No. 101 in America · Week of November 9, 2026
Political scientist, former State Department policy chief
Anne-Marie Slaughter is a political scientist and lawyer who led policy planning at the State Department.
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Score breakdown
Nine parts, measured fresh each week. This is where Anne-Marie Slaughter's points came from, and the evidence behind each one.
Debate record
Defended Obama's foreign policy at the Munk Debates alongside Fareed Zakaria.
Slaughter was dean of Princeton's School of Public and International Affairs and, from 2009 to 2011, the State Department's first woman director of policy planning.
She led the think tank New America until 2026.
On the record
2014
November 5, 2014
Formal debateWon the audience vote
Against Bret Stephens and Robert Kagan · Munk Debates, Toronto
Anne-Marie Slaughter argued against the motion with Fareed Zakaria. The con side won the audience vote, swinging 11 percent.
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