Experts
Robert Hormats
Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs
How do I make the world a better place? Read More
Do something to address the big issues. Read More
Hormats is cautiously optimistic. Read More
Get out of Iraq, Hormats says, and fix the home front. Read More
We lack political vision, Hormats says. Read More
The idea of improving your living standards and passing on a better society to future generations is very powerful. Will Americans continue to be successful at doing that? Read More
Living a productive and constructive life. Read More
Hormats, on his faith in the march of humanity. Read More
Integrity, candor and an understanding of the greater implications of one's work. Read More
Hormats talks about his book, The Price of Liberty: Paying for America's Wars. Read More
Democracy depends on an informed citizenry. Read More
Hormats discusses channeling capital into productive companies and teaching people to embrace change. Read More
Hormats is jazzed about innovation in the energy sector. Read More
The American people need more candor, Hormats says. Read More
Oil ties up a lot of money. Read More
The US government is making commitments to retirees that it can't fulfill. Read More
American business has become international, Hormats says. Read More
Robert Hormats works on international financial transactions at Goldman Sachs. Read More
From growing in segregated Baltimore, to working with Henry Kissinger. Read More
About Robert Hormats
Robert D. Hormats is the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs. He was formerly vice chairman of Goldman Sachs (International) and managing director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Hormats has also served as ambassador and deputy US Trade Representative, and senior deputy assistant secretary for Economic and Business Affairs at the US Department of State. He was a senior staff member on the National Security Council and senior economic advisor to National Security Advisors Henry Kissinger, Brent Scowcroft, and Zbigniew Brzezinski. Hormats has received the French Legion of Honor and Arthur Fleming Award.
Mr. Hormats has been a visiting lecturer at Princeton University and is a member of the Board of Visitors of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and the Dean's Council of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Mr. Hormats' publications include Abraham Lincoln and the Global Economy; American Albatross: The Foreign Debt Dilemma; and Reforming the International Monetary System. Mr. Hormats earned a B.A. from Tufts University with a concentration in economics and political science; an M.A. and a Ph.D. in international economics from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.