Richard Ned Lebow

Richard Ned Lebow was born in France in 1941 and grew up in New York City and a Long Island suburb. He lives in London and Cortona, Tuscany, is married, the father of three children, and the grandfather of two. He is Professor of International Political Theory in the War Studies Department of King’s College London, Bye-Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, and James O. Freedman Presidential Professor, Emeritus at Dartmouth College He is a Fellow of the British Academy and recipient of honorary degrees in France, Greece, and the U.S. In an academic career now in its seventh decade he has authored or coauthored 40 books and over 400 scholarly articles and book chapters. Ned has made scholarly contributions to international relations, comparative politics, political theory, political psychology, history, classics, and philosophy of science. Ned writes short stories and translates opera libretti into English from German, French, and Italian. He is an avid hiker, runner, and mean tennis player. His major frustration is his inability to date to find an agent or publisher for his two novels: a murder mystery, and a counterfactual, political-historical account of the Cold War that goes after conspiracy theories.