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February 28, 2003 6:45pm AlumnaeLounge
Leslie H. Gelb is the President of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is also a Pulitzer Prize winner and former correspondent for the New York Times . He has worked as a Director in the Department of Defense, as a former government official in political and military affairs, and he is author of several books on American alliances and foreign policy. Gelbıs expertise lies in issues of general U.S. foreign policy; national security; Russia; Middle East; and the Persian Gulf. Gelb's career at the New York Times began in 1981 and carried through 1993. There he held positions as a Columnist, Deputy Editorial Page Editor, Op-Ed Page Editor, National Security Correspondent, and Diplomatic Correspondent. Prior to that, he was a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment (1980-81); Assistant Secretary of State for Political/Military Affairs (1977-79); Senior Fellow, Brookings (1969-73); Visiting Professor, Georgetown University (1969-73); Director of Policy Planning and Arms Control for International Security Affairs, Department of Defense (1967-69); and Executive Assistant, U.S. Senator Jacob K. Javits (1966-67). Gelb is the author of several texts, including AngloAmerican Relations, 1945-1950: Toward a Theory of Alliances (1988); Claiming the Heavens (Star Wars) (co-author, 1988); Our Own Worst Enemy: The Unmaking of American Foreign Policy (co-author, 1984); The Irony of Vietnam: The System Worked (co-author, 1980). His honors include Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Journalism (1986); American Political Science Association (APSA) Woodrow Wilson Award for the best book on international relations (1981), and Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences. When Gelb was at the U.S. Department of Defense, he earned the Pentagonıs highest award, the "Distinguished Service Award".
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