Bret Stephens is an American right-wing conservative journalist, columnist, and editor, best known for being associated with reputed media houses such as ‘The New York Times’ and ‘The Wall Street Journal.’ Born in New York City and raised in Mexico City, Bret hails from a family of secular Jews. He later moved to Massachusetts. He graduated high school from a boarding school named ‘Middlesex School.’ He later attended the ‘University of Chicago,’ where he studied political philosophy. He then studied comparative politics at the ‘London School of Economics.’ He began his journalism career with ‘The Wall Street Journal’ and later moved to Jerusalem to work as the editor-in-chief for the ‘The Jerusalem Post.’ Since 2017, he has been working as a columnist at ‘The New York Times.’ He also regularly appears as an opinion contributor on ‘NBC News.’ Over time, he developed a far-right political ideology, akin to hardcore nationalism, which was evident in his book ‘America in Retreat: The New Isolationism and the Coming Global Disorder.’ In 2013, he received the ‘Pulitzer Prize’ for writing columns on the country’s domestic politics and foreign policies. He has been both praised and criticized for his contrarian views on many important topics, such as climate change.