Jonathan Cristol is an American academic, professor, and U.S. foreign policy commentator.
He is a frequent contributor to CNN[1][2][3][4][5] and is the author of The United States and the Taliban before and after 9/11 published in 2018.
[6] Cristol is affiliated with the Center for Civic Engagement at Bard College, the Levermore Global Scholars Program at Adelphi University, and the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs.
[8] He is also a scholar of political realism and has specific expertise in the works of Hans Morgenthau.
[11][12] He credits the late American foreign policy historian James Chace with inspiring his deep interest in diplomatic history and international relations theory.