Philip Zelikow

Philip Zelikow holds professorships in history and governance at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs. He also worked on international policy as a U.S. government official in five administrations.

Articles by Philip Zelikow
The U.S. Department of State building in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2019.
The U.S. Department of State building in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2019.

The U.S. Foreign Service Isn’t Suited for the 21st Century
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Philip Zelikow
U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis (R) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford (2nd L) listen to committee chairman Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) prior to a hearing before Senate Armed Services Committee October 3, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis (R) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford (2nd L) listen to committee chairman Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) prior to a hearing before Senate Armed Services Committee October 3, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

There’s No Such Thing as ‘Traditional’ Republican Foreign Policy
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Philip Zelikow
"The Fighting Temeraire" (J.M.W. Turner/British National Gallery of Art/Wikimedia Commons)
"The Fighting Temeraire" (J.M.W. Turner/British National Gallery of Art/Wikimedia Commons)

Trump’s National Security Strategy Is Nothing Like the British Empire’s ‘Blue Water’ Policy
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Philip Zelikow
A view of the United Nations headquarters during the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly September 19, 2017 in New York. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
A view of the United Nations headquarters during the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly September 19, 2017 in New York. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

The Logic Hole at the Center of Trump’s U.N. Speech
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Spy vs. Spy (Washington bureaucratic knife-fight edition)
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