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Stuart Gottlieb
International Affairs Building, Room 1337
Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
Phone: 212-854-9282
smg16@columbia.edu


Biography:
Stuart Gottlieb is an adjunct professor of International and Public Affairs at SIPA, where he teaches courses on American foreign policy and counterterrorism. In addition, he is director of policy studies at the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs at Yale University.

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

Gottlieb continues to consult with political and business leaders, and regularly publishes op-eds and other policy-related articles. He recently published a book entitled Debating Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Conflicting Perspectives on Causes, Contexts, and Responses (Congressional Quarterly Press, 2010).

Gottlieb holds a BA in political science and journalism from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and two M.A. degrees and a Ph.D. in international relations from Columbia University.

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