Leslie Gelb, who died August 31 at the age of 82, was a high-ranking strategist for American imperialism and a diplomatic correspondent and foreign policy columnist for the New York Times, moving back ...

FILE - In this July 24, 1971, file photo, Leslie H. Gelb, who directed the task force which submitted the 47-volume study of U.S. participation in the Vietnam War, poses in his Brookings Institution ...

The Council on Foreign Relations mourns the passing of Dr. Leslie H. Gelb, CFR’s president emeritus and a dedicated member for 46 years. A Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times correspondent and ...

When word spread last weekend of the passing of Leslie H. Gelb—public servant, journalist, scholar, multipurpose éminence grise—foreign-affairs Twitter lit up with tributes, as much about his wit and ...

Leslie H. Gelb, who observed and influenced U.S. foreign policy for decades, as a government official, journalist and president of the Council on Foreign Relations, where he sought to bring common ...

The Wise Men were high-born WASPs of the past century who went to the best schools and joined the most exclusive clubs and assumed top positions in law, banking, and government as naturally as if ...

Nine years into the war in Afghanistan, there are conflicting reports of talks between President Hamid Karzai and Taliban leaders. But can the West trust the Karzai government — or the Taliban? The ...

NEW YORK — Leslie Gelb, who covered government and world affairs as a correspondent, editor and columnist for the New York Times, died Saturday. He was 82. Gelb’s wife, Judith, told the newspaper he ...

Leslie Gelb makes some good points about Obama's speech. This one especially got me thinking. Finally, at West Point, Mr. Obama talked to Americans as grownups. Wouldn't it be nice if some considered ...

Leslie Gelb, who led the Department of Defense project that generated the Pentagon Papers, said on NPR’s On Point Friday that he’ll see the movie “The Post,” even though he’s critical of the popular ...