Steve Clemons
Steve Clemons publishes the popular political blog, The Washington Note, and is a long-term policy practitioner and entrepreneur in Washington, D.C. He is currently Senior Fellow and Director of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation, where he previously served as Executive Vice President.
Clemons specializes in U.S. foreign policy matters, with significant experience both in Asia-Pacific and transatlantic policy matters, as well as broad international economic and security affairs.
Prior to his current position, Steve Clemons served as Executive Vice President of the Economic Strategy Institute. He has also served as Senior Policy Advisor on Economic and International Affairs to Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and was the first Executive Director of the Nixon Center and established it in Washington, D.C.
Prior to moving to Washington, Clemons served for seven years as Executive Director of the Japan America Society of Southern California and co-founded with Chalmers Johnson the Japan Policy Research Institute, of which he is still Director.
Steve Clemons is a Member of the Board of the Clarke Center at Dickinson College, a liberal arts college in Carlisle, Pennsylvania as well as a Board Member of the C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland.
He also writes frequently on matters of foreign policy, defense, and international economic policy. His work has appeared in most of the major leading op-ed pages, journal, and magazines around the world.