Bret Stephens

Bret Louis Stephens (born November 21, 1973) is an American journalist, editor, and columnist. He began working at The New York Times in late April 2017 and as a senior contributor to NBC News in June 2017. Stephens worked for The Wall Street Journal as a foreign-affairs columnist and the deputy editorial page editor and was responsible for the editorial pages of its European and Asian editions. From 2002 to 2004, he was editor in chief of The Jerusalem Post. He won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 2013. Stephens is known for his sometimes neoconservative foreign policy opinions and being part of the right-of-center opposition to Donald Trump, as well as for his contrarian views on climate change.