Career
Robbins graduated from Wellesley College in 1974, with a bachelor's degree in political science. She subsequently attended University of California, Berkeley, receiving master and doctorate degrees in political science. [2]
In 1982, Robbins worked as an editor and, later, as a State Department reporter for BusinessWeek. In 1986, she began working as the Latin America bureau chief for U.S. News & World Report, where she later became a senior diplomatic correspondent. In 1993 she began working as a reporter and news editor at The Wall Street Journal, going on to be their lead writer on foreign policy. [2] In July 2006, she joined the editorial board of The New York Times. In January 2007, she became the deputy editorial page editor. [3] In July 2012, Robbins left The New York Times. She is now the faculty director of the Master in International Affairs program and a Clinical Professor of National Security Studies at the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs Baruch College. [4] [5] She is also a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. [6]
A foreign policy commentator, she is considered an expert on national security and defense issues, with a particular focus on nonproliferation, Iran and North Korea, American politics and foreign policy, Washington’s budget battles, defense spending, and US military rivalries and interventions. [1]
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