White Burkett Miller Professor of History (1998)

Professor

Modern world, 20th century US, American foreign policy

Office Hours: W 11:15 - 1:00 (History Dept lounge, Levering Hall)

Fax: (434) 924-7891

Email: zelikowvirginia.edu

Professor Zelikow received his baccalaureate degree from the University of Redlands, a law degree from the University of Houston, and his master's and Ph.D. from the Fletcher School at Tufts University. He taught for the Navy and served as a career foreign service officer at State and on the White House/NSC staff before leaving government service to join the faculty at Harvard University (1991-1998). Since coming to Virginia, he has also directed the University's Miller Center of Public Affairs (1998-2005) and directed three bipartisan commissions, including the 9/11 Commission (2003-2004). His most recent government service was as the Counselor of the Department of State, a deputy to Secretary Rice, from 2005 to 2007. He is currently a member of the board for the global development program of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Books

Dealing with Dictators: Dilemmas of U.S. Diplomacy and Intelligence Analysis, 1945-1990 (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2006), 227 pp. (co-edited with Ernest May)

The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office and New York: W.W. Norton, 2004), 567 pp. (executive director of Commission)

Protecting America’s Freedom in the Information Age: A Report of the Markle Foundation Task Force, October 2002, 173 pp. (principal drafter of the Task Force report)

Presidential Recordings: John F. Kennedy -- The Great Crises, July - October 1962, Volumes One, Two and Three (New York: W.W. Norton, 2001))(General Editor for all three volumes; also principal editor for Volume Two with Timothy Naftali, and principal editor for Volume Three with Ernest May)

American Military Strategy: Memos to a President, An Aspen Policy Book (New York: W.W. Norton, 2001), 206 pp. (editor)

To Assure Pride and Confidence in the Electoral Process: The Report of the National Commission on Federal Election Reform, (also known as the Carter-Ford Commission) August 2001, 106 pp. (principal drafter of the Commission report), also published in a complete edition that includes the task force studies (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2002).

America and the Balkans: Memos to a President, An Aspen Policy Book (New York: W.W. Norton, 2000), 134 pp. (edited with Robert Zoellick)

America and Russia: Memos to a President, An Aspen Policy Book (New York: W.W. Norton, 2000), 187 pp. (edited with Robert Zoellick)

America and the East Asian Crisis: Memos to a President, An Aspen Policy Book (New York: W.W. Norton, 2000), 171 pp. (edited with Robert Zoellick)

Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis, Second Edition (New York: Addison Wesley Longman, 1999), 405 pp (with Graham Allison)

America and the Muslim Middle East: Memos to a President, An Aspen Policy Book (Washington, DC: Aspen Institute, 1998), 194 pp (edited with Robert Zoellick)

The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis (Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1997), 724 pp, and a revised Concise Edition (New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2002), 512 pp. (both with Ernest May)

Why People Don’t Trust Government (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1997), 320 pp (edited with Joseph Nye, Jr. & David King), also published in Japanese (Tokyo: Eiji Shuppan, 2002)

"American Intelligence and the World Economy," monograph for In From the Cold: Report of the Twentieth Century Fund Task Force on the Future of U.S. Intelligence (New York: Twentieth Century Fund, 1996), pp. 134-262 (also a co-author of the task force report)

Germany Unified and Europe Transformed: A Study in Statecraft (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1995), 528 pp (with Condoleezza Rice), also published in German as Sternstunde der Diplomatie (Berlin: Propyläen/Ullstein, 1997).

Cooperative Denuclearization: From Pledges to Deeds, CSIA Studies in International Security No. 2 (Cambridge: Center for Science and International Affairs, 1993), 293 pp (edited with Graham Allison, Ashton Carter, and Steven Miller)

Articles, Chapters, Case Studies

“Turning Points in the Cold War: German Unification,” in Turning Points in Ending the Cold War, ed. Kiron K. Skinner (Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 2008), pp. 229-254 (with Condoleezza Rice)

“Legal Policy for a Twilight War,” Houston Journal of International Law, Vol. 30, no. 1 (Fall 2007), pp. 89-109

“The United States, the End of the Cold War, and After,” in American Foreign Relations since 1600: A Guide to the Literature, ed. Robert L. Beisner & Kurt Hanson, Vol. 2 (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2d ed., 2003), pp. 1861-1880

“Biological Security & Public Health: In Search of a Global Treatment,” A Report from the Aspen Strategy Group (Queenstown, MD: Aspen Institute, 2003), 64 pp. (edited with Kurt Campbell)

“The Transformation of National Security,” The National Interest, No. 71 (Spring 2003), pp. 17-30 (also published as “Les fondements de la nouvelle politique américaine de sécurité,” Commentaire, Vol. 26, No. 102 (2003), pp. 261-272

“The United States, the Cold War, and the Post- Cold War Order,” in From War to Peace: Altered Strategic Landscapes in the Twentieth Century, ed. Paul Kennedy & William I. Hitchcock (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001), pp. 159-84

“The Kennedy Tapes: Past and Future,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 30, no. 4 (December 2000), pp. 791-796 (with Ernest May)

“American Engagement in Asia,” in America’s Asian Alliances, ed. Robert D. Blackwill & Paul Dibb (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2000), pp. 19-30

“American Policy and Cuba, 1961-1963,” Diplomatic History, Vol. 24, no. 2 (Spring 2000), pp. 317-334

“History and Theory in the Work of Ernest R. May,” in Rethinking International Relations: Ernest R. May and the Study of World Affairs, ed. Akira Iriye (Chicago: Imprint Publications, 1999), pp. 366-370

“American Policy and the War for Kosovo,” Miller Center Report, Vol. 15 no. 2 (Summer 1999), pp. 6-13

“Großes kleinmütiges Europa?: Eine amerikanische Sichtweise,” Internationale Politik, Vol. 54, no. 5 (May 1999), pp. 68-74

“The Statesman in Winter: Kissinger on the Ford Years,” (essay on Henry Kissinger, “Years of Renewal”), Foreign Affairs, Vol. 78 no. 3 (May-June 1999), pp. 123-128

“Catastrophic Terrorism,” Foreign Affairs, Vol. 77 no. 6 (November-December 1998), pp. 80-94 (with Ashton Carter and John Deutch)

“Camelot Confidential,” Diplomatic History, Vol. 22, no. 4 (Fall 1998), pp. 642-653 (with Ernest May)

“Treasury and the Mexican Shock,” Case C15-98-1422.0, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (1998) (with Kirsten Lundberg)

“George C. Marshall and the Moscow CFM Meeting of 1947,” Diplomacy and Statecraft, Vol. 8, no. 2 (July 1997), pp. 97-124

“American Economic Intelligence: Past Practice and Future Principles,” Intelligence and National Security, Vol. 12, no. 1 (January 1997), pp. 164-177, also published in Eternal Vigilance?: 50 Years of the CIA, ed. Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones & Christopher Andrew (London: Frank Cass, 1997), pp. 164-177

"Virtual Visions, Past and Future," in Nuclear Weapons In A Transformed World: The Challenge of Virtual Nuclear Arsenals, ed. Michael J. Mazarr (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997), pp. 359-68

"Die USA zwischen Deutschland und der Sowjetunion: 1947 und 1989," in Deutschland in Europa: Nationale Interessen und internationale Ordnung im 20. Jahrhundert, ed. Gottfried Niedhart, Detlef Junker & Michael W. Richter (Mannheim: Palatium Verlag, 1997), pp. 285-316

"The Masque of Institutions," Survival: The IISS Quarterly, Vol. 38, no. 1 (Spring 1996), pp. 6-18; also published in NATO's Transformation: The Changing Shape of the Atlantic Alliance, ed. Philip H. Gordon (Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefeld, 1997), pp. 77-89

"Persuading a President: Jimmy Carter and American Troops in Korea," Case CR1-96-1319.0, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (1996) (with Joe Wood)

"American Security Policy: Toward a New Entente with Russia," in Aspen Strategy Group, Securing Peace in the New Era: Politics in the Former Soviet Union and the Challenge to American Security (Queenstown, Md.: Aspen Institute, 1994), pp. 37-70

"The United States and Russia," in Damage Limitation or Crisis?: Russia and the Outside World, ed. Robert D. Blackwill & Sergei A. Karaganov, CSIA Studies in International Security No. 5 (Washington, DC: Brassey's, 1994), pp. 307-28

"Foreign Policy Engineering: From Theory to Practice and Back Again," International Security, Vol. 18, no. 4 (Spring 1994), pp. 143-71

“Prelude to War: U.S. Policy Toward Iraq, 1988-1990," Case C16-94-1245.0, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (1994) (with Zachary Karabell)

"Beyond Boris Yeltsin," Foreign Affairs, Vol. 73, no. 1 (America and the World issue,January/February 1994), pp. 44-55

"Offensive Military Options," in New Nuclear Nations: Consequences for U.S. Policy, ed. Robert Blackwill & Albert Carnesale (New York: Council on Foreign Relations Press, 1993), pp. 162-95

"Policing Northern Ireland (A): A Question of Primacy," Case C16-93-1229.0, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (1993)

"Policing Northern Ireland (B): A Question of Balance," Case C16-93-1230.0, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (1993)

"Policing Northern Ireland: Teaching Note," Case C16-93-1230.2, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (1993)

"Preventing nuclear proliferation in the former Soviet Union," in United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, Disarmament Topical Papers 10: Non-Proliferation and Confidence-building Measures in Asia and the Pacific (New York: United Nations, 1992), pp. 59-65

"The new Concert of Europe," Survival: The IISS Quarterly, Vol. 34, no. 2 (Summer 1992): pp. 12-30; longer version also published in Strategic Stability In A Rapidly Changing World, ed. David Holloway (Stanford University: Center for International Security and Arms Control, 1992)

"The Future of Non-Strategic Nuclear Forces and Opportunities for Cooperative Understandings with the New Governments in the Soviet Union," Strengthening Democratic Institutions Project Occasional Paper, Harvard University, August 1991

"The United States Role in European Security," in The Helsinki Process and the Future of Europe, ed. Samuel Wells, Jr. (Washington, DC: Wilson Center Press, 1990), pp. 107-118

"The United States and the Use of Force: A Historical Summary," in Democracy, Strategy, and Vietnam: Implications for American Policymaking, ed. George Osborn, Asa Clark, et al (Lexington: D.C. Heath, 1987), pp. 31-81

"Force Without War, 1975-82," Journal of Strategic Studies, Vol. 7, no. 1 (March 1984): pp. 29-54

"Visions of the Future War in Europe," Fletcher Forum, Vol. 7, no. 2 (Winter 1983): pp. 313-321

"The RICO Statute: The Business Client as Racketeer," Texas Bar Journal, Vol. 45 (1982): pp.159-165 (with David Berg)

"The Constitutionality of Imposing the Death Penalty for Felony Murder," Houston Law Review, Vol. 15, no. 2 (1978), pp. 356-379 (cited by Justice O'Connor in Supreme Court case which later decided this issue)

"Texas Redefines the Intent to Kill," National Journal of Criminal Defense, Vol. 3 (1977), pp. 317-326

Reviews and Commentary

“For the Long Haul,” The American Interest, Vol. 3 no. 4 (March-April 2008), pp. 22-25

“Opening Address: The Conflicts that Divide Us,” Brookings Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World, 2007 U.S.-Islamic World Forum (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Saban Center, 2007), pp. 41-46

“The Plan that Moved Pyongyang,” Washington Post, February 20, 2007, p. A13

Capsule reviews of five books, Foreign Affairs, Vol. 81 no. 3 (May-June 2002), pp. 164-166

Capsule reviews of five books and articles, Foreign Affairs, Vol. 81 no. 2 (March-April 2002), pp. 184-186

Capsule reviews of four books, Foreign Affairs, Vol. 81 no. 1 (January-February 2002), pp. 213-214

Capsule reviews of five books and articles, Foreign Affairs, Vol. 80 no. 6 (November-December 2001), pp. 181-183

Capsule reviews of six books, Foreign Affairs, Vol. 80 no. 5 (September-October 2001), pp. 155-157

Letter to the Editor, “Uniform Voting Rules,” (re the National Commission on Federal Election Reform), New York Times, August 10, 2001, p. A22

Capsule reviews of six books, Foreign Affairs, Vol. 80 no. 3 (May-June 2001), pp. 138-140

Capsule reviews of five books, Foreign Affairs, Vol. 80 no. 2 (March-April 2001), pp. 175-177

“Thirteen Days’ Is Accurate Where It Counts,” Los Angeles Times, January 22, 2001

“Presidential Leadership: The Case of German Unification, 1989-1990,” in Report to the President-Elect 2000: Triumphs and Tragedies of the Modern Presidency, ed. Center for the Study of the Presidency (Washington, DC: Center for the Study of the Presidency, 2000), pp. 217-219

Capsule reviews of six books, Foreign Affairs, Vol. 79 no. 6 (November-December 2000), pp. 180-182

Letter to the Editor, “Hit Men” (re allegations of CIA involvement in the assassination of Patrice Lumumba), Foreign Affairs, Vol. 79 no. 6 (November-December 2000), pp. 199-200

Capsule reviews of seven books, Foreign Affairs, Vol. 79 no. 5 (September-October 2000), pp. 137-139

Capsule reviews of six books and articles, Foreign Affairs, Vol. 79 no. 4 (July-August 2000), pp. 154-156

Capsule reviews of six books, Foreign Affairs, Vol. 79 no. 3 (May-June 2000), pp. 170-173

Capsule reviews of six books, Foreign Affairs, Vol. 79 no. 2 (March-April 2000), pp. 153-155

“Edmund Morris and the Real Ronald Reagan,” Miller Center Report, Vol. 15 no. 3 (Fall 1999), pp. 12-16

Capsule reviews of six books, Foreign Affairs, Vol. 78 no. 6 (November-December 1999), pp. 149-151

“Like Ike,” Washington Post, October 5, 1999, p. A17

Capsule reviews of seven books, Foreign Affairs, Vol. 78 no. 5 (September-October 1999), pp. 170-172

Capsule reviews of eight books, Foreign Affairs, Vol. 78 no. 4 (July-August 1999), pp. 133-136

Capsule reviews of eight books, Foreign Affairs, Vol. 78 no. 3 (May-June 1999), pp. 137-139

“After the Wall” (Review of Hans-Dietrich Genscher, “Rebuilding a House Divided”), New York Times Book Review, March 1, 1998, p. 33

“White House Tapes: Extraordinary Treasures for Historical Research,” Chronicle of Higher Education, November 28, 1997 (with Ernest May), pp. B4-B5

“Presidential Tapes Need Listening Guide,” Newsday, November 12, 1997, p. A47 (with Ernest May)

“A presidential time machine,” Boston Globe, November 10, 1997, p. A15 (with Ernest May)

"Congress Should Get Its Way," New York Times, November 18, 1995, p. 21

"NATO Expansion Wasn't Ruled Out," International Herald Tribune, August 10, 1995, p. 8

"Ban Private Military Groups," New York Times, May 7, 1995, p. E15 (with Morris Dees)

"But Did C.I.A. Misjudge Soviet Economy?," New York Times, April 17, 1995, p. A16

"Can Talks with North Korea Succeed? False Hope, Once Again," New York Times, June 24, 1994, p. A27

"One on One," Defense News, April 4-10, 1994, p. 38

"They Whistled 'Dixie' in Yiddish," Newsday, February 8, 1994, p. 94

Review of Tucker & Hendrickson, "The Imperial Temptation: The New World Order and America's Purpose," in Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 108, no. 1 (Spring 1993), pp. 163-65

"Nuclear Weapons: Looking Back and Looking Forward," Asahi Shimbun [Japan], December 11, 1992

"Debating Defense," San Diego Union-Tribune, October 18, 1992, p. C1

"Building A New World Order," The World & I, Vol. 7 (July 1992): pp. 113-119 (with Robert Blackwill)

"The Soviet Arsenal and the Mistaken Calculus of Caution," Washington Post, March 29, 1992, p. C3 (with Graham Allison and Ashton Carter)

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