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Jeane J. Kirkpatrick (1926-2006)
Former Senior Fellow
Biography
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick was the first woman appointed to serve as permanent representative of the United States to the United Nations and as a member of Ronald Reagan's Cabinet and National Security Council. She served as a member of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (1985-1990) and the Defense Policy Review Board (1985-1993), and she also chaired the Secretary of Defense Commission on Fail Safe and Risk Reduction of the Nuclear Command and Control System (1992). Dr. Kirkpatrick headed the U.S. delegation to the Human Rights Commission in 2003. For this and related government service, Dr. Kirkpatrick was awarded the Medal of Freedom--the nation's highest civilian honor--in May 1985 and received her second Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Medal--the highest civilian honor of the Department of Defense--in December 1992. In 2002, the Council on Foreign Relations established the Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Chair in National Security, and in 1999 the Kennedy School at Harvard University established the Kirkpatrick Chair in International Affairs. She held the Leavey Chair of Government at Georgetown University from 1978 - 2006. For her work on NATO enlargement, Vaclav Havel, president of the Czech Republic, awarded her the Tomas Garrigue Masaryk Order, the Czech Republic State Decoration (1998), and H.E. Arpad Göncz, president of Hungary, presented her with the Hungarian Presidential Gold Medal (1999). For other work, she received the 50th Anniversary Friend of Zion Award from the prime minister of Israel (1998); the Casey Medal of Honor from the Center for Security Studies (1998); the Grand Officier Du Wissam Al Alaoui Medal from the king of Morocco(2000); and the Living Legends Medal from the librarian of the Library of Congress (2000). Dr. Kirkpatrick received many other awards and decorations, including: the Award of the Commonwealth Fund; the Gold Medal of the Veterans of Foreign Wars; the Hubert H. Humphrey Award of the American Political Science Association; the Christian A. Herter Award of the Boston World Affairs Association; the Morgenthau Award of the American Council on Foreign Policy; the Humanitarian Award of B'nai B'rith; the Defender of Jerusalem Award; and honorary degrees from more than a dozen and a half universities. After her service in the U.S. government, she returned to her previous positions as Leavey Professor of Government at Georgetown University and as senior fellow at AEI. Dr. Kirkpatrick also wrote and spoke on a range of issues concerning foreign policy and security affairs and participated in the ongoing dialogue on public issues. Dr. Kirkpatrick's published works include: Good Intentions (2003); The Withering Away of the Totalitarian State; Legitimacy and Force (2 vols.); The Reagan Phenomenon; Dictatorships & Double Standards; Dismantling the Parties: Reflections on Party Reform and Party Decomposition; The New Presidential Elite; Political Woman; and Leader and Vanguard in Mass Society: A Study of Peronist Argentina. She was also the author of numerous monograms and articles. Dr. Kirkpatrick received an A.B. from Barnard College, M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Columbia University, and studied at the Institute de Science Politique in Paris.
Experience
- Chair, U.S. Delegation to the U.N. Human Rights Commission, 2003
- Leavey Professor, Georgetown University, 1967-1980, 1986-2002
- Syndicated columnist, Los Angeles Times, 1986-1997
- Member, Defense Policy Review Board, 1985-1993
- Chair, Commission on Fail Safe and Risk Reduction, Department of Defense, 1990-1992
- Member, President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, 1985-1990
- Presidential Blue Ribbon Commission on Nuclear Products, 1985-1987
- Presidential Commission on Space, 1985-1987
- U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, 1981-1985
- Member, President Ronald Reagan's Cabinet, 1981-1985
Education
Ph.D., comparative politics, Columbia University M.A., political theory, Columbia University A.B., Barnard College
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Jeane J. Kirkpatrick remembers herearly years.
Of all the problems plaguing the White House, Puerto Rico was the least among them. That is, until the president's Task Force on Puerto Rico's Status created waves in December.
Ellen Sauerbreyhas the necessary ambition, attitude, and experience to act as assistant secretary of state for Population, Refugees, and Migration.
TheU.S.government can notrestore confidence in the United Nations;only the officers and functionaries of the U.N. can do that.
Senate Armed Services Committee
April 8, 2004
The Law of the Sea Treaty's ratification will diminish our capacity for self government, including, ultimately, our capacity for self defense.
Testimony of Jeane J. Kirkpatrick before the U.S. House Armed Services Committee on November 19, 2003.
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick discusses the expectations democracy places on its citizens, especially in the area of foreign policy.
AEI Friday Forum
June 13, 2003
The decision by the American government to attack Iraq has proved extremely controversial.
American Spectator
June 1, 2003
International Herald Tribune
May 14, 2003
As the world and the United States evaluate the role of the United Nations in the wake of the Iraq war, it is time to assess the role of the Human Rights Commission as well.
U.S. Department of State's Office of International Informations Programs
April 24, 2003
UN Commission on Human Rights, 59th Session
April 8, 2003
UN Commission on Human Rights, 59th Session
April 1, 2003
UN Commission on Human Rights
March 18, 2003
Our delegation, our government, and the American people believe that the UNHRCcan make a contribution to the improvement of the lives of those who suffer under oppressive government.
Foreign Policy
September 1, 2002
Ultimately, the result of multilateral processes is often war by committee and peace by committee.
Testimony by Jeane J. Kirkpatrick before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on June 13, 2002.
The Weekly Standard
October 1, 2001
Chronicle of Higher Education
September 28, 2001
It would be a very serious mistake for the United States not to respond with force.
The Washington Post
June 12, 2001
NATO should make commitment to maintaining a secure environment, holding war criminals accountable, and helpingBalkan leaders build and sustain democratic institutions and protect human rights.
This is the year that the world’s most repressive dictatorships have made real progress in their effort to destroy the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, which, when it functions as intended, is one of the truly useful bodies of the United Nations in assisting the victims of repression and tyranny.
Los Angeles Times
May 9, 2001
The United Statessuffered a highly publicized defeat when it failed to win one of the three seats allocated to Western countries on the UN Human Rights Commission.
National Review
January 22, 2001
The contributions of President Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan to the United States have been many and important.
Investor's Business Daily
February 29, 2000
Any number of well-known figures at different points on the political and ideological spectrum seem to have altered their accustomed views of the U.S. role in the world.
This nation’s defensesare adequate to cope with the growing dangers we face from hostile powers possessing weapons of mass destruction and effective means of delivery.
If the United Nations is able to obstruct NATO action on the ground, or if Russian or other non-NATO troops are deployed in ways in which they can obstruct such action, the plan would be fatally flawed.
It is time now to unleash the creativity of American scientists and technicians and allow them to take on the problems of protecting the United States, its allies, and peace.
Washington Times
April 11, 1999
The NATO campaign in Kosovo is the third U.S.-led military mission undertaken for humanitarian, as much as for strategic, purposes.
New York Post
March 30, 1999
AEI Online
March 30, 1999
The United States and its NATO allies have attacked Serbia because its leader, Slobodan Milosevic, has progressively undermined peace in the Balkans throughout this decade.
National Review
February 22, 1999
AEI Online
February 22, 1999
To protect its population at home and its armed forces abroad, the United States must develop and deploy a system that can thwart such missiles.
AEI Annual Dinner
December 7, 1998
Washington Times
September 1, 1998
A decade after Ronald Reagan bravely committed the United States to the deployment of a ballistic missile defense, we are still vulnerable.
The Reagan Forum
February 16, 1998
Not since Dwight Eisenhower had a president who enjoyed such widespread popular approval also won such little respect from pundits.
Washington Post
January 26, 1998
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
October 9, 1997
NATO is a defensive alliance dedicated to deterring and, if necessary, defeating aggression.
Washington Post
May 25, 1997
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
April 17, 1997
New York Times
December 27, 1996
Wall Street Journal
November 22, 1996
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October 6, 1996
St. Louise Post-Dispatch
May 19, 1996
AEI Online
April 10, 1996
It is about time that the new democracies of Central Europe begin to enjoy the full benefits of freedom, including the credible security that NATO membership would provide.
Conservative Chronicle
March 13, 1996
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March 7, 1996
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February 23, 1996
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February 13, 1996
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February 13, 1996
The Clinton administration has metprovocations from Russia and China with little more than soft talk and no action.
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January 30, 1996
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January 1, 1994
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December 12, 1993
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December 1, 1993
Review of The Downing Street Years by Margaret Thatcher.
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November 29, 1993
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September 1, 1993
Huntington's classification of contemporary civilizations is questionable.
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February 25, 1993
The ultimate test of the legitimacy of U.S. actions is not a temporary majority of the Security Council; it is the U.S. Constitution.
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February 22, 1993
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February 1, 1993
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September 1, 1992
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April 1, 1992
Review of Myths of Empire by Jack Snyder.
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January 1, 1990
If things develop in Eastern Europe as expected, Europeans will have new burdens to assume. Americans will have old burdens to relinquish.
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September 4, 1989
Yasser Arafat and the PLO are trying to come to power through international diplomacy, reinforced bymurder.
1985 Francis Boyer LectureAEI Annual Dinner
December 1, 1985
Strange reactions occur when the U.S. national interest is invoked as the basis for deciding for or against a particular foreign policy.
Remembering a great thinker: Jeane J. Kirkpatrick's seminal essay on American national interest abroad and the insidious nature of Communism.
British Journal of Political Science
July 1, 1975
In what ways was the Democratic convention of 1972 representative and of whom? In what ways was the Republican convention of 1972 representative and of whom?
Books [List all]
Making War to Keep Peace
Harper Collins
April 24, 2007
The author offers a tightly observed chronicle of America's relationship with the world since the end of the Cold War.
Right versus Might
Council on Foreign Relations
January 1, 1994
This book discusses international law and global governance.
The Withering Away of the Totalitarian State . . . and Other Surprises
AEI Press
November 2, 1992
This volume explores regional conflicts, summitry and arms control, and relations between the United States and its allies.
Legitimacy and Force (Volume Two)
Transaction Books
April 1, 1988
This book features the author'sformal remarks on nations and nationbuilding. She focuses on Grenada, Poland, Afghanistan, Nicaragua, Israel, and the Soviet Union.
Legitimacy and Force (Volume One)
Transaction Books
April 1, 1988
This volume is oriented around themes of democratic societies and undemocratic systems, human rights and political obligations.
The Reagan Phenomenon
AEI Press
January 1, 1983
The diverse speeches and essays in thiscollection describe, assess, and articulate the foundations of "the Reagan phenomenon."
Dictatorships and Double Standards
Simon and Schuster
July 1, 1982
This bookcriticizes the moralism of so much of our foreign policy and analyzes the language and culture of totalitarianism.
Dismantling the Parties
This book analyzes the sources of decomposition of American political parties.
The New Presidential Elite
Russell Sage Foundation
June 1, 1976
Asystematic and detailed survey of the 1972 convention delegates,this book is alsoa solid framework within which to examine presidential selection in the election years to come.
Political Woman
Basic Books
January 1, 1974
Historically, political behavior has been studied in terms of men, but today woman is emerging as an active political animal.
Leader and Vanguard
MIT Press
December 1, 1971
The author examines political and foreign policy issues in Argentina under the rule of General Juan Peron.
Events [List all]
The Future of the United Nations
September 8, 2005
The Neocon Reader
January 24, 2005
The Universal Hunger for Liberty
September 29, 2004
Taiwan
March 22, 2004
What Are We to Think about the U.N.?
February 19, 2004
Turkey at the Crossroads
September 22, 2003
The United Nations Human Rights Commission
May 5, 2003
The Road to War . . . and Beyond
March 4, 2003
U.S.-Pakistan Relations: The War on Terror and Beyond
January 30, 2003
Priorities for Reconstruction in Afghanistan
January 23, 2003
The War Powers and the United Nations
January 21, 2003
Reagan's War and the War on Terrorism
November 13, 2002
Will America Lose the War It Won in Afghanistan?
September 26, 2002
Winning the War against Terrorism
November 30, 2001
Press Briefing on Terrorist Attacks
September 14, 2001
Building A New Atlantic Community
May 1, 2001
Trends in Global Governance
April 4, 2000
Yeltsin's Legacy and Russia's Future
March 17, 2000
Should the United States Aid the Former Soviet Union?
April 13, 1992
Speeches and Testimony [List all]
United Nations Reform
TheU.S.government can notrestore confidence in the United Nations;only the officers and functionaries of the U.N. can do that.
Military Implications of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
Senate Armed Services Committee
April 8, 2004
The Law of the Sea Treaty's ratification will diminish our capacity for self government, including, ultimately, our capacity for self defense.
U.S. National Security Strategy
Testimony of Jeane J. Kirkpatrick before the U.S. House Armed Services Committee on November 19, 2003.
Democracy and Human Rights
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick discusses the expectations democracy places on its citizens, especially in the area of foreign policy.
Legitimate War
AEI Friday Forum
June 13, 2003
The decision by the American government to attack Iraq has proved extremely controversial.
Address to the UNHRC
UN Commission on Human Rights
March 18, 2003
Our delegation, our government, and the American people believe that the UNHRCcan make a contribution to the improvement of the lives of those who suffer under oppressive government.
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Testimony by Jeane J. Kirkpatrick before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on June 13, 2002.
The UN Commission on Human Rights
This is the year that the world’s most repressive dictatorships have made real progress in their effort to destroy the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, which, when it functions as intended, is one of the truly useful bodies of the United Nations in assisting the victims of repression and tyranny.
Comments on the Congressional Medal to Ronald and Nancy Reagan
The contributions of President Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan to the United States have been many and important.
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
This nation’s defensesare adequate to cope with the growing dangers we face from hostile powers possessing weapons of mass destruction and effective means of delivery.
National Missile Defense and ABM Treaty
It is time now to unleash the creativity of American scientists and technicians and allow them to take on the problems of protecting the United States, its allies, and peace.
Freedom and Vigilance (Introductory Remarks)
AEI Annual Dinner
December 7, 1998
Reversing America's Course
The Reagan Forum
February 16, 1998
Not since Dwight Eisenhower had a president who enjoyed such widespread popular approval also won such little respect from pundits.
Proposed Enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
October 9, 1997
NATO is a defensive alliance dedicated to deterring and, if necessary, defeating aggression.
The United States and the World
1985 Francis Boyer LectureAEI Annual Dinner
December 1, 1985
Strange reactions occur when the U.S. national interest is invoked as the basis for deciding for or against a particular foreign policy.
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