Thomas J. Wright is an American international relations scholar currently serving as Senior Director for Strategic Planning at the United States National Security Council (NSC) in the Biden administration .[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] He was part of a team instrumental in putting together the 2022 U.S. National Security Strategy, released in October 2022.[6]
Education [ edit ]
Wright holds a BA in history (1996) and a MA in comparative politics (1997) from University College Dublin , a M.Phil from University of Cambridge (1999), and a PhD in government (international relations) from Georgetown University (2007).[7] His thesis is titled "Great Power Responses to Threat Transitions and the Legitimacy Burden: U.S. Soviet Relations 1943-1950". [8]
Prior to joining the NSC, Wright was a senior fellow and director of the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution .[9] [10]
Between 2008 and 2011, he was executive director of studies at the Chicago Council of Global Affairs .[7]
Wright has served as a predoctoral fellow at Harvard 's Belfer Center and a postdoctoral fellow at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies . He has also taught at the University of Chicago 's Harris School for Public Policy.[7]
Publications [ edit ]
Aftershocks: pandemic politics and the end of the old international order , New York: St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2021. ISBN 978-1-250-27574-5 , OCLC 1227086712 (co-authored with Colin H. Kahl )
All Measures Short of War: The Contest for the 21st Century and the Future of American Power, Yale University Press , May 23, 2017[11]
Articles [ edit ]
The Center Cannot Hold, Foreign Affairs , August 24, 2021[12]
If Biden Wins, He’ll Have to Put the World Back Together, The Atlantic , April 13, 2020 (co-authored with Kurt M. Campbell )[13]
The Folly of Retrenchment, Foreign Affairs , February 10, 2020[14]
The Moment the Transatlantic Charade Ended, The Atlantic , February 19, 2019[15]
Trump’s Foreign Policy Is No Longer Unpredictable, Foreign Affairs , January 18, 2019[16]
Trump, Unchecked, The Atlantic , December 21, 2018[17]
Trump’s Mystifying Victory Lap at the UN, The Atlantic , September 26, 2018[18]
No Exit, Foreign Affairs , June 30, 2015 (co-authored with David Gordon)[19]
Syriza Stumbles, Foreign Affairs , March 26, 2015 (co-authored with David Gordon)[20]
Outlaw of the Sea, Foreign Affairs , August 7, 2012[21]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "Brookings Foreign Policy experts selected to join Biden administration in leadership roles" . Brookings . Retrieved 2023-12-18 .
^ Gramer, Jack Detsch, Robbie (2023-12-18). "Biden Eyes Adding Top Foreign-Policy Strategist" . Foreign Policy . Retrieved 2023-12-18 . {{cite web }}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link )
^ Carden, James (2022-05-03). "The company men behind Biden's foreign policy 'Blob' " . Asia Times . Retrieved 2023-12-18 .
^ "President Biden Announces Key Appointments to Boards and Commissions" . The White House . 2023-03-10. Retrieved 2023-12-18 .
^ "Biden Political Appointee Tracker" . The Washington Post . Retrieved December 17, 2023 .
^ "Remarks by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on the Biden-Harris Administration's National Security Strategy" . The White House . 2022-10-13. Retrieved 2023-12-18 .
^ a b c "Thomas J. Wright" (PDF) . Brookings Institution . April 29, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2023 .
^ Wright, Thomas J. (2007). Great Power Responses to Threat Transitions and the Legitimacy Burden: U.S-Soviet Relations, 1943-1950 . Georgetown University.
^ "Brookings Foreign Policy experts selected to join Biden administration in leadership roles" . Brookings . Retrieved 2023-12-18 .
^ "Thomas Wright" . Brookings . Retrieved 2023-12-18 .
^ "All Measures Short of War" . Yale University Press . Retrieved 2023-12-18 .
^ Wright, Thomas (2021-08-24). "The Center Cannot Hold" . Foreign Affairs . No. September/October 2021. ISSN 0015-7120 . Retrieved 2023-12-18 .
^ Campbell, Thomas Wright, Kurt M. (2020-04-13). "If Biden Wins, He'll Have to Put the World Back Together" . The Atlantic . Retrieved 2023-12-18 . {{cite web }}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link )
^ Wright, Thomas (2020-02-10). "The Folly of Retrenchment" . Foreign Affairs . No. March/April 2020. ISSN 0015-7120 . Retrieved 2023-12-18 .
^ Wright, Thomas (2019-02-19). "The Moment the Transatlantic Charade Ended" . The Atlantic . Retrieved 2023-12-18 .
^ Wright, Thomas (2019-01-18). "Trump's Foreign Policy Is No Longer Unpredictable" . Foreign Affairs . ISSN 0015-7120 . Retrieved 2023-12-18 .
^ Wright, Thomas (2018-12-21). "Trump, Unchecked" . The Atlantic . Retrieved 2023-12-18 .
^ Wright, Thomas (2018-09-26). "Trump's Mystifying Victory Lap at the UN" . The Atlantic . Retrieved 2023-12-18 .
^ Gordon, David; Wright, Thomas (2015-06-30). "No Exit" . Foreign Affairs . ISSN 0015-7120 . Retrieved 2023-12-18 .
^ Gordon, David; Wright, Thomas (2015-03-26). "Syriza Stumbles" . Foreign Affairs . ISSN 0015-7120 . Retrieved 2023-12-18 .
^ Wright, Thomas (2012-08-07). "Outlaw of the Sea" . Foreign Affairs . ISSN 0015-7120 . Retrieved 2023-12-18 .