# Yuval Levin

> Yuval Levin is an Israeli-American political theorist and one of the most influential conservative thinkers in Washington. He directs Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, founded and edits the policy journal National Affairs, and writes for The New York Times and National Review. A student of the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago, he is best known for books that read the present through political philosophy, from The Great Debate on Burke and Paine to American Covenant, his 2024 argument that the Constitution was built to hold a divided nation together.

- **Role:** Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute
- **Organizations:** American Enterprise Institute, National Affairs, National Review, The New Atlantis, The New York Times
- **From:** Haifa, Israel
- **Nationality:** Israeli-American
- **Education:** High school diploma; founding member of the debate club, Hillsborough High School, New Jersey, BA in Political Science, American University, MA and PhD, University of Chicago, Committee on Social Thought
- **Known for:** Recipient of the $250,000 Bradley Prize for intellectual achievement, Founder and editor of National Affairs, a leading quarterly journal of public policy, Author of seven books on political theory and public policy

## Career timeline

- **1995-2001** — Congressional staffer at member, committee, and leadership levels
- **2001-2004** — Executive Director, President's Council on Bioethics
- **2003-present** — Co-founder and senior editor, The New Atlantis
- **2004-2007** — Special Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy (George W. Bush White House)
- **2007-2019** — Vice President and Hertog Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center
- **2007-present** — Contributing editor, National Review
- **2009-present** — Founding editor, National Affairs
- **2019-present** — Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies, American Enterprise Institute; Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy
- **2022-present** — Contributing opinion writer, The New York Times
- **2024** — Published American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation - and Could Again

## Achievements

- Recipient of the $250,000 Bradley Prize for intellectual achievement
- Founder and editor of National Affairs, a leading quarterly journal of public policy
- Author of seven books on political theory and public policy
- Called 'probably the most influential conservative intellectual of the Obama era' by Jonathan Chait
- Leader of the 'reform conservative' movement, per Ross Douthat
- Holds the Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy at AEI

## Latest updates

- **2024-06** — Published American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation - and Could Again (Basic Books) and toured book events at AEI, the National Archives, and the U.S. Capitol Historical Society.
- **2025-09** — Appeared at the Library of Congress National Book Festival.

## Links

- Website: https://nationalaffairs.com
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/yuvallevin

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