and International Affairs.[6] He has also served on the advisory board to the Center for U.S.-Japan Relations at the RAND Corporation. Earlier in his career, Clemons was the executive director of the Japan America Society of Southern California from 1987 to 1994.[7]

In 1993, Clemons was the technical advisor for the film Rising Sun, which starred Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes. Clemons also had a role as a talk show host.[8] He also had a role in the film State of Play, starring Ben Affleck.[9]

Clemons also serves on the Board of Advisors of the C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience[10] at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland and the Clarke Center[11] at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

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Blogging

Clemons is perhaps best known for his blog The Washington Note,[12] a blog that focuses on foreign policy issues, as well as general US policy debates. His articles have appeared in blogs such as The Huffington Post,[13] and Daily Kos,[14] as well as major publications around the country.

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References

  1. ^ "The Washington Note". The Washington Note. Retrieved May 2, 2012. 
  2. ^ [1][dead link]
  3. ^ Morin, Richard; Deane, Claudia (10 December 2001). "Big Thinker. Ted Halstead’s New America Foundation Has It All: Money, Brains and Buzz". The Washington Post, Style section, p. 1.
  4. ^ "diavlogs". Bloggingheads.tv. 2012-04-26. Retrieved May 2, 2012. 
  5. ^ FishbowlNY (2011). Steve Clemons Named Editor-in-Chief of AtlanticLIVE. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
  6. ^ [2][dead link]
  7. ^ http://www.clarkecenter.org/ABOUTUS/board.html
  8. ^ http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/2006_01.php
  9. ^ "Steve Clemons: State of Play?". Huffingtonpost.com. March 10, 2008. Retrieved May 2, 2012. 
  10. ^ "The C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience". Starrcenter.washcoll.edu. Retrieved May 2, 2012. 
  11. ^ http://www.clarkecenter.org/
  12. ^ "The Washington Note". The Washington Note. Retrieved 2012-05-03. 
  13. ^ "Steve Clemons: Paul Wolfowitz Busy Neo-Conning the World Bank: Staff Rebellion Brewing". Huffingtonpost.com. January 20, 2006. Retrieved May 2, 2012. 
  14. ^ "Clemons: Indictments tomorrow". Daily Kos. October 25, 2005. Retrieved May 2, 2012. 
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External links

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