Illuminating the Arts-Policy Nexus 
Illuminating the Arts-Policy Nexus is a fortnightly series of articles on the role of art in public policymaking. This series invites WPI fellows and project leaders as well as external practitioners to contribute pieces on how artists have led policy change and how policymakers can use creative strategies.
In Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World, World Policy Institute Senior Fellow Ian Bremmer illustrates a historic shift in the international system and the world economy—and an unprecedented moment of global uncertainty.
Eric Alterman
Senior Fellow
Expertise: American foreign policy; media criticism
Eric Alterman is a Distinguished Professor of English, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, and Professor of Journalism at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. He is also “The Liberal Media” columnist for The Nation, a senior fellow and “Altercation” weblogger for Media Matters for America, (formerly at MSNBC.com) in Washington, DC, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress in Washington, DC, where he writes and edits the “Think Again” column, and a history consultant to HBO Films.
Termed "the most honest and incisive media critic writing today” in the National Catholic Reporter, and author of “the smartest and funniest political journal out there,” in The San Francisco Chronicle, Alterman is a frequent lecturer and contributor to numerous publications in the US, Europe and Latin America.
In the past Dr. Alterman wrote for MSNBC.com and IntellectualCapital.com; formerly Adjunct Professor of Media History, New York University; Visiting Professor of Media History and Media Studies, Hofstra University (Fall, 1997); Contributing Writer, Mother Jones (1993-97); Contributing Writer, ELLE (1993-97); Columnist, The Sunday Express (London) (1996); Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone (1995-96); Junior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1983). Media appearances for The Tonight Show, The Today Show, Nightline, The Charlie Rose Show, Crossfire, Booknotes, Journalist Roundtable, Media Week, All Things Considered, Fresh Air, On the Media, MSNBC, BBC and CBC Television.
Education:
Ph.D. in American History, Stanford University
M.A. in International Relations, Yale University
B.A. in History and Government, Cornell University
The Cause: The Fight for American Liberalism from Franklin Roosevelt to Barack ObamaViking Adult, 2012
