Joshua Muravchik

Joshua Muravchik
Muravchik in 2013
Born (1947-09-17) September 17, 1947 (age 77)
New York City
OccupationPolitical scholar
OrganizationWorld Affairs Institute
MovementNeoconservatism

Joshua Muravchik (born September 17, 1947, in New York City) is a neoconservative political scholar. He resides in Washington, DC based World Affairs Institute, he is also an adjunct professor at the DC based Institute of World Politics (since 1992) and a former fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) (2009 – 2014).[1] He was formerly a fellow at the George W. Bush Institute (2012–2013), a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (1987–2008), and a scholar in residence at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (1985).[2]

Muravchik was one of the group of writers who moved away from the political left in the 1960s and 1970s and came to be called neoconservatives. In 1986, a Wall Street Journal editor wrote: "Joshua Muravchik may be the most cogent and careful of the neoconservative writers on foreign policy."[3] Muravchik wrote in defense of neoconservative position when it became controversial during the years of George W. Bush’s presidency.[4]

Since his transition to neoconservatism, much of Muravchik's work has focused on defending Israel from critics on the left – he opposes a Palestinian right of return on the grounds that it will upset the Jewish character of Israel's demographics – and advocating for military action against Iran (in 2006, 2011 and 2015 he authored op-eds advocating for a pre-emptive strike against Iran).[5][6][7]

  1. ^ He is introduced as a fellow of the SAIS on this web page in July 2014: https://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/2014/07/10/whats-behind-the-changing-views-on-israel-v-hamas, but his information no longer shows up if you search for him on the SAIS website./
  2. ^ Article Title[usurped]; "Joshua Muravchik » Faculty » the Institute of World Politics". Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2014-08-03.; Robert S. Greenberger, "Roots of Iraq Policy Are Tested; Postwar Difficulties Put Neoconservatism on the Line," Wall Street Journal, Eastern edition, 19 Sep 2003: A.4. (Profile of Muravchik); Dick Kirschten, "A rebel who thinks against the grain," National Journal 27.43 (Oct 28, 1995): 2670. (Profile of Muravchik)
  3. ^ Tim W. Ferguson, "Bookshelf: Throwing Down the Neoconservative Gauntlet," Wall Street Journal, 13 May 1986
  4. ^ "The Neoconservative Cabal," Commentary, September 2003; "The Past, Present, and Future of Neoconservatism," Commentary, October 2007; Can the Neocons Get Their Groove Back?, The Washington Post, November 19, 2006
  5. ^ "Opposing view: No more sanctions on Iran – USATODAY.com". USA Today. 2011-11-10. Archived from the original on 2011-11-10. Retrieved 2022-12-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ Muravchik, Joshua (2015-03-13). "War with Iran is probably our best option". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  7. ^ Muravchik, Joshua (2006-11-19). "Bomb Iran". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-12-23.