Bret Stephens
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Bret Louis Stephens is the foreign-affairs columnist of the Wall Street Journal and deputy editorial page editor, responsible for the editorial pages of the Journal' s European and Asian editions. He was editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Post in 2002–2004.
, Stephens went to the University of Chicago
and the London School of Economics
. Stephens is married to Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim.
. In 2006 he took over the "Global View" column from George Melloan, who has retired.
Between 2002 and 2004 he was editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Post,a position he assumed at age 28 – the youngest person ever to hold that position. He is the winner of the 2008 Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in Opinion Journalism
. In 2005, Stephens was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum
, where he was previously a media fellow. He is also a frequent contributor to Commentary magazine.
He supports military action against Iran and has urged Obama to support Israel. He wrote "Why Hasn't Israel Bombed Iran (Yet)?" and wrote that Israel is in "frightful peril".
Personal life
Stephens grew up in Mexico City, the son of Xenia and Charles Stephens, a former vice president of a chemical company in Mexico, General Products. His parents were Jewish; his father was born in Mexico to American parents, and his mother was born in Italy to a family who had fled there from Berlin and were originally from Russia. After graduating from Middlesex SchoolMiddlesex School
Middlesex School is an independent secondary school for grades 9 - 12 located in Concord, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1901 by a Roxbury Latin School alumnus, Frederick Winsor, who headed the school until 1937. Winsor set up a National Scholarship Program for the school, the first of its kind...
, Stephens went to the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
and the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
. Stephens is married to Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim.
Career
Stephens began his career at the Journal as an op-ed editor in New York and later worked as an editorial writer for the Wall Street Journal Europe in BrusselsBrussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
. In 2006 he took over the "Global View" column from George Melloan, who has retired.
Between 2002 and 2004 he was editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Post,a position he assumed at age 28 – the youngest person ever to hold that position. He is the winner of the 2008 Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in Opinion Journalism
Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in Opinion Journalism
The Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in Opinion Journalism, also known as the Eric Breindel Journalism Award, is an annual award commemorating Eric Breindel, a former editorial page editor of the New York Post. It is given to "the columnist, editorialist or reporter who best reflects the spirit...
. In 2005, Stephens was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum
World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum is a Swiss non-profit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva, best known for its annual meeting in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland....
, where he was previously a media fellow. He is also a frequent contributor to Commentary magazine.
He supports military action against Iran and has urged Obama to support Israel. He wrote "Why Hasn't Israel Bombed Iran (Yet)?" and wrote that Israel is in "frightful peril".