No. 104 in America · Week of November 9, 2026
Senior fellow, Brookings Institution
Robert Kagan is a foreign policy scholar at the Brookings Institution and a leading advocate of liberal internationalism.
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Score breakdown
Nine parts, measured fresh each week. This is where Robert Kagan's points came from, and the evidence behind each one.
Debate record
Argued at the Munk Debates that American foreign policy under Obama emboldened its enemies.
Kagan co-founded the Project for the New American Century and has advised presidential candidates and administrations of both parties.
He wrote a monthly column on world affairs for The Washington Post.
On the record
2014
November 5, 2014
Formal debateLost the audience vote
Against Anne-Marie Slaughter and Fareed Zakaria · Munk Debates, Toronto
Robert Kagan argued for the motion with Bret Stephens. The con side won the audience vote, swinging 11 percent.
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