Rory Stewart — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Co-directs the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy at Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs.
Co-hosts "The Rest Is Politics" podcast since 2022.
Served as a British Member of Parliament (MP) from 2010 to 2019.
Held various ministerial positions in the British government from 2015 to 2019, including Secretary of State for International Development.
Founded and ran the Turquoise Mountain Foundation, an NGO focused on human development in Afghanistan.
Author of the best-selling book "The Places in Between" and the memoir "Politics on the Edge".
Served as a diplomat in the Foreign Office, holding positions in Indonesia and Montenegro.

Biography

Rory Stewart is a British academic, broadcaster, writer, and former diplomat and politician. He currently teaches and co-directs the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy at Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs. Since 2022, he has co-hosted the podcast "The Rest Is Politics" with Alastair Campbell. Stewart also served as president of GiveDirectly from 2022 to 2023.

Stewart's career began in diplomacy after studying philosophy, politics, and economics at Balliol College, Oxford.