Robert Kagan
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Robert Kagan is an American neoconservative political commentator and historian known for his influential writings on U.S. foreign policy and the promotion of liberal interventionism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert Kagan canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9480276 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Kagan Context triple: [Kagan, hasNotableBearer, Robert Kagan]
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A.
George Friedman
George Friedman is a geopolitical forecaster and author best known as the founder of the private intelligence and forecasting firm Stratfor and later Geopolitical Futures.
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B.
G. John Ikenberry
G. John Ikenberry is a prominent American political scientist and international relations scholar best known for his work on liberal internationalism, the liberal world order, and U.S. foreign policy.
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C.
Scott Rothkopf
Scott Rothkopf is an American art curator and museum director known for his leadership and influential exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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D.
John J. Mearsheimer
John J. Mearsheimer is an American political scientist and leading realist theorist in international relations, best known for his work on offensive realism and critiques of U.S. foreign policy.
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E.
Andrew Bacevich
Andrew Bacevich is an American historian, retired U.S. Army colonel, and prominent critic of U.S. foreign policy and militarism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Kagan Target entity description: Robert Kagan is an American neoconservative political commentator and historian known for his influential writings on U.S. foreign policy and the promotion of liberal interventionism.
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A.
George Friedman
George Friedman is a geopolitical forecaster and author best known as the founder of the private intelligence and forecasting firm Stratfor and later Geopolitical Futures.
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B.
G. John Ikenberry
G. John Ikenberry is a prominent American political scientist and international relations scholar best known for his work on liberal internationalism, the liberal world order, and U.S. foreign policy.
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C.
Scott Rothkopf
Scott Rothkopf is an American art curator and museum director known for his leadership and influential exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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D.
John J. Mearsheimer
John J. Mearsheimer is an American political scientist and leading realist theorist in international relations, best known for his work on offensive realism and critiques of U.S. foreign policy.
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E.
Andrew Bacevich
Andrew Bacevich is an American historian, retired U.S. Army colonel, and prominent critic of U.S. foreign policy and militarism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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neoconservative intellectual ⓘ political commentator ⓘ |
| coFounderOf | Project for the New American Century NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1958-09-26 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
American University in Cairo
NERFINISHED
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Harvard University ⓘ Yale University ⓘ |
| employer | Brookings Institution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Kagan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
diplomatic history
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foreign policy ⓘ international relations ⓘ |
| genre | political non-fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Donald Kagan
NERFINISHED
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Frederick Kagan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology | liberal interventionism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Project for the New American Century NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | neoconservatism ⓘ |
| name | Robert Kagan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy of robust U.S. military power
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arguments in favor of liberal world order ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
critique of isolationism in U.S. foreign policy
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defense of American global leadership ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dangerous Nation
NERFINISHED
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Of Paradise and Power: America and Europe in the New World Order NERFINISHED ⓘ The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World NERFINISHED ⓘ The Return of History and the End of Dreams NERFINISHED ⓘ The World America Made NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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columnist ⓘ policy analyst ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Athens, Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
Republican Party (historically)
NERFINISHED
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critic of Donald Trump ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
member of the U.S. State Department’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board
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senior fellow at Brookings Institution ⓘ |
| residence | Washington, D.C. area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling | Frederick Kagan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Victoria Nuland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfActivity |
21st century
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late 20th century ⓘ |
| writesFor | The Washington Post NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Robert Kagan Description of subject: Robert Kagan is an American neoconservative political commentator and historian known for his influential writings on U.S. foreign policy and the promotion of liberal interventionism.
Referenced by (4)
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