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A writer, broadcaster, and digital media pioneer on foreign and national security affairs, Moran is a former correspondent for the BBC, MSNBC, and Radio Free Europe. He now provides the editorial direction and analysis for CFR.org.
Expertise:International news coverage, free expression, Internet policy abroad, U.S. media strategy, and public diplomacy.
Experience:Senior correspondent, MSNBC.com (2003-05); senior producer, International News and Special Reports, MSNBC.com (1996-2003); U.S. affairs analyst, BBC World Service (1993-96); senior editor, Radio Free Europe (1990-93), former reporter for Associated Press, St. Petersburg Times, Sarasota Herald-Tribune (1985-88).
Languages:Working knowledge of German and Spanish.
Honors:Michael Moran is a veteran journalist and award-winning former foreign correspondent. He is an adjunct professor at Bard College’s Center for Globalization and International Affairs, and a past Hearst New Media Fellow at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Moran also served for a decade on the board of the Overseas Press Club.
Selected Publications:Moran’s work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Newsweek, the Economist, the Spectator (UK), the Guardian, the New Leader, on National Public Radio and in many other outlets. He has lectured at dozens of universities and think tanks around the worl.
September 5, 2008
Podcast
A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org and The Economist.
Updated: August 28, 2008
Daily Analysis
Russia has emerged as a policy issue in the presidential campaign, adding to a list of top-tier issues including energy policy, Iran, and Iraq.
See more in United States, Russian Fed., National Security and Defense, U.S. Election 2008
August 22, 2008
Podcast
A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org and The Economist.
See more in Georgia, International Organizations, U.S. Election 2008
August 21, 2008
Podcast
Foreign Affairs Managing Editor Gideon Rose discusses the September/October 2008 issue with CFR.org Executive Editor Michael Moran.
August 17, 2008
Op-Ed
The Star-Ledger
Michael Moran details the historical roots of the Russian-Georgian struggle, in The Star-Ledger.
August 7, 2008
Daily Analysis
Alongside feats of athletic prowess, China's brand of authoritarian capitalism will be on display in the much-anticipated Beijing Olympics.
See more in China, Democracy and Human Rights, Economics, Global Governance
July 20, 2008
Op-Ed
Star-Ledger of Newark
While it may surprise Americans brought up to assume everyone wants to be one of us, the American system of free enterprise bound by a strict legal code, is growing less popular in the rest of the world, writes Michael Moran.
See more in Democracy Promotion, Human Rights, Society and Culture
July 17, 2008
Podcast
A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org and The Economist.
July 3, 2008
Podcast
A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org and The Economist.
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June 30, 2008
Transcript
See more in United States, International Peace and Security, Diplomacy
June 30, 2008
Video
Watch James K. Glassman, in his first speech as U.S. undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs, discuss priorities for U.S. public diplomacy and the various strategies being employed to achieve them.
See more in Public Diplomacy
June 30, 2008
Audio
Listen to James K. Glassman, in his first speech as U.S. undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs, discuss priorities for U.S. public diplomacy and the various strategies being employed to achieve them.
See more in Public Diplomacy
June 29, 2008
Podcast
A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org and The Economist.
See more in North Korea, EU, Technology and Foreign Policy
June 24, 2008
Backgrounder
A new French security doctrine defines terrorism, not invasion, as the country's primary challenge and closes ranks with NATO and America.
See more in France, Defense/Homeland Security, Defense Policy & Budget, Defense Strategy
June 20, 2008
Podcast
A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org and The Economist.
June 18, 2008
Podcast
Foreign Affairs Managing Editor Gideon Rose discusses the July/August 2008 issue with CFR.org Executive Editor Michael Moran.
June 13, 2008
Podcast
A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org and The Economist.
June 6, 2008
Podcast
A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org and The Economist.
May 30, 2008
Podcast
A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org and The Economist.
See more in North America, Israel
May 25, 2008
Op-Ed
Star-Ledger of Newark
Michael Moran discusses the response to Cyclone Nargis by Myanmar’s authoritarian government, “a regime so fearful for its own survival that it would allow tens of thousands more of its citizens to perish of post-disaster disease, exposure and privations, rather than allow a willing world to come help.”
See more in Burma/Myanmar, Humanitarian Intervention
In Termites in the Trading System, Jagdish Bhagwati reveals how the rapid spread of preferential trade agreements endangers the world trading system.
America Between the Wars explores how the decisions and debates of the years between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Twin Towers shaped the events, arguments, and politics of the world we live in today.
In The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State, Noah Feldman tells the story behind the increasingly popular call for the establishment of the sharia—the law of the traditional Islamic state—in the modern Muslim world.
Complete list of CFR Books.
In this report, CFR Fellow Brad W. Setser recommends addressing the U.S. current account deficit in order to strengthen the United States’ position abroad.
This report, written by CFR Senior Fellow Daniel Markey, outlines the nature of the challenges in Pakistan's tribal areas, formulates strategies for addressing those challenges, and distills the strategies into realistic policy proposals worthy of consideration by the incoming administration.
Complete list of Council Special Reports.
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