Anatol Lieven
Biographic Data
| ID | 302194 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anatol Lieven |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anatol |
| FAMILY NAME | Lieven |
| SIGNATURE | LIEVEN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 55 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 112 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 54 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Realist Internationalism and the Issue of Legitimacy
After the experiences of the past generation, it should be apparent that all too much of liberal internationalist thinking in America is not "internationalist" in any real sense at all. Internationalism, if it is to have any meaning as a word, must mean peace and cooperation between different nations, which by nature will have not merely different interests that must be reconciled but different political systems that must coexist
Beyond Liberal Order
Response from Anatol Lieven
Climate Change and State Interest
The future of negotiation and action on limiting climate change is likely
Vindicating Realist Internationalism
Liberal internationalists, such as professors Daniel Deudney and G. John Ikenberry, share much of the neoconservatives’ international agenda while disagreeing with them on domestic policies. Likewise, the members of what they call the ‘Quincy coalition’ agree on opposing US interventionism and military domination without necessarily agreeing on other issues. Those at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft are internationalists in that we…
An Afghan Tragedy
Whatever happens in Kabul, the Taliban will remain the most powerful military and political force among the Pashtuns of Afghanistan
Victimhood Olympics
In January 2020, the Russian-language bimonthly “Russia in Global Affairs” published an article on “memory politics” and related conflicts, following a roundtable hosted by the magazine (Rossiya, 2020). To our amazement, the discussion caused a very keen reaction, especially in Europe. Our modest publication was immediately dubbed as nearly a forge of Kremlin ideas regarding “memory wars,” which, of course, is flattering, but, alas, is not true. …
The Coronavirus Holds up a Mirror to Existing Societies
Books by Our Readers
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Climate Change and the State
Strong and legitimate states remain central to any efforts to limit climate change and maintain Western democracy
The future of US foreign policy
This chapter considers future prospects for US foreign policy on the basis of long-established patterns and other factors such as the interests and ideology of elites, the structures of political life, the country’s real or perceived national interests, and the increasingly troubled domestic scene. It first examines the ideological roots of US foreign policy before discussing some of the major contemporary challenges for US foreign policy, includ…
The Dance of the Ghosts
In their nostalgia for the Cold War, Western elites may be trying to revive the comforting ghosts of the past to cope with a frightening present
West Asia Since 1900
The history of West Asia over the past century has been defined by the collapse of three great empires. Contemporary history of the region is being defined by the decay of a fourth, informal empire —the USA — and the appearance of a new local power, the Islamic State, which is radically hostile to the US hegemony, local regimes and the very existence of the states of the region. These ruins of empire have been preceded, accompanied, and, to a con…
Counter-Insurgency in Pakistan
The Pakistani security forces have won their fight against the insurgency of the Pakistani Taliban, though terrorism will remain a serious problem for the foreseeable future. Victory was won not chiefly on the basis of new tactics, but of the recovery of legitimacy for the campaign among the population and the armed forces. This occurred when the war came to be seen as one waged not in the interests of the USA, but for the defence of Pakistan. In…
Reply to Michael Mann
Clinton and Trump
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton exemplify new forms of old nationalisms that are likely to define politics in the United States for many years to come
Ukrainian problem of the West and its solution
Military Exceptionalism in Pakistan
The same features of the Pakistani military that work to save it from disintegration mar its ability to unify the country and transform it into a successful modern state
Pakistan
Large, heavily populated, and strategically placed between Iran, Afghanistan and India, Pakistan is of vital importance to the world. This book looks at how Pakistan works, and rather than seeing it as a failed state, the author treats it as a viable and coherent state
Don't Mention the (Afghan) War
The article is based on Professor Lieven's recent book, Pakistan: a hard case. He starts by contrasting British and American attitudes, emphasising that Pakistan is far more important to Britain than Afghanistan as a result of the sheer size of the diaspora. And British officials and soldiers spent decades dealing with the North-West Frontier. They would not have been surprised by the shifting loyalties of the tribes, which are simply a fact of l…
Russia's Restless Frontier
The Making of Modern Afghanistan
The war in Afghanistan
If the West loses in Afghanistan and its region, the most important reason will be that we are pursuing several different goals simultaneously, most of which are in contradiction to the others. Western governments need to choose between these goals, and co-ordinate a strategy in pursuit of the most desirable and achievable ones. The creation of a democratic Afghanistan needs to be recognised as a hopeless fantasy. Instead, the West should imitate…
Confidence-Building Measures
Pakistan's Surprising Stability
This is an updated version of the lecture which he gave to the society on 30 October 2007
America Right or Wrong
Chechnya
The Baltic revolution
"Concealed behind the Iron Curtain, and dominated by Soviet Russia for half a century, the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have now emerged to the attention of the world as free and independent nations. As the new republics fight for political and economic viability, Anatol Lieven, the only western journalist permanently based in the Baltic during the struggle for independence, presents an intimate and engaging portrait of their hi…
Counter-Insurgency in Pakistan
The Pakistani security forces have won their fight against the insurgency of the Pakistani Taliban, though terrorism will remain a serious problem for the foreseeable future. Victory was won not chiefly on the basis of new tactics, but of the recovery of legitimacy for the campaign among the population and the armed forces. This occurred when the war came to be seen as one waged not in the interests of the USA, but for the defence of Pakistan. In…
Ukraine and Russia
An Afghan Tragedy
Whatever happens in Kabul, the Taliban will remain the most powerful military and political force among the Pashtuns of Afghanistan
Clinton and Trump
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton exemplify new forms of old nationalisms that are likely to define politics in the United States for many years to come
The war in Afghanistan
If the West loses in Afghanistan and its region, the most important reason will be that we are pursuing several different goals simultaneously, most of which are in contradiction to the others. Western governments need to choose between these goals, and co-ordinate a strategy in pursuit of the most desirable and achievable ones. The creation of a democratic Afghanistan needs to be recognised as a hopeless fantasy. Instead, the West should imitate…
The Secret Policemen's Ball
Journal Article The Secret Policemen's Ball: the United States, Russia and the international order after 11 September Get access Anatol Lieven Anatol Lieven 1Russia and Eurasia Center at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington DC Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 78, Issue 2, April 2002, Pages 245–259, https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2346.00249 Published: 16 Dece…
Nightmare in the Caucasus
Chechen warlords, fielding a formidable and hardened armed force, continue to overtly provoke Russia in the Caucasus. History and Russia's longstanding involvement in Chechnya precludes any pragmatic resolution of the enduring conflict
Freedom and anarchy
(1997). Freedom and anarchy: Russia stumbles toward the twenty‐first century. The Washington Quarterly: Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 38-58
Pakistan's Surprising Stability
This is an updated version of the lecture which he gave to the society on 30 October 2007
Afghanistan
Additional informationNotes on contributorsAnatol Lieven Professor Anatol Lieven is Chair of international relations and terrorism studies in the War Studies Department, King's College London and a senior fellow of the New America Foundation in Washington DC. Members of his mother's family served over several generations in the British Empire of India. His latest book, co-authored with John Hulsman, is Ethical Realism: A Vision for America's Role…
I raq , A fghanistan and the W ar on “T error ”
The following is an edited transcript of the thirty‐eighth in a series of Capitol Hill conferences convened by the Middle East Policy Council. The meeting was held on January 11, 2005, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, with Chas. W. Freeman, Jr., moderating
The Pressures on Pakistan
THE SURVIVAL of Pakistan in its existing form is a vital U.S. security interest, one that trumps all other American interests in the country. A collapse of Pakistan-into internal anarchy or an Islamist revolution would cripple the global campaign against Islamist terrorism. Strengthening the Pakistani state and cementing its cooperation with the West have thus become immensely important to Washington. So far, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf …
Climate Change and the State
Strong and legitimate states remain central to any efforts to limit climate change and maintain Western democracy
The Making of Modern Afghanistan
Wolfish Wilsonians
Ethnic conflict and reconciliation in Sri Lanka, The Indian National Congress and the political economy of India, 1885–1985 and In pursuit of Lakshmi
The Baltic revolution
"Concealed behind the Iron Curtain, and dominated by Soviet Russia for half a century, the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have now emerged to the attention of the world as free and independent nations. As the new republics fight for political and economic viability, Anatol Lieven, the only western journalist permanently based in the Baltic during the struggle for independence, presents an intimate and engaging portrait of their hi…
Restraining Nato
Freedom and anarchy
(1997). Freedom and anarchy: Russia stumbles toward the twenty‐first century. The Washington Quarterly: Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 38-58
Blood or Iron
Chechnya
Ham-Fisted Hegemon
Essay| October 01 1999 Ham-Fisted Hegemon: The Clinton Administration and Russia Anatol Lieven Anatol Lieven Anatol Lieven is a specialist on the former Soviet Union at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. His latest book, Ukraine and Russia: A Fraternal Rivalry, was published in June by the United States Institute of Peace. His Chechnya: Tombstone of Russian Power (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press) was published in…
Chechnya
The Fall of the Russian Empire
Ukraine and Russia
Through a Distorted Lens
The media, along with human rights groups and the great majority of politicians and political commentators, have repeatedly called for a ‘political solution’ or a ‘peaceful solution’ to the Chechen war without ever detailing what that solution should be, or how it can be achieved. ... This kind of approach may make everyone feel good about themselves, but it is also profoundly irresponsible
Nightmare in the Caucasus
Chechen warlords, fielding a formidable and hardened armed force, continue to overtly provoke Russia in the Caucasus. History and Russia's longstanding involvement in Chechnya precludes any pragmatic resolution of the enduring conflict
Stratégie de la terreur
Rebuilding Afghanistan
In the past several decades, the international community has relied on three approaches to deal with countries that descend into chaos. It has supported strongmen capable of reimposing order by force; it has given up in despair, leaving the country to sort out its problems as best it can; and, most recently, it has embarked on ambitious projects to reconstruct the country in the image of a modern secular, multiethnic, and democratic state. None o…
A Rapidly Changing Reality
The Nature of the World order and Crisis through the eyes of leading experts in International Relations Q uantity has transformed into quality. Deformations and tensions in the world order, which have matured latently for years, if not decades, have come to light. The nature of changes in the modern world is yet to be comprehended. Not surprisingly, it is difficult to get rid of the Cold War inertial thinking and the temptation to find parallels …
The Pressures on Pakistan
THE SURVIVAL of Pakistan in its existing form is a vital U.S. security interest, one that trumps all other American interests in the country. A collapse of Pakistan-into internal anarchy or an Islamist revolution would cripple the global campaign against Islamist terrorism. Strengthening the Pakistani state and cementing its cooperation with the West have thus become immensely important to Washington. So far, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf …
The Secret Policemen's Ball
Journal Article The Secret Policemen's Ball: the United States, Russia and the international order after 11 September Get access Anatol Lieven Anatol Lieven 1Russia and Eurasia Center at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington DC Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 78, Issue 2, April 2002, Pages 245–259, https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2346.00249 Published: 16 Dece…
Politique à l'afghane
Don't Forget Afghanistan
La marche vers la guerre
In the Mirror of Europe
One way of looking at the United States today is as a European state that has avoided the catastrophes nationalism brought upon Europe in the twentieth century, and whose nationalism therefore retains some of the power, intensity, bellicosity, and self-absorption that European nationalisms have had kicked out of them by history
The Falseness of Chauvinism
Russia's Restless Frontier
The conflict in Chechnya, going through its low- and high-intensity phases, has been doggedly accompanying Russia's development. In the last decade, the Chechen war was widely covered, both in Russia and in the West. While most books look at the causes of the war, explain its zigzag course, and condemn the brutalities and crimes associated with it, this book is different. Its focus lies beyond the Caucasus battlefield. In Russia's Restless Fronti…
L'Amérique en proie au nationalisme
I raq , A fghanistan and the W ar on “T error ”
The following is an edited transcript of the thirty‐eighth in a series of Capitol Hill conferences convened by the Middle East Policy Council. The meeting was held on January 11, 2005, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, with Chas. W. Freeman, Jr., moderating
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