Robert J Lieber was born on September 29,1941 and is an American academic and Professor of Government and International Affairs at Georgetown University in Washington, DC Lieber is the author or editor of a total of seventeen books and has served as the Chair of the Government Department and as Interim Chair of Psychology.
14 Facts About Robert Lieber
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Robert Lieber continued his graduate program in Government at Harvard, earning his doctorate in political science in 1968.
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At Harvard, Lieber took classes from distinguished scholars including Stanley Hoffmann, Samuel H Beer, Louis Hartz, and the future Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger.
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Robert Lieber accepted his first assistant professorship at the University of California, Davis.
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Robert Lieber was appointed to a professorship at Georgetown in 1982, where he has taught ever since.
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Robert Lieber has been invited on to various outlets to discuss topics including oil prices, American declinism, and American foreign policy strategy.
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Robert Lieber has been on The Diane Rehm Show, PBS Newshour and NBC's NewsConference to address current events and publicize his books.
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Robert Lieber has made appearances on major American cable network programs, such as CNN's Crossfire and the O'Reilly Factor, as well as international television sources such as Al Jazeera and BBC.
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Robert Lieber has been used as a source for the Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, National Interest Online, and Roll Call for stories ranging from the Obama administration's foreign policy to Donald Trump, ISIS, and the 2016 Presidential Election.
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In early 1991, Robert Lieber participated in a debate with Christopher Hitchens at Georgetown over the merits of the First Gulf War.
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Robert Lieber has authored nine books since 1970, mostly on international relations theory, US foreign policy, petroleum politics and European affairs.
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Robert Lieber has been the editor or co-editor of eight other books in the field.
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Robert Lieber has written pieces for the Washington Post, New York Times, National Interest, Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Sun, Christian Science Monitor, Harper's, and Salon.
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Robert Lieber appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 thriller North by Northwest as an extra.