Peter Bergen

Biography

Peter Bergen is a journalist, documentary producer, and the author of four books, three of which were New York Times bestsellers and three of which were named books of the year by the Washington Post. He is the director of the national security studies program at the New America Foundation in Washington D.C.; a fellow at Fordham University’s Center on National Security and CNN’s national security analyst. He has held teaching positions at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.

His most recent book is Manhunt: The Ten Year Search for bin Laden, from 9/11 to Abbottabad. The book is being translated into nine languages and HBO has produced a theatrical release documentary.

Bergen has reported on al-Qaeda, Afghanistan, Pakistan, counterterrorism, homeland security and countries around the Middle East for a range of American newspapers and magazines including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Foreign Affairs, The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, TIME, The Nation, The National Interest, Mother Jones, Newsweek, Washington Times and Vanity Fair. He is a contributing editor at The New Republic and writes a weekly column for CNN.com. He has also worked as a correspondent or producer for multiple documentaries that have aired on National Geographic, Discovery and CNN.

Bergen is on the editorial board of Studies in Conflict & Terrorism and has testified before multiple congressional committees about Afghanistan, Pakistan and terrorism issues. He is a member of the Homeland Security Project and the Aspen Homeland Security Group. He is the editor of the AfPak Channel, which can be found at www.foreignpolicy.com/afpak.

Bergen has a M.A. in Modern History from New College, Oxford University. He was born in Minneapolis and raised in London. He is married to documentary director/producer Tresha Mabile.

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