Reihan Salam

Reihan Salam

Reihan Salam is Manhattan Institute’s fifth president. Previously, Salam served as the executive editor of National Review and a National Review Institute Policy Fellow; in 2017, he was named a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum. Salam is a contributing editor at The AtlanticNational Affairs, and National Review. Mr. Salam is the author of Melting Pot or Civil War? (Sentinel, 2018) and the co-author, with Ross Douthat, of Grand New Party (Doubleday, 2008).

Early in his career, Mr. Salam was an editorial researcher for David Brooks at The New York Times and a producer at NBC News, before becoming associate editor of The Atlantic. His writing has appeared in publications such as SlateThe Wall Street JournalThe Financial TimesThe Washington PostThe Times of London, and The Spectator—and he has appeared as an analyst on a number of radio and television programs, including All Things ConsideredFace the Nation, and This Week.