19 Facts About James Rubin

James Rubin wrote a regular column on foreign affairs for The Sunday Times of London, and has been Diplomatic Counselor to the Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development since June 2021.

In December 2022, James Rubin was appointed Special Envoy and Coordinator of the State Department's Global Engagement Center.

James Rubin was born on March 28,1960, into a Jewish family in New York City, and raised in the village of Larchmont, in Westchester County, New York.

James Rubin is the son of Harvey Rubin, a publisher and President of Pindar Press, and his wife, Judith, who trained students specializing in psychiatry.

James Rubin's sister Elizabeth Rubin is a journalist, Edward R Murrow press fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and staff writer for The New York Times Magazine.

James Rubin was educated at Phillips Exeter and Mamaroneck High School, from which he graduated in 1977, followed by Columbia College at Columbia University, from which he graduated with a BA in political science in 1982, and a Master of International Affairs in 1984 from Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs.

Early in his career, James Rubin was the Assistant Director of Research at the Arms Control Association.

James Rubin served under President Clinton as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Chief Spokesman for the State Department from 1997 to May 2000.

James Rubin took on a portfolio career, becoming: a Visiting Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics; a partner at communications consultancy Brunswick; and between 2002 and 2003, the host of PBS's Wide Angle series, a weekly international affairs program.

James Rubin stated that Trimble's opinion was not important as he was "a Protestant", and so "traditionally conservative".

James Rubin joined Bloomberg News in December 2010 and oversees editorial issues of Bloomberg News in Central and South America, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa.

James Rubin led Bloomberg View, a Bloomberg op-ed project, with David Shipley.

James Rubin resigned all of his US-based positions on May 29,2013, announcing that the family would return to London to work on several projects.

James Rubin was appointed scholar in residence at Oxford University's Rothermere American Institute.

James Rubin wrote a weekly foreign affairs column for The Sunday Times and co-chaired a high-level panel on Extending American Power for the Center for a New American Security in Washington.

James Rubin was chair of International Policy and Strategy at Ballard Partners, based in Washington DC until June 2020.

James Rubin was a contributing editor at Politico, writing on US foreign policy and world affairs.

James Rubin relocated to Paris on June 1,2021 to serve as diplomatic counselor to the newly elected Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

James Rubin was appointed as Special Envoy and Coordinator of the Global Engagement Center on November 16,2022 by Secretary of State Antony Blinken.