Midcoast Forum on Foreign Relations

Nicholas Thompson

February 7 at 12 Noon (Point Lookout)

Topic: US Grand Strategy for Asia

Nicholas Thompson is a journalist and currently a Senior Editor at The New Yorker magazine, a contributing editor for Bloomberg television, and the author of The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War. He is a fellow at the New America Foundation and an official panelist on CNN International’s “Connect the World” with Becky Anderson.

Prior to the New Yorker, Mr. Thompson was a senior editor at Wired Magazine for 5 years. Before that, he was a Senior Editor at Legal Affairs and an editor at the Washington Monthly. He has written about politics, technology, and the law for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, Slate, Foreign Policy, The New Republic, The New York Observer, and many other publications. In addition to his regular work with Bloomberg TV, while at Wired he was a frequent guest on CNN’s American Morning and NBC’s Today Show. He has also appeared as a commentator on Fox News, MSNBC, CNBC, ABC’s Live with Regis and Kelly and World News Tonight, CBS’s Early Show, and National Public Radio.

Thompson is a grandson of Paul Nitze, one of the subjects of his most recent book, which gave him unprecedented access while researching his book. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and children.