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Daniel Baer is senior vice president for policy research and director of the Europe Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He served in Governor John Hickenlooper’s cabinet as executive director of the Colorado Department of Higher Education from 2018 to 2019. Under President Obama, he was US ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) from 2013 to 2017. Previously, he was a deputy assistant secretary of state for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor from 2009 to 2013. Before his government service, Baer was an assistant professor at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, a faculty fellow at Harvard’s Safra Center for Ethics, and a project leader at the Boston Consulting Group. He has appeared on CNN, FOX, MSNBC, BBC, PBS Frontline, Al Jazeera, Sky, and The Colbert Report. His writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Politico, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and numerous other publications. He holds a doctorate in international relations from Oxford, where he was a Marshall Scholar, and a degree in social studies and African American studies from Harvard. He is married to Brian Walsh, an economist at the World Bank.
“Neither alarmist nor complacent . . . Against a confluence of negative megatrends, Baer’s tests of what he calls scale, investment, fairness, and identity don’t defy solution, but they resist easy ones. . . . Much to ponder in Baer’s lucidly argued platform.” —Kirkus Reviews “This is a book for those who still believe—in their fellow Americans, in our shared future, in what we can be and do together with patriotism, empathy, and hard work.” —Hillary Rodham Clinton “Daniel Baer has written a book that every American should read: The diagnostic manual for the engine of national strength. The Four Tests is an unflinching but hopeful manifesto for any citizen who wants to look clearly at ourselves and make practical choices for the future.” —Evan Osnos, author of Wildland: The Making of America's Fury “America works when Americans put in the work. In The Four Tests, Daniel Baer puts forward an ambitious agenda for building an America that is stronger, healthier, and more united—agree or disagree, his ideas are worth engaging seriously. In a world where we face geopolitical threats from the likes of Xi, Putin, and Kim Jong Un, Baer makes a case for a new vision of American leadership.” —Ben Sasse, author of Them: Why We Hate Each Other—and How to Heal “Daniel Baer makes the very strong case that America can continue to compete and lead in this complex, challenging world—and that we can do so by committing anew to our people and our principles. The Four Tests is a must-read!” —Penny Pritzker, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce
