Anatol Lieven
Anatol Lieven | |
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 Anatol Lieven at Chatham House (2012) | |
| Born | Peter Paul Anatol Lieven 28 June 1960 London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | 1986-1998 journalist; 1999-present academic |
| Awards | George Orwell Prize for Political Writing (1994) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Cambridge University |
| Academic work | |
| Notable works | 'The Baltic Revolution |
Anatol Lieven is a British author, journalist, and policy analyst best known for his expertise on the Taliban of Afghanistan. He is currently a visiting professor at King's College London and senior fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.[1][2][3][4][5] He is also a contributor to the Valdai Discussion Club, a Moscow-based think tank with close ties to Russian president Vladimir Putin, former Russian president Dmitri Medvedev, and several other senior Russian political figures.[6][7]
Background
Peter Paul Anatol Lieven was born on 28 June 1960 in London to Alexander and Veronica Eileen Mary Lieven (née Monahan).[8] He is the brother of Elena, Dominic, Michael, and Dame Nathalie Lieven. He received a BA in history and a PhD in political science from Jesus College, Cambridge.[1][3]
Career
Journalist
In the mid-1980s, Lieven was a journalist with the Financial Times covering Pakistan and Afghanistan, while also covering India as a freelancer.[2][3][9] In the latter half of 1989, he covered the revolutions in Czechoslovakia and Romania for the Times.[2] In 1990, he worked for The Times (London) covering the former USSR, during which time he covered the Chechen War (1994-1996).[2][3] In 1996, Lieven became a visiting senior fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace through 1997.[2] In 1998, he edited Strategic Comments at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, while also working for the Eastern Services of the BBC.[3]
Academic
Lieven's areas of expertise and interest include: Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency: Terrorism, Islamist movements, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Russia and the former Soviet Union, US political culture and strategy.[3] He has spoken as an expert to the British Parliament and the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United States Congress and United States Department of State, and the French Foreign Ministry, as well as universities and institutes.[1] In 2000 through 2005, Lieven was a Senior Associate for Foreign and Security Policy at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.[2][3] Lieven served as chair of Chair of International Relations and Terrorism Studies at King's College London, where he remains a visiting professor.[3] In 2006, Lieven became a professor at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service at its campus in Qatar.[1][3] Since 2005, Lieven has been a Senior Researcher (Bernard L. Schwartz fellow and American Strategy Program fellow) at the New America Foundation, where he focuses on US global strategy and the War on Terrorism.[1][3]
Awards
- 1994: Orwell Prize for a political book, for The Baltic Revolution[1][10]
- 1993: Notable Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review[11]
- 1993: Yale University Press Governors' Award for The Baltic Revolution[1][4]
Bibliography
Books
- Climate Change and the Nation State (2020)
- Pakistan: A Hard Country (2011); as a Penguin pocketbook (2012)
- Ethical Realism: A Vision for America’s Role in the World (2006) with John Hulsman
- America Right or Wrong: An Anatomy of American Nationalism (2004) (2012)
- Ukraine and Russia: Fraternal Rivals (1999)
- Chechnya: Tombstone of Russian Power (1998)
- The Baltic Revolution: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the Path to Independence (1993)
Chapters, Briefs
- "Realism and Progress: Niebuhr's Thought and Contemporary Challenges," in Reinhold Niebuhr and Contemporary Politics: God and Power (2010)
- "The future of US foreign policy," US Foreign Policy (2008)
- "A Spreading Danger: Time for a New Policy Toward Chechnya, Carnegie Policy Brief #35, (2005)
- "Ambivalent Neighbors: The EU, NATO and the Price of Membership" with Dmitri Trenin (2003)
- "Ukraine and Russia: A Fraternal Rivalry" (1999)
Critical studies and reviews of Lieven's work
- Climate change and the nation state
- Tooze, Adam (3–23 April 2020). "The war against climate change". The Critics. Books. New Statesman. 149 (5514): 66–69.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Anatol Lieven". Georgetown University. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "Anatol Lieven". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 2005. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Anatol Lieven". King's College London. 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Anatol Lieven". RCW Literary Agency. 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ O'Sullivan, Mike (18 August 2021). "What Are The Geopolitical And Terror Implications Of The Fall Of Kabul". Forbes. Retrieved 20 August 2021. "Russia Expert Anatol Lieven Joins Quincy Institute". Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.
- ^ https://valdaiclub.com/about/experts/330/
- ^ https://valdaiclub.com/about/valdai/
- ^ Contemporary Authors: A Bio-bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television and Other Fields, Volume 145, p. 245, at Google Books
- ^ Mishra, Pankaj (1 May 2011). "Pakistan: A Hard Country by Anatol Lieven – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ^ "The Orwell Prize: 1994 Book Prize Winner". Orwell Foundation. 1994. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ "The Baltic Revolution". Yale University Press. 1993. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
