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Dr. Philip Gordon is Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution, in Washington, D.C., where he has worked since 2000. Prior to coming to Brookings he was Director for European Affairs at the National Security Council under President Bill Clinton. He has held other teaching and research posts at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, DC; INSEAD, in Fontainebleau, France and Singapore; and the German Society for Foreign Affairs in Bonn. Dr. Gordon has a Ph.D. and M.A. and in European Studies and International Economics from Johns Hopkins University (SAIS) and a B.A. in French and Philosophy from Ohio University. He is a regular commentator in international affairs and U.S. foreign policy for major television and radio networks and a frequent contributor to the op-ed pages of major publications such as the New York Times, Washington Post, International Herald Tribune, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, and Le Monde. He is the author and co-author of a number of books, most recently including Winning the Right War: The Path to Security for America and the World (Times Books, 2007); Crescent of Crisis: U.S.-European Strategy for the Greater Middle East (Brookings, 2006); and Allies at War: America, Europe and the Crisis Over Iraq (McGraw-Hill, 2004). Dr. Gordon’s most recent articles include “Can the War on Terror Be Won?” Foreign Affairs (Nov/Dec 2007); “The Hyperpresident,” American Interest (Nov/Dec 2007); “Is There a ‘War on Terror’?” New Republic Online debate, Sept 24-29, 2007; “Pakistan at the Crossroads,” Yale Global, Aug 7, 2007; “Why France Shouldn’t Legislate Turkey’s Past,” The New Republic Online, Oct 30, 2006; and “The End of the Bush Revolution,” Foreign Affairs (Jul/Aug 2006). Dr. Gordon speaks French, Italian, German and some Spanish. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Board of the U.S. Committee on NATO, and the International Institute for Strategic Studies.