Jeffrey Bergner

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Jeffrey Thomas Bergner (born 1946)[1] is an American foreign policy expert. He is a visiting lecturer at the Batten School of Public Policy and Leadership at the University of Virginia. He is the author of The Origin of Formalism in Social Science, The New Superpowers, Against Modern Humanism, The Vanishing Congress, and Turning Point: Judaism, Christianity and Islam Confront Greek Philosophy. He is also co-author (with Lisa Spiller) of Branding the Candidate and several other books concerning American politics and foreign affairs.

Jeffrey Bergner
Official portrait, c. 2006
26th United States Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs
In office
November 9, 2005 – June 27, 2008
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byPaul V. Kelly
Succeeded byMatthew A. Reynolds
Personal details
Born
Jeffrey Thomas Bergner

1946 (age 77–78)
Political partyRepublican
Education
SignatureCursive signature of Jeffrey T. Bergner

He served as managing partner of Bergner Bockorny, a government relations firm specializing in tax, trade and international issues

Bergner was Policy Director, Lugar for President Campaign; Staff Director, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Chief of Staff/Legislative Director, Senator Richard Lugar; Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania; Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Michigan; visiting professor at Georgetown University and Visiting Professor of American Studies at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, VA.

Bergner served as Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs from 2005 until July 2008.

Bergner has had affiliations with the Asia Foundation, the Calvert Institute for Public Policy, the Hudson Institute, Business Executives for National Security and the Project for the New American Century.

Bergner received his BA from Carleton College (1969), MA from Princeton University (1971), and PhD from Princeton (1973).

Government offices
Preceded by Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs
2005–2008
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Jeffrey Thomas Bergner (1946–)". Department of State. Retrieved September 3, 2022.