Peter Berkowitz | |
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31st Director of Policy Planning | |
In office January 1, 2019 – January 20, 2021 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Kiron Skinner |
Succeeded by | Salman Ahmed |
Personal details | |
Born | 1959 (age 64–65) |
Political party | Republican |
Education | Swarthmore College (BA) Hebrew University of Jerusalem (MA) Yale University (PhD, JD) |
Peter Berkowitz (born 1959) is an American political philosopher and legal scholar. In 2019–2021, he served as the Director of Policy Planning at the United States Department of State.[1] He currently serves as the Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University and as director of studies for The Public Interest Fellowship.[2] He is also a columnist for RealClearPolitics.[3]