Stuart Gottlieb

Stuart Gottlieb

Professor of International and Public Affairs

Stuart Gottlieb

International Affairs Building, Room 1328

212-854-9282


Personal Details

Stuart Gottlieb is Professor of International and Public Affairs at SIPA, where he teaches courses on American foreign policy and international security. He also serves as faculty director for SIPA’s professional certification programs in international relations and United Nations studies, and as interim director of SIPA's International Fellows Program. He is a member of the Saltzman Institute of War & Peace Studies.

Prior to joining SIPA in 2003, Gottlieb worked for five years in the United States Senate, first as senior foreign policy adviser to Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York, and subsequently as policy adviser and chief speechwriter for Senator Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut. He has also worked on several political campaigns, including Vice President Al Gore's presidential campaign in 2000, and New York City mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani's reelection campaign in 1997 and presidential campaign in 2008.

Gottlieb is a former founding partner of Prides Crossing Executive Communication, a speechwriting and communications consulting firm based in New York City whose client list includes well-known public officials and Fortune 500 companies. He continues to consult with political and business leaders, and regularly publishes op-eds and other policy-related articles. A third edition of his book, Debating Terrorism and CounterterrorismConflicting Perspectives on Causes, Contexts, and Responses, will be published in 2024 (Rowman & Littlefield), and he is currently working on two books on U.S. foreign policy, titled Experimental Power: The Rise and Role of America in World Affairs (Yale University Press), and Founding Tensions: The Age-Old Struggles that Shape America’s Foreign Policy (Oxford University Press).

Gottlieb holds a BA in political science and journalism from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a PhD in international relations from Columbia University.

Education

  • PhD in international relations, Columbia University
  • MA, Columbia University
  • BA in political science and journalism, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Affiliations

In The Media

Stuart Gottlieb writes about the changing dynamics of geopolitics during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mar 16 2021
Washington Monthly

Stuart Gottlieb writes a letter to the editor about the necessity of U.S. power abroad.

Mar 06 2021
New York Times

Stuart Gottlieb argues that U.S. political institutions are still strong and capable of checks and balances.

Nov 10 2020
The Hill

Stuart Gottlieb breaks down a common statistic about COVID deaths in the U.S. and explains why it is misleading.

Sep 22 2020
The Hill

Stuart Gottlieb writes a letter to the editor about the death of Justice Ginsburg and bipartisan hypocrisy.

Sep 17 2020
New York Times