Bret Stephens is an opinion columnist for The New York Times and editor-in-chief of Sapir, a new quarterly dedicated to exploring issues of Jewish concern. He has previously worked as foreign-affairs columnist for The Wall Street Journal and as editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post. He is the author of America in Retreat: The New Isolationism and the Coming Global Disorder (2014). Among his many prizes and distinctions are the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary, the 2019 Ellis Island Medal of Honor and three honorary doctorates. In 2022, he was banned for life by the government of Russia from visiting that country.
