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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

My curmudgeonly pal Les Gelb–an inside-outlaw if there ever was one in the foreign policy priesthood–has a fascinating post up at the Daily Beast about the Pentagon Papers, Wikileaks, Vietnam and ...

Alex Chadwick talks to Leslie Gelb, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City. Gelb a long-time foreign policy analyst, talks about the effectiveness of all four of ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Leslie H. 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 ...