Strauss received his
Bachelor of Arts degree from
Macalester College and his
master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. He earned his master's degree in Middle East studies and international economics at
Johns Hopkins University's
Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. Ηe was a writer and editor at the
Pew Research Center's Science and Society Program. Previously, he was a feature article writer at National Geographic Online, a senior editor at io9.com, and a senior editor at
Smithsonian Magazine. From 2005–2007, he was the editor of the
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, winner of the 2007 National Magazine Award for General Excellence (in the under 100,000 circulation category), which was awarded by the American Society of Magazine Editors. Before joining the
Bulletin, Strauss was a senior editor at the bimonthly magazine
Foreign Policy, for which he had worked since 1997. He has contributed articles to
Slate, the
Chronicle of Higher Education,
The Washington Post,
The New Republic,
The Spectator, the
Brown Journal of World Affairs, and
Washington Monthly. He has also appeared as a commentator on
CNN,
Fox News,
National Public Radio, and the
BBC. Prior to joining
Foreign Policy, he was a research assistant at the
Brookings Institution's Foreign Policy Studies program, and he served on the staff of a number of prominent national magazines, including
SAIS Review,
Spy Magazine, and
Discover Magazine. ==References==