Philip Zelikow

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White Burkett Miller Professor of History (1998)

Professor

Modern world, 20th century US, American foreign policy

On Leave: Fall 2009

Office Hours: MW 11:15 - 1:00

Office: RAN 108

Phone: 924-6382

Fax: (434) 924-7891

Email: zelikow@virginia.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.

Philip Zelikow

Books

Articles, Chapters, Case Studies

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)