Elan Journo

Senior Fellow and Vice President, Content and Advanced Training
Ayn Rand Institute

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Specialties

  • Arab Israeli Conflict
  • Ayn Rand’s ideas
  • Ethics In Foreign Policy
  • Islamist Movement
  • Moral Foundations Of Freedom

Elan Journo specializes in the application of Rand’s philosophy to cultural-political issues, with a focus on American foreign policy. He also leads ARI’s content ventures, including the Institute’s online journal and podcast, New Ideal, and books; the Ayn Rand Archives; and the advanced training of new intellectuals. 

His books include What Justice Demands: America and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, and (with Onkar Ghate) Failing to Confront Islamic Totalitarianism: What Went Wrong After 9/11. His articles have appeared in a wide range of publications, from Foreign Policy and Skeptic Magazine to The Hill and the Los Angeles Times. He has been interviewed on numerous television and radio programs, and he often lectures at conferences and universities.

Mr. Journo holds a BA in philosophy from King’s College, London, and an MA in diplomacy from SOAS, University of London.

Career Roles

VICE PRESIDENT

  • Ayn Rand Institute,

    2020 – present

SENIOR EDITOR

  • New Ideal, the journal of the Ayn Rand Institute
    2018 – present

INSTRUCTOR

  • Objectivist Academic Center (ARU)
    2005 – present

Selected Works