Kagan family
Members of the Kagan family (KAY-gən) have played a major role in neoconservative US politics since at least the 1990s. Notable family members include Robert Kagan, his wife Victoria Nuland, Kagan's brother Frederick and his wife Kimberly, and their father Donald Kagan. Members of the family have had a tremendous influence on neoconservative thought and US foreign policy since the turn of the century, including through the Project for the New American Century, an instrumental group influencing the imperialist program of the George W. Bush administration; advocating for the Iraq War troop surge of 2007; sustaining US involvement in Afghanistan; supporting US intervention in Syria and Ukraine under Obama, as well as the successful government overthrow of the latter; and continued weapons shipments to Ukraine. According to Consortium News, "the Family Kagan has almost a self-perpetuating, circular business model working the inside-corridors of government power to stimulate wars while simultaneously influencing the public debate through think-tank reports and op-ed columns in favor of more military spending and then collecting grants and other funding from thankful military contractors."[1]
Robert Kagan:
- Co-founded Project for the New American Century with Bill Kristol in 1997
- Senior fellow at the Brookings Institution
- Contributor to Washington Post op-ed page
- Criticized Obama for being too liberal: "Superpowers don't Get To Retire".[2] Consortium: "Author Jason Horowitz reported that Obama was so concerned about this particular essay that the President revised his commencement speech at West Point to deflect some of the criticism and invited Kagan to lunch at the White House, where one source told [Consortium News] that it was like 'a meeting of equals.'"[better source needed]
- Co-wrote While America Sleeps, 2000 book advocating neocon thought, with father
- Wrote 2018 The Jungle Grows Back, likely referenced in a 2022 speech by Josep Borrell[3]
Victoria Nuland:
- Advised VP Dick Cheney
- Considered a key longtime advocate of regime change in Ukraine
- Repeatedly intervened against European attempts at Ukraine peace deal[citation needed]
Frederick Kagan:
- Resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
- Notably influenced Iraq troop surge in 2007[4]
- Worked for Petraeus in 2010
- Former professor of military history at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point
Kimberly Kagan:
- Founder and head of Institute for the Study of War (ISW), hawkish[5] neocon think tank backed by several weapons companies[1] and "closely cooperated" with David Petraeus[1]
- Staffer for top general in Afghanistan Stanley A. McChrystal in 2009[6]
- Supported larger intervention in Syria, criticizing policy of Obama and Trump as too liberal[7]
Donald Kagan:
- Supported founding of Project for the New American Century by his son Robert
- Co-wrote While America Sleeps, 2000 book advocating neocon thought, with son Robert[8]
Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Parry, Robert (20 Mar 2015). "A Family Business of Perpetual War". Consortium News. Retrieved 9 Mar 2024.
- ↑ Kagan, Robert (26 May 2014). "Superpowers Don't Get to Retire". The New Republic. Retrieved 9 Mar 2024.
- ↑ Lehne, Stefan (28 Feb 2023). "After Russia's War Against Ukraine: What Kind of World Order?". Carnegie Europe. Retrieved 12 Mar 2024.
- ↑ Benjamin, Mark (3 Dec 2003). "The real Iraq Study Group". Salon. Retrieved 9 Mar 2024.
- ↑ Newton-Small, Jay (17 Sep 2013). "The Rise and Fall of Elizabeth O'Bagy". TIME.com. Archived from the original on 1 Oct 2013. Retrieved 9 Mar 2024.
- ↑ Kagan, Kimberly (10 Aug 2009). "Why the Taliban Are Winning -- for Now". Archived from the original on 22 Jan 2010. Retrieved 9 Mar 2024.
- ↑ Kagan, Kimberly (1 Apr 2013). "The Smart and Right Thing in Syria". Hoover Institution. Retrieved 9 Mar 2024.
{{cite web}}:|archive-url=requires|archive-date=(help) - ↑ "Donald Kagan, celebrated historian of the ancient world and revered teacher". YaleNews. 10 Aug 2021. Retrieved 9 Mar 2024.
External links
- "A Family Business of Perpetual War, article on the Kagans at Consortium and used as an outline for this draft of this page