Elan Y. Journo (born January 1976) is an Israeli writer, specializing in American foreign policy. He is an Objectivist and a fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute and its Director of Policy Research.[1]

Elan Journo
Born	January 1976 Jerusalem, Israel
Nationality	Israeli
Alma mater	King's College London (BA) SOAS, University of London (MA)
Website
ElanJourno.com

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Personal life and education

Elan Journo was born in Jerusalem, Israel, and grew up in the United Kingdom.[2] He studied at King's College London from 1994 to 1997, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy.[3] He then earned a Master of Arts degree in Diplomacy from SOAS, University of London, studying international relations. Journo lives in Irvine, California. He has Israeli citizenship.[2]

Career

Journo joined the Ayn Rand Institute in 1999, becoming a core-courses instructor at the Institute's Objectivist Academic Center in 2005. In 2009, he was the editor of, and the main contributor to, Winning the Unwinnable War: America's Self-Crippled Response to Islamic Totalitarianism, a collection of essays arguing for an Objectivist approach to foreign policy. In 2010, he was appointed by the Institute as the Director of Policy Research, specializing in foreign policy.[1]^{[non-primary source needed]} Journo was a 2013 Lincoln Fellow at The Claremont Institute, a conservative think-tank.[3]

Journo has contributed articles to Arutz Sheva,[4] The Journal of International Security Affairs,[5][6] Foreign Policy,[7] Fox News,[8] the Los Angeles Times,[9] the Chicago Sun-Times,[10] the Houston Chronicle,[11] the Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations,[12] the Middle East Quarterly,[13] and others. He has also made television and radio appearances on outlets such as Fox News and NPR.[3]

See also

• American philosophy
• Ethical egoism
• Objectivist movement
• Philosophical realism

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