Joshua Muravchik
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Joshua Muravchik is a scholar formerly at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research and now a fellow at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University
.
Muravchik received an undergraduate degree from City College of New York
, and a Ph.D in international relations
from Georgetown University
.
Muravchik was National Chairman of the Young People's Socialist League
(YPSL) from 1968 to 1973, and supported the majority of the Socialist Party of America
in renaming the organization to Social Democrats, USA.
He has been an adjunct professor at the Institute of World Politics since 1992. He served on the Maryland State Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights from 1985 to 1997 and was a member of the Commission on Broadcasting to the People's Republic of China in 1992. Additionally, he has been an adjunct scholar at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy
since 1986 and was executive director of the Coalition for a Democratic Majority from 1977 to 1979. He is an editorial board member of World Affairs
and Journal of Democracy
. He was also an aide to the late Senator
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
.
Muravchik is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, where he researches Middle East politics, democracy, and the history of socialism. He is also a patron of the Henry Jackson Society
, which sponsors discussions and activities around the political legacy of Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson. He describes himself as a neo-conservative, despite the disapproval of his social-democratic
father and socialist
mother.
His father criticized his Heaven on earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism:
His mother was too upset with his book to attend the discussion.
In 2006, he called for the bombing of Iran in a Los Angeles Times op-ed entitled "Bomb Iran".
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
.
Muravchik received an undergraduate degree from City College of New York
City College of New York
The City College of the City University of New York is a senior college of the City University of New York , in New York City. It is also the oldest of the City University's twenty-three institutions of higher learning...
, and a Ph.D in international relations
International relations
International relations is the study of relationships between countries, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations , international nongovernmental organizations , non-governmental organizations and multinational corporations...
from Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
.
Muravchik was National Chairman of the Young People's Socialist League
Young People's Socialist League
The Young People's Socialist League , founded in 1989, is the official youth arm of the Socialist Party USA. The group's membership consists of those democratic socialists under the age of 30, and its political activities tend to concentrate on increasing the voter turnout of young democratic...
(YPSL) from 1968 to 1973, and supported the majority of the Socialist Party of America
Socialist Party of America
The Socialist Party of America was a multi-tendency democratic-socialist political party in the United States, formed in 1901 by a merger between the three-year-old Social Democratic Party of America and disaffected elements of the Socialist Labor Party which had split from the main organization...
in renaming the organization to Social Democrats, USA.
He has been an adjunct professor at the Institute of World Politics since 1992. He served on the Maryland State Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights from 1985 to 1997 and was a member of the Commission on Broadcasting to the People's Republic of China in 1992. Additionally, he has been an adjunct scholar at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Washington Institute for Near East Policy
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy is a think tank based in Washington, D.C. focused on United States foreign policy in the Middle East. It was established by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in 1985...
since 1986 and was executive director of the Coalition for a Democratic Majority from 1977 to 1979. He is an editorial board member of World Affairs
World Affairs (journal)
World Affairs is a bimonthly magazine covering international relations. It is the official journal of the American Peace Society. The magazine has been published since 1837 and was re-launched in January 2008 as a new publication. Each issue contains articles offering diverse perspectives on global...
and Journal of Democracy
Journal of Democracy
The Journal of Democracy is a quarterly academic journal established in 1990 and an official publication of the National Endowment for Democracy...
. He was also an aide to the late Senator
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Daniel Patrick "Pat" Moynihan was an American politician and sociologist. A member of the Democratic Party, he was first elected to the United States Senate for New York in 1976, and was re-elected three times . He declined to run for re-election in 2000...
.
Muravchik is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, where he researches Middle East politics, democracy, and the history of socialism. He is also a patron of the Henry Jackson Society
Henry Jackson Society
The Henry Jackson Society is a non-partisan association. The society's goals include the promotion of "democratic geopolitics". The society is named after after Henry M. Jackson, the late Democratic Senator from Washington State...
, which sponsors discussions and activities around the political legacy of Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson. He describes himself as a neo-conservative, despite the disapproval of his social-democratic
Social democracy
Social democracy is a political ideology of the center-left on the political spectrum. Social democracy is officially a form of evolutionary reformist socialism. It supports class collaboration as the course to achieve socialism...
father and socialist
Democratic socialism
Democratic socialism is a description used by various socialist movements and organizations to emphasize the democratic character of their political orientation...
mother.
His father criticized his Heaven on earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism:
"Josh Muravchik’s father, Manny, eighty-five-years-old, breathing through oxygen tubes, [was] handing out his own two-page Xeroxed affirmation of socialism." "Manny let the reader know that his own life, and that of Josh’s mother, would be impossible today absent the very sort of anti-market reforms—Medicare, rent-controlled apartments—for which they’d worked while Josh was still a pisher and toward which he sounded at best ambivalent today."
"Father told son that if there was utopian impulse to be feared, it was that messianic laissez-faire nonsense he must have picked up once he’d left home. You think your mother and I could survive in your perfect world, Mr. Capitalist Shill?
His mother was too upset with his book to attend the discussion.
In 2006, he called for the bombing of Iran in a Los Angeles Times op-ed entitled "Bomb Iran".
Further reading
- Nicaragua's slow march to communism Washington, D.C. : Cuban American National Foundation, 1986
- Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of SocialismHeaven on Earth: the Rise and Fall of SocialismHeaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism is a 3 hour PBS documentary film hosted by Ben Wattenberg and narrated by Henry Strozier...
, Encounter Books, 2002, hardcover, 417 pages, ISBN 1-893554-45-7 - Bomb Iran, The Los Angeles Times, November 19, 2006
- Can the Neocons Get Their Groove Back?, The Washington Post, November 19, 2006
- The Past, Present, and Future of Neoconservatism, Commentary, October 2007
- The Next Founders: Voices of Democracy in the Middle East, Encounter Books, 2009, hardcover, 350 pages, ISBN 978-1594032325
External links
Listening
- Debate about Iraq featuring Joshua Muravchik from Democracy Now! program, November 15, 2006
- Joshua Muravchik, Bomb Iran, The Los Angeles Times, November 19, 2006
- Can the Neocons Get Their Groove Back? Joshua Muravchik, Can the Neocons Get Their Groove Back?, The Washington Post, November 19, 2006
Video
- Video of discussion/debate with Joshua Muravchik and William Hartung on Bloggingheads.tvBloggingheads.tvBloggingheads.tv is a political, world events, philosophy, and science video blog discussion site in which the participants take part in an active back and forth conversation via webcam which is then broadcast online to viewers...