New Foreign Policy Organization Announces Distinguished Board of Advisors, National Network of Chapters

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Alexander Hamilton Society (AHS) has announced the formation of its board of advisors and the launch of chapters at 26 top colleges and universities and in major cities (please see below). AHS is a new, independent, non-partisan, not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting constructive debate on basic principles and contemporary issues in foreign, economic, and national security policy.

"Since 9-11, events have raised pressing questions about the sources, limits, proper uses, and future trajectory of American power, yet a much-needed rethinking of critical areas of our policy has not taken place," says Aaron Friedberg, AHS co-founder and professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University. "Instead, our national debate has become increasingly polarized and ill-informed."

Founded in March 2010 by Daniel Blumenthal of the American Enterprise Institute, Friedberg, and Roy Katzovicz of Pershing Square Capital Management, AHS and its members are united by basic convictions about the United States and its role in the world.

Seeking to do for its chosen fields what the Federalist Society has done for the law, AHS is building a national network of students, faculty, and professionals, sponsoring debates at colleges and universities, and providing other opportunities for the professional development of its members. During the 2010-11 academic year, AHS's first in full operation, it sponsored 33 events at 15 schools and will double those numbers during the 2011-12 academic year.

"The current flux in our politics gives us a unique opportunity to shape the next generation of leaders as they prepare for public service, academia, law, journalism, or business," says Blumenthal. "By engaging citizens from all walks of life and at every stage in their careers, AHS will lay the ground for a new, post-Cold War consensus on American foreign policy that will prepare us for the challenges of the 21st Century."

For more information, please contact Mitchell Muncy, executive director ([email protected]), or visit www.hamsoc.org.

BOARD OF ADVISORS

Affiliations are included for identification only.

Elliott Abrams, Council on Foreign Relations
Gerard Alexander, University of Virginia
Daniel Blumenthal, American Enterprise Institute
Ambassador John Bolton, American Enterprise Institute
Max Boot, Council on Foreign Relations
Jennifer Bryson, The Witherspoon Institute
Ian Brzezinski, Atlantic Council
Kara Bue, Armitage International
James Carafano, The Heritage Foundation
Eliot Cohen, Johns Hopkins University, SAIS
Elbridge Colby
J. D. Crouch, QinetiQ North America
Lisa Curtis, The Heritage Foundation
Jacqueline Newmyer Deal, Long Term Strategy Group
Michael Doran, Brookings Institution
Colin Dueck, George Mason University
Mackenzie Eaglen, The Heritage Foundation
Peter Feaver, Duke University
Thomas Farr, The Berkley Center, Georgetown University
Jamie Fly, Foreign Policy Initiative
Aaron Friedberg, Princeton University
Michael Green, Georgetown University & CSIS
Jakub Grygiel, Johns Hopkins University, SAIS
Brian Hook, Latitude LLC
John Hannah, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
William Inboden, University of Texas at Austin
Robert Kagan, Brookings Institution
James C. Kraska, Commander, USN, Naval War College
William Kristol, The Weekly Standard
Paul Lettow, Jones Day
Robert Lieber, Georgetown University
Thomas Mahnken, Johns Hopkins University, SAIS
Peter Mansoor, The Ohio State University
Henry R. Nau, George Washington University
Michael O'Hanlon, Brookings Institution
Mackubin Thomas Owens, Naval War College & Orbis
Mitchell Reiss, Washington College
Stanley Renshon, City University of New York
Stephen Rosen, Harvard University
Kori Schake, Hoover Institution
Gary Schmitt, American Enterprise Institute
Randall Schriver, Project 2049 Institute
Ambassador Kristen Silverberg, Vorbeck Materials
Ashley Tellis, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

SEPTEMBER 2011
CAMPUS CHAPTERS
American University
Brown University
City University of New York
Claremont McKenna College
Colgate University
Columbia University
Duke University
George Mason University
Georgetown University
George Washington University
Harvard University
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University, SAIS
New York University
Ohio State University
Pepperdine University
Princeton University
Stanford University
Tufts University
University of Chicago
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
University of Pennsylvania
University of Texas, Austin
University of Virginia
Vanderbilt University
Williams College

PROFESSIONAL CHAPTERS
New York City
Washington, D.C.

SOURCE The Alexander Hamilton Society