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President Emeritus and Board Senior Fellow
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Phone: +1-212-434-9742; for all media requests call +1-212-434-9460
E-mail: JZelmati@cfr.org
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New York, NY
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Pulitzer Prize-winner, former correspondent for the New York Times, and senior official in State and Defense Departments; expert on U.S. foreign policy and national security.
Expertise:U.S. foreign policy; national security; Russia; Persian Gulf.
Experience:Columnist, Deputy Editorial Page Editor, Op-ed Page Editor, National Security Correspondent, Diplomatic Correspondent, New York Times (1981-93); Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1980-81); Assistant Secretary of State for political/military affairs (1977-79); Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution (1969-73); Visiting Professor, Georgetown University (1969-73); Director of Policy Planning and Arms Control for International Security Affairs, Department of Defense (196769); Executive Assistant, U.S. Senator Jacob K. Javits (1966-67).
Honors:Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Journalism (1985); American Political Science Association (APSA) Woodrow Wilson Award for the best book on international relations (1981); Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Selected Publications:Anglo-American Relations, 1945-1950: Toward a Theory of Alliances (Taylor & Francis, 1988); Claiming the Heavens: The New York Times Complete Guide to the Star Wars Debate (coauthor, Crown Publishing Group, 1988); Our Own Worst Enemy: The Unmaking of American Foreign Policy (coauthor, Simon & Schuster, 1984); The Irony of Vietnam: The System Worked (coauthor, Brookings Institution Press, 1980).
April 27, 2008
| Author: | Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus and Board Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
New York Times
Leslie H. Gelb reviews Aram Roston's new book, “The Man Who Pushed America to War,” about Ahmad Chalabi.
See more in United States, Iraq, Foreign Policy History
April 27, 2008
| Author: | Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus and Board Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
Leslie H. Gelb argues that real issue is not whether to talk to "bad guys" but how.
See more in United States, North Korea, Iran, U.S. Strategy and Politics
April 26, 2008
| Authors: | The Honorable Winston Lord, Co-Chairman, International Rescue Committee Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus and Board Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
Watering down previous deals will reinforce Pyongyang’s instinct for bluster and blackmail, argue Winston Lord and Leslie H. Gelb.
See more in United States, North Korea, U.S. Strategy and Politics
October 16, 2007
Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus, CFR interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor, CFR.org
Interview
Former CFR President Leslie H. Gelb says the plan to persuade Iraqis to accept a federal form of government is the best way to “maintain harmony among the different Iraqi groups,” although it remains unpopular among many Arabs.
See more in Iraq, Civil Reconstruction, Peacemaking
October 16, 2007
| Authors: | Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus and Board Senior Fellow Morton I. Abramowitz, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation |
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Op-Ed
National Interest online
Leslie Gelb and Morton Abramovitz consider the common assertion of presidential candidates that the U.S. must restore its leadership in the world.
See more in United States, Foreign Policy History, U.S. Election 2008
October 3, 2007
| Authors: | Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus and Board Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) and CFR's Leslie Gelb in the Washington Post say the U.S. should support federalism, not partition, in Iraq.
See more in Iraq, Democracy Promotion, Nation Building
September 23, 2007
| Author: | Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus and Board Senior Fellow |
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Article
New York Times
See more in United States, Israel, Congress, U.S. Election 2008
February 9, 2007
| Authors: | The Honorable Morton I. Abramowitz, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus and Board Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Wall Street Journal
See more in Middle East, Iraq, Grand Strategy
January 23, 2007
| Author: | Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus and Board Senior Fellow |
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Testimony
See more in Iraq, Defense Strategy, Conflict Assessment, Congress, Grand Strategy
January 14, 2007
| Authors: | Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus and Board Senior Fellow Richard K. Betts, Adjunct Senior Fellow for National Security Studies |
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Op-Ed
The Washington Post
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare, Congress, Foreign Policy History, Presidency
December 10, 2006
| Author: | Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus and Board Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
The New York Times
See more in Iraq, National Security and Defense, Wars and Warfare, International Peace and Security, Congress
October 24, 2006
| Authors: | Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus and Board Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Wall Street Journal
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare, Congress
October 15, 2006
| Author: | Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus and Board Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Time Magazine
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare, Grand Strategy
July 28, 2006
| Author: | Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus and Board Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Wall Street Journal
See more in Middle East, U.S. Strategy and Politics
July 11, 2006
| Speaker: | Fouad Ajami, Author, The Foreigner’s Gift: The Americans, the Arabs, and the Iraqis in Iraq; and M. Khadduri Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University |
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| Presider: | Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations |
Audio
Listen to Fouad Ajami discuss his book The Foreigner's Gift: The Americans, the Arabs, and the Iraqis in Iraq as part of the Council's Iraq: The Way Forward Series.
See more in Society and Culture, U.S. Strategy and Politics
July 11, 2006
| Speaker: | Fouad Ajami, Author, The Foreigner’s Gift: The Americans, the Arabs, and the Iraqis in Iraq; and M. Khadduri Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University |
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| Presider: | Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations |
Video
Watch Fouad Ajami discuss his book The Foreigner's Gift: The Americans, the Arabs, and the Iraqis in Iraq as part of the Council's Iraq: The Way Forward Series.
See more in Society and Culture, U.S. Strategy and Politics
July 11, 2006
| Speaker: | Fouad Ajami, Author and M. Khadduri Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University |
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| Presider: | Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations |
Transcript
Author Fouad Ajami and CFR President Emeritus Leslie Gelb discuss the history and current state of Iraqi politics as well as the prospects for the country’s future.
See more in Society and Culture, U.S. Strategy and Politics
July/August 2006
| Author: | Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus and Board Senior Fellow |
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Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
See more in Iraq
July/August 2006
| Authors: | Larry Diamond James Dobbins Chaim Kaufmann Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus and Board Senior Fellow Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy |
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Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
See more in Iraq
May 8, 2006
| Author: | Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus and Board Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Time Magazine
See more in United States, Foreign Policy History
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