Paul Berman is an American author and journalist who writes on politics and literature. His articles have been published in “The New Republic”, “The New York Times Book Review” and “Slate”, and he is the author of several books, including “A Tale of Two Utopias” and “Terror and Liberalism.”
Berman received his undergraduate education from Columbia University, from which he graduated in 1971. He has reported on Nicaragua’s civil wars, Mexico’s elections, and the Czech Republic’s Velvet Revolution. Currently he is a senior fellow at the World Policy Institute, a professor of journalism and distinguished writer in residence at New York University, and a member of the editorial board of Dissent.
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