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Elan Journo

BA, Philosophy, 1997, King's College, London
Active: 2004-2022

Mr. Journo, director of policy research at ARI, is completing a book on American policy toward the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. His 2009 book, Winning the Unwinnable War, analyzes post-9/11 U.S. foreign policy. His writing has appeared in Foreign Policy, Journal of International Security Affairs and Middle East Quarterly. (based on info from 2020 )

Presentations

Name
Presented
Media
What was Ayn Rand really like?
Jun 25, 2022
Jun 25, 2022
Meet Philosopher Darryl Wright
May 14, 2022
May 14, 2022
Why “Realists” Get Ukraine So Wrong
May 11, 2022
May 11, 2022
Robots on Mars: Q&A with Michael Garrett
Apr 23, 2022
Apr 23, 2022
How Shale Revolutionized U.S. Energy
Apr 21, 2022
Apr 21, 2022
What Was Ayn Rand’s View of Conservatism?
Mar 30, 2022
Mar 30, 2022
Nationalism and Russia's War on Ukraine
Mar 16, 2022
Mar 16, 2022
The Meaning of Russia’s War on Ukraine
Mar 02, 2022
Mar 02, 2022
The New Religion of ‘Woke’
Feb 10, 2022
Feb 10, 2022
The Real Meaning of 9/11
Sep 11, 2021
Sep 11, 2021
Conservatives vs Capitalism
Aug 30, 2021
Aug 30, 2021
Something Less Than Victory
Aug 16, 2021
Aug 16, 2021
The Fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban
Aug 16, 2021
Aug 16, 2021
Ayn Rand's Repudiation of the UN
Aug 10, 2021
Aug 10, 2021
Why Ayn Rand Rejected Conservatism
Jul 07, 2021
Jul 07, 2021
What Are the Roots of War?
May 26, 2021
May 26, 2021
The Israel/Hamas Crisis
May 14, 2021
May 14, 2021
What To Expect from an America Without God
Apr 28, 2021
Apr 28, 2021
Is Amazon Standing Up For Itself?
Apr 07, 2021
Apr 07, 2021
Does Success in Life Require Compromise?
Mar 19, 2021
Mar 19, 2021
A Conversation With Professor John Opfer
Feb 27, 2021
Feb 27, 2021
Meet the Conservative Authoritarians
Feb 25, 2021
Feb 25, 2021
The Vaccine Rollout
Feb 17, 2021
Feb 17, 2021
Hate Speech Laws vs. Free Speech
Jan 29, 2021
Jan 29, 2021
Racism, Color-blindness, and Tribalism
Jan 18, 2021
Jan 18, 2021
The Storming of the Capitol
Jan 13, 2021
Jan 13, 2021
Ayn Rand’s Critique of the Left
Dec 16, 2020
Dec 16, 2020
The Covid-19 Vaccines
Dec 03, 2020
Dec 03, 2020
What We Owe the Real Defenders of America
Nov 11, 2020
Nov 11, 2020
Q&A Panel
Nov 06, 2020
Nov 06, 2020
Krugman's Smear of Ayn Rand in the NYT
Oct 23, 2020
Oct 23, 2020
The Threat of National Conservatism
Oct 21, 2020
Oct 21, 2020
How to Oppose the Push for Socialism
Sep 30, 2020
Sep 30, 2020
The Assault on Expertise
Aug 26, 2020
Aug 26, 2020
"Human Rights" in the Middle East
Aug 17, 2020
Aug 17, 2020
The Fuel on the Fire of "Cancel Culture"
Jul 22, 2020
Jul 22, 2020
Shaming Recipients of PPP Money
Jul 08, 2020
Jul 08, 2020
Legal Challenges to the Lockdowns
May 27, 2020
May 27, 2020
How to Think about Coronavirus Conspiracism
May 18, 2020
May 18, 2020
Taking Government Money in the Pandemic
Apr 22, 2020
Apr 22, 2020
Q&A Panel on Reason, Purpose, and Self-Esteem
Mar 14, 2020
Mar 14, 2020
The Virtue of Selfishness
Mar 14, 2020
Mar 14, 2020
Ayn Rand in Europe
Feb 16, 2020
Feb 16, 2020
Q&A Panel on Objectivism
Feb 16, 2020
Feb 16, 2020
Panel on Reason, Purpose and Self-Esteem
Feb 15, 2020
Feb 15, 2020
The Virtue of Selfishness
Feb 15, 2020
Feb 15, 2020
Q&A Panel on Reason, Purpose and Self-Esteem
Feb 14, 2020
Feb 14, 2020
Why Should I Care At All About Israel?
Jan 29, 2020
Jan 29, 2020
Panel on Reason, Purpose, and Self-Esteem
Jan 25, 2020
Jan 25, 2020
The Virtue of Selfishness
Jan 25, 2020
Jan 25, 2020
Q&A Panel on Reason, Purpose, and Self-Esteem
Jan 18, 2020
Jan 18, 2020
Who Decides What's Right or Wrong?
Jan 15, 2020
Jan 15, 2020
Should You Judge Other People?
Dec 04, 2019
Dec 04, 2019
Does Success In Life Require Compromise?
Sep 28, 2019
Sep 28, 2019
What Is Self-Esteem? How Do I Get It?
Aug 03, 2019
Aug 03, 2019
Foundations of a Free Society
Jun 25, 2019
Jun 25, 2019
Tribalism in International Affairs
Nov 02, 2018
Nov 02, 2018
Israel/Palestine: Unpacking the Problems
Jul 23, 2018
Jul 23, 2018
America, Israel and the Middle East
Jun 29, 2018
Jun 29, 2018
Free Will and Its Applications
Nov 04, 2016
Nov 04, 2016
An Orientation to Objectivism
Jul 01, 2016
Jul 01, 2016
How Books Propel a Philosophic Movement
Jul 01, 2016
Jul 01, 2016
Foreign Policy
Jul 03, 2015
Jul 03, 2015
The Israeli/Palestinian Conflict
Jul 03, 2015
Jul 03, 2015
The Jihadist Movement
Jul 03, 2015
Jul 03, 2015
Understanding the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Jul 03, 2009
Jul 03, 2009
The Islamic World and the West Today
Jun 28, 2008
Jun 28, 2008
Inspiring Heroes: Great Pioneers
Jul 06, 2007
Jul 06, 2007
Thomas Edison: Self-Made Inventor
Jul 06, 2007
Jul 06, 2007
An Intellectual History of American Education
Jul 10, 2004
Jul 10, 2004