Bruce Jentleson


Bruce W. Jentleson is a professor of public policy and political science at Duke University, where he served from 2000 to 2005 as Director of the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy.
Jentleson is a co-founder of the Bridging the Gap project, promoting greater policy relevance among academics. From 2009 to 2011 he was Senior Advisor to the US State Department Policy Planning Director. In 2012 Jentleson served on the Obama 2012 campaign National Security Advisory Steering Committee. He also served as a senior foreign policy advisor to Vice President Al Gore in his 2000 presidential campaign, in the Clinton administration State Department, and as a foreign policy aide to Senators Gore and Dave Durenberger. He also has served on a number of policy commissions, most recently the Responsibility to Protect Working Group co-chaired by Madeleine Albright. Prior to coming to Duke, Jentleson was a professor at UC-Davis.

Early life and education

Born June 26, 1951, Jentleson holds a PhD from Cornell University, a master's degree from the London School of Economics, and a bachelor's degree from Cornell.

Books

In addition to numerous articles, Jentleson is the co-author of The End of Arrogance: America in the Global Competition of Ideas.
The fifth edition of his book, American Foreign Policy: The Dynamics of Choice in the 21st Century, was released in 2013.
With Friends Like These. Reagan, Bush, and Saddam. 1982–1990.