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Edward N. Luttwak

Senior Associate (Non-resident)

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Geoeconomics, strategy, and national strategies and military policies

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Edward Luttwak is a CSIS senior associate and has served as a consultant to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the National Security Council, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force, and a number of allied governments as well as international corporations and financial institutions. He is a frequent lecturer at universities and military colleges in the United States and abroad and has testified before several congressional committees and presidential commissions. In 2004, he was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Bath (United Kingdom).

 

Luttwak is the author of numerous articles and several books, including The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire (John Hopkins, 1976–2005); Turbo-Capitalism: Winners and Losers in the Global Economy (HarperCollins, 1999); The Endangered American Dream (Simon & Schuster, 1993); and Coup d’etat (Harvard, 1985), which has been published in 14 languages. His new edition of Strategy: The Logic of War and Peace (Harvard, 2001) has been published in Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Estonian, and Turkish as well as English editions. Luttwak serves on the editorial board of the Washington Quarterly and Geopolitique (Paris). He received his Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University, and he speaks French, Italian, and Spanish among other languages.

Edward N. Luttwak In the News


CSIS Senior Adviser Edward Luttwak was quoted by The New York Times, "A Hostage Taken, a Ransom Paid (Again)." 03/24/2007
The CSIS Smart Power Commission and its co-chairs Richard Armitage and Joseph Nye, and CSIS Senior Adviser Edward Luttwak, were featured in an NPR report, "Bush Team Explores Use of 'Soft Power.'" 03/23/2007
CSIS Senior Adviser Edward Luttwak was quoted by The New York Times, "Italy Swapped 5 Jailed Taliban for a Hostage." 03/22/2007
CSIS Senior Fellow Edward Luttwak wrote an op-ed for The New York Times, "To Help Iraq, Let It Fend for Itself". 02/06/2007
The Washington Post's David Ignatius cited CSIS's senior experts Anthony Cordesman and Edward Luttwak in his column, "The Right Bet in the Mideast." 01/17/2007
CSIS Senior Adviser Edward Luttwak was quoted by the Financial Times, "US Presses Pakistan over Taliban." 01/17/2007
CSIS Senior Adviser Edward Luttwak published an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, "Two Alliances." 01/10/2007
CSIS Senior Adviser Edward Luttwak was quoted by The New York Times, "Gauging the Likelihood of a Photo Opportunity Not Taken." 09/19/2006
CSIS Fellow Edward Luttwak published an op-ed in The New York Times on the conflict in the Middle East, "A Conflict That Will Stay Close to Home." 07/18/2006
CSIS Senior Adviser Edward Luttwak published an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times, "North Korea's Clown Provocateur." 07/07/2006
CSIS Senior Adviser Edward Luttwak published an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times, "Will civil war bring lasting peace to Iraq?" 06/02/2006
CSIS Senior Adviser Edward N. Luttwak published a commentary in the Wall Street Journal, "In a Single Night," on Iran's nuclear sites as viable targets for an air attack. 02/08/2006

Testimony by Edward N. Luttwak


Securing America's Interest in Iraq: The Remaining Options 01/23/2007
 

 

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