Peter Berkowitz
Peter Berkowitz | |
|---|---|
| 31st Director of Policy Planning | |
| In office January 1, 2019 – January 20, 2021 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Kiron Skinner |
| Succeeded by | Salman Ahmed |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1959 (age 65–66) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Swarthmore College (BA) Hebrew University of Jerusalem (MA) Yale University (PhD, JD) |
Peter Berkowitz (born 1959) is an American political scientist and legal scholar. In 2019–2021, he served as the Director of Policy Planning at the United States Department of State. He currently serves as the Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University and as director of studies for The Public Interest Fellowship. He is also a member of the American Academy of Science and Letters and a columnist for RealClearPolitics.