Seth Cropsey

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Seth Cropsey is an American neocon political figure.

He is the son of Joseph Cropsey^[1] noted Straussian political philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago.Graduated from Harvard-St. George School, Chicago, IL and St. John's College and received his M.A. from Boston College. From 1977-1980, he worked as a reporter for Fortune magazine, covering U.S. private enterprise and public policy. In 1981, Cropsey worked as speechwriter and assistant to Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger.

Between 1982-1984, Cropsey was Director of Policy at the Voice of America. He also served as Deputy Undersecretary of the Navy during both the Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush Presidential administrations, and in 1991, was the principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict.

Between 1994-1998, Cropsey served as both the Director of the Heritage Foundation's Asia Studies Center and as the First Departmental Chairman and Professor of the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.[1]

From 1999 to 2001 he was a Visiting Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.[2]

He worked as a Director of Governmental Affairs at the top lobbying law firm of Greenberg Traurig in 2002, and was a registered lobbyist with that firm. [3]

On December 9, 2002, Cropsey joined the George W. Bush Administration as the director of the International Broadcasting Bureau.[4].

His works have been published in Commentary, Foreign Affairs, Policy Review, The National Interest, National Review, and The Wall Street Journal.