John Bolton

John R. Bolton currently serves as a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. His area of research is U.S. foreign and national security policy. Prior to arriving at AEI, Amb. Bolton served as the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations from August 1, 2005 to December 9, 2006. From June 2001 to May 2005, Ambassador Bolton served as Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, also in the Bush Administration. Prior to this, Ambassador Bolton was Senior Vice President of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). He supervised the AEI research program, financial oversight, dissemination of the AEI research and publications, public affairs and general management. Ambassador Bolton has spent many years of his career in public service. Previous positions he has held are Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs at the Department of State, 1989-1993; Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, 1985-1989; Assistant Administrator for Program and Policy Coordination, U.S. Agency for International Development, 1982-1983; General Counsel, U.S. Agency for International Development, 1981-1982. Ambassador Bolton is also an attorney. He was an associate at the Washington office of Covington & Burling, and then a member of the firm from 1983-1985, after public service at the U.S. Agency for International Development. He currently is "of counsel" to the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis. Bolton graduated Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude from Yale College (1970), and received his J.D. from Yale Law School (1974), where he was editor of the Yale Law Journal. Ambassador Bolton is married to Gretchen Smith Bolton. They have one daughter, Jennifer Sarah, an investment banker in New York.

ARTICLES BY: John Bolton

October 16, 2013 10:25 am

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With Iran, We Can’t Verify or Trust

Tuesday's opening of yet another round of negotiations with Iran over its nuclear-weapons program creates enormous risks for America's anti-proliferation efforts. Tehran's extensive propaganda campaign,...

October 4, 2013 10:02 am

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Congress Should Not Overreact to NSA Controversy

After former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden leaked information about the NSA's extensive gathering of phone and Internet data, many Americans were outraged at...

October 1, 2013 11:29 am

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Bolton: Rouhani is Playing Obama

Monday ends the worst month of the Obama presidency. The Syrian diplomatic and political debacle was bad enough, but last week at the United Nations President...

September 25, 2013 8:54 am

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Syria Exemplifies Failure of the United Nations

The U.N. General Assembly's 68th session will open its annual "general debate" in New York on Tuesday, with leadoff speakers including President Obama and Iranian President...

September 16, 2013 9:00 am

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Syria Turmoil in Congress is All Obama’s Doing

By asking Congress to approve using military force against Syria's Assad regime, Barack Obama threw Washington into turmoil. If Congress declines his request, he will face...

August 22, 2013 9:03 am

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Bolton: U.S. Should Back Egyptian Army

If the Muslim Brotherhood wins, say goodbye to the peace treaty with Israel and stability in Sinai. Egypt has not yet succumbed to all-out civil war,...

August 13, 2013 8:48 am

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Obama’s Actions Have Bolstered Al-Qaeda

In light of Barack Obama's repeated assertions that "al-Qaida is on the path to defeat," many Americans were no doubt surprised to see the State...

July 10, 2013 9:19 am

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Mubarak Understood Egypt Better Than Western ‘Experts’

Just two-and-a-half years ago, advocates of "the Arab Spring" argued it would bring democracy to the Middle East and end terrorism's attraction in the Muslim...

July 3, 2013 10:41 am

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Bolton: Obama’s Mistakes on Snowden Have Already Cost Us

President Obama's ongoing mishandling of Edward Snowden's defection highlights key failings in his dangerously flawed approach to defending U.S. national security. Whatever Snowden's ultimate fate,...

June 20, 2013 6:41 am

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Hasan Rowhani is No Moderate on Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program

Within days of Hasan Rowhani's election as Iran's president, the White House and several European governments were already ecstatic at the possibility of resuming negotiations...

June 12, 2013 10:42 am

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Who Tries Gadhafi’s Son Could Determine Future of Concept of National Sovereignty

Since 2011, when Libyans overthrew and killed Moammar Gadhafi, a little-noticed but highly significant legal battle has been fought over who will prosecute those in...

May 29, 2013 8:22 am

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Barack Obama Declares Defeat in Global War on Terror

Confused, contradictory and often detached from reality, Barack Obama's speech on terrorism last Thursday closely resembled his overall national-security policy. Rambling on for nearly...

May 21, 2013 2:15 pm

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The Difference It Will Make

The May 8 congressional testimony of three courageous State Department whistleblowers foreshadows a substantially longer, more detailed public investigation into the September 11,...

April 29, 2013 1:25 am

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America’s New Isolationists Are Endangering the West

The spectre of isolationism is stalking the Republican Party. It is still far from dominant, but we would be ignoring reality to underestimate...