Steve Clemons

Steve Clemons is editor at large of The National Interest and has served as Editor at Large of The Hill, The Atlantic and Semafor as well as in senior editorial roles at National Journal and Quartz. He is also editor and publisher of the popular political blog, The Washington Note, and host of “The Bottom Line” which airs on the global network of Al Jazeera English. Clemons also Co-Chairs the US Initiative of GLOBSEC, one of Europe’s most dynamic and important national and global security think tanks.

Clemons serves on the Advisory Board of the Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College, and is Chairman & CEO of Widehall LLC, a strategic communications and events firm that translates ideas into high-traction impact. Clemons previously served as Executive Vice President of the Economic Strategy Institute as well as of the New America Foundation, and was founding Executive Director of the Nixon Center, later renamed the Center for the National Interest. He was also Senior Economic and International Affairs Advisor to US Senator Jeff Bingaman.