--- description: Robert Hormats is former Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs who has served five US presidents across parties, as well as Former Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs International title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Robert Hormats ## Robert Hormats Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Robert Hormats is former Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs who has served five US presidents across parties, as well as Former Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs International ## Robert Hormats Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Jul 16, 2026 ### [Why It Is Time for the West to Crush Putin’s War Economy](https://time.com/article/2026/07/15/west-ukraine-russia-putin-sanctions-economy-/) Corporations walked away from Russia in historic numbers. Governments loosened sanctions just as the... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 4, 2026 ### [America’s Greatest Strength](https://time.com/article/2026/07/04/america-s-greatest-strength/) The future success of the U.S. will hinge on the ingredient that made America so powerful in the fir... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 10, 2026 ### [How America's National Security Strategy Impacts NATO](https://time.com/article/2026/03/09/how-americas-national-security-strategy-impacts-nato/) Robert Hormats argues that America's most recent National Security Strategy report raises serious qu... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 3, 2025 ### [The Danger of Trump’s Attacks Against the Federal Reserve](https://time.com/7314186/danger-trumps-attacks-federal-reserve/) President Donald Trump's attacks against the Federal Reserve could threaten the organization's abili... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 16, 2025 ### [Trump’s Summit Need Not Be an Echo of Appeasement](https://time.com/7310116/trump-putin-summit-appeasement/) "The truth is that even now, Trump holds all the leverage while Putin has none." [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 12, 2025 ### [The Danger of Trump Undercutting the BLS](https://time.com/7308973/danger-trump-undercutting-bls/) President Donald Trump's firing of the BLS commissioner is a major blow to the U.S. economy—and to A... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 10, 2025 ### [The History, and Significance, of the 50th G7 Summit](https://time.com/7292616/history-50th-g7-summit/) Ahead of the 50th G7 summit, Robert Hormats, who helped coordinate the first meeting, explains what ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 18, 2025 ### [Scientific Research Makes America Great](https://time.com/7286127/medical-scientific-research-makes-america-great/) Those who care about America's global leadership, should be alarmed by deep funding cuts to the NSF ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 10, 2024 ### [The Beginning of the End for Russia](https://time.com/7201087/syria-war-russia-putin/) Our columnists write how the house of cards that Vladimir Putin has carefully stacked over more than... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":null,"\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/robert-hormats/","name":"Robert Hormats"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/robert-hormats/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/robert-hormats/"},"name":"Robert Hormats","jobTitle":"","description":"Robert Hormats is former Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs who has served five US presidents across parties, as well as Former Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs International","url":"https://time.com/author/robert-hormats/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```