Karen J. Greenberg

Fellow, Future Security

Karen J. Greenberg is the Director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law and an Future Security program fellow at New America. Greenberg specializes in the intersection between national security policy, the rule of law and human rights. She is the host of "Vital Interests Podcast," and the editor-in-chief of several on-line publications: The CNS/Soufan Group Morning Brief (2007-present), the CNS/Aon Cyber Brief (2011-present), and Vital Interests (2019-present).  She has written and edited numerous books including: Rogue Justice: The Making of the Security State (Crown, 2016), The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo’s First 100 Days (Oxford, 2009), Reimagining the National Security State: Liberalism on the Brink (Cambridge, 2020) and The Torture Papers: the Road to Abu Ghraib (Cambridge, 2005).  Her work has been featured in the NYTimes, the Washington Post, the LA Times, the Nation Magazine, the Atlantic and many other major news outlets. She is a frequent guest on national television and radio shows. She is a permanent member of the Council on Foreign Relations.