Anatol Lieven

Anatol Lieven is a former journalst and think tank opertive who is currently Professor in the Ward Studies Department at King's college London

Background

Anatol Lieven has a BA in history and a PhD in political science from the University of Cambridge. From 1986 to 1998 he worked as a British journalist, mainly in the former Soviet Union and South Asia. During this period he covered the anti-Soviet war in Afghanistan, the Chechen war of 1994-96 and other conflicts.

In 1998-2000 he edited Strategic Comments at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. From 2000-2005 he was a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington DC. In 2005 he became a senior research fellow of the New America Foundation, a position he continues to hold. Anatol Lieven writes a monthly column for the Financial Times, and is published frequently in other newspapers and journals. He is a member of the editorial board of the National Interest.

In recent years Anatol Lieven has worked chiefly on aspects of the “war on terror”, including contemporary US global strategy and its background in US history and political culture. In 2004 he published America Right or Wrong: An Anatomy of American Nationalism (Oxford University Press and Harper Collins), a study of the history and nature of American nationalism and its impact on US foreign policy. His latest book (co-authored with John Hulsman), Ethical Realism: A Vision for America’s Role in the World, was published by Pantheon in 2006 and is appearing in paperback in 2007. It contains an analysis of America’s present strategic position, and recommendations for future strategy, drawing on the philosophical insights of Reinhold Niebuhr and Hans Morgenthau.

His New america Foundation biographical note states:

Anatol Lieven, a former senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, previously covered Central Europe for The Financial Times; Pakistan, Afghanistan, the former Soviet Union, and Russia for The Times (London), and India as a freelance journalist. He was also an editor at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, where he also worked for the Eastern Services of the BBC. Mr. Lieven is the author of numerous books on foreign policy, including The Baltic Revolution: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the Path to Independence (Yale University Press, 1993), which won the George Orwell Prize for Political Writing and the Yale University Press Governors’ Award. His work on American political culture, America Right or Wrong: An Anatomy of American Nationalism, was published by Oxford University Press in 2004. His latest book, Ethical Realism: A Vision for America’s Role in the World, coauthored with John Hulsman, was published by Pantheon in September 2006. He has also written for The Financial Times, the International Herald Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, The National Interest, The Christian Science Monitor, Prospect (U.K.), and The Nation, among other publications. Mr. Lieven holds a B.A. in history and a doctorate in political science from Jesus College, Cambridge. As a Senior Research Fellow with the New America Foundation, Mr. Lieven focuses on U.S. global strategy and the war on terror.

Books by Anatol Lieven

• Ethical Realism (2006) with John Hulsman
• America Right or Wrong: An Anatomy of American Nationalism (2004)
• Ukraine and Russia: Fraternal Rivals (1999)
• Chechnya: Tombstone of Russian Power (1998)
• The Baltic Revolution: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the Path to Independence (1993) -- winner of the George Orwell Prize for Political Writing and the Yale University Press Governors’ Award.

Articles by Anatol Lieven

• Book TV (C-SPAN) interview of Ralph Peters
• complete articles (New America Foundation)
• Financial Times
• International Herald Tribune
• London Review of Books
• Le Monde Diplomatique
• The Guardian
• Atlantic Monthly
• The Nation
• The New Statesman
• Foreign Affairs
• American Prospect
• OpenDemocracy.net

External links

Official Bios

• U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
• Random House
• Oxford University Press
• Harvard University
• AP Watt
• World Political Forum
• New America Foundation
• American Strategy Program (New America Foundation)
• Bernard L. Schwartz Fellows Program (New America Foundation)
• Carnegie Endwoment for International Peace

Interviews with Anatol Lieven

• National Public Radio interviews
• BBC online interviews
• Chicago Public Radio interviews
• 2006.03.06 Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria (PBS, TV episode 209)
• 2005.09.25 Instituto Portugês de Relações Internacionais
• 2005.01.04 On Point (WBUR radio)
• 2004.12.01 Asia Source
• 2004.05.06 Conversations with History (Institute of International Studies, University of California at Berkeley)
• 2003.09.08 CNN
• 2003.07.18 BBC
• 2002.05.31 USA Today
• 2000.03.23 CNN
• undated City Paper of Baltic States

Specific Articles by Anatol Lieven

• 2007.03.26 "To Russia with Realism in The American Conservative
• 2007.03.17 "Eliot Cohen and Democratic Responsibility in The National Interest
• 2007.03.08 "Pakistan is the Priority" in The International Herald Tribune
• 2006.12.28 "The End of the West As We Know It" in The International Herald Tribune
• 2006.07.23 "Bush's Middle East Democracy Flop in The Los Angeles Times
• 2006.04.12 "How to Get Out of the Iran Trap" in The Washington Post
• 2006.03.19 "Why Are We Reheating the Cold War?" in The Los Angeles Times
• 2006.03.xx "A Long Voyage: As in India, the maintenance of social peace requires strict controls on free expression" in Prospect (UK)
• 2006.02.13 "Limits of Propaganda" in The Los Angeles Times
• 2003.07.19 "The Empire Strikes Back in The Nation
• 2002.10.03 "The Push for War in The London Review of Books