James Rubin

Special Envoy and Coordinator for the U.S. Department of State’s Global Engagement Center, Served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs in the Clinton Administration from 1997–2000

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James Rubin Biography

James Rubin is an internationally renowned foreign affairs journalist, academic, and world-leading authority on U.S. diplomatic, national security and foreign policy. In September 2014, he joined The Sunday Times as a columnist.

Rubin served under President Clinton as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Chief Spokesman for Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright from 1997-2000. He also acted as a special negotiator during the Kosovo crisis to secure the demobilisation of the Kosovo Liberation Army.

He was a Visiting Scholar at Oxford University’s Rothermere American Institute (2013-2014). In New York, Rubin was a Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and a Counsellor to Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) (2011-2013); adjunct professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (2009-2011); and Co-Executive Editor of Bloomberg View in 2011.

From 2000-2008, Rubin worked in London as a broadcaster, professor, and financial communications strategist. He was Anchor and World Affairs Commentator for SKY News from 2005-2007, a Visiting Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics from 2001-2004; a partner in the Brunswick Group – a financial advisory firm – from 2001-2004; and co-anchor of Wide Angle, an international affairs series on PBS, in 2002 and 2003.

During the 2008 election cycle, he represented Hillary Clinton’s campaign in debates and TV appearances on international affairs. In 2004, he was Senior Adviser for National Security for the Kerry/Edwards Campaign, and in 1996, he was Director of Foreign Policy for Clinton/Gore.

Previously, he served as Senior Adviser and Spokesman for the U.S. Representative to the United Nations, Madeline K. Albright (1993-1996), Professional Staff Member on the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and Senior Foreign Policy Adviser to Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (1989-1993). He began his professional career as a Senior Analyst and Research Director for the nonpartisan Arms Control Association. (1985-1989).

In 1998, Rubin was the recipient of Columbia University's John Jay Award for Distinguished Professional Achievement. In 2000, he received the State Department’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science (1982) and a Masters in International Affairs (1984) from Columbia University.

He has written extensively for The New York Times, Financial Times, Washington Post, The New Republic, Newsweek, and Foreign Affairs; and appears frequently on CNN, BBC, SKY, and MSNBC.

Rubin serves on the Board of the International Peace Institute. He lives in London.

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James Rubin Speaking Topics

  • Foreign Policy: Handling Crisis and Moving Forward in an Age of Uncertainty

    A nuclear crisis with Iran and Korea. Two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. A rising China and an angry Russia. There is no shortage of international issues facing the United States and there is no better expert to give your audience trusted perspectives than James Rubin. A veteran foreign policy expert, Rubin provides his unique assessment of President Barack Obamas foreign policy and our future goals and what approach is needed to deal with the worlds most complex issues. Rubin is exceptionally qualified to address the need for a new approach in diplomacy on the world stage given his firsthand experience in some of Americas most pressing diplomatic challenges over the last two decades.

James Rubin Videos

  • CNN Interview James Rubin: Controversy before Trump's oversea ...
    CNN Interview James Rubin: Controversy before Trump's oversea trip 17.05. 2017.
  • PLSA Interview with James Rubin - YouTube
    PLSA talks to James Rubin, Journalist and Former Diplomat ahead of his session "Storm in the USA" at Investment Conference 2017 in ...
  • This Week (BBC1): James Rubin on President Trump's relationship ...
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