Leslie H. Gelb, President, Council on Foreign Relations

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts, Tufts University

Master of Arts, Tufts University

Doctorate, Harvard University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - HIGHLIGHTS

New York Times Columnist

Editor, New York Times Op-Ed page

New York Times National Security and Diplomatic Correspondent

Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Assistant Secretary of State, Director of the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs

Director of Policy Planning and Arms Control for International Security Affairs at the Department of Defense

Board Affiliation: The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, Center for Press, Politics and Public

Policy at Harvard University

AWARDS

 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism

American Political Science Association's Woodrow Wilson Award

State Department's Distinguished Honor Award

Pentagon's Distinguished Service Award

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Anglo-American Relations, 1945-1950: Toward a Theory of Alliances

Claiming the Heavens (Star Wars)

Our Own Worst Enemy: The Unmaking of American Foreign Policy