Robert Strausz-Hupé
| Robert Strausz-Hupé | |
|---|---|
| United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka | |
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In office May 3, 1970 – December 12, 1971 | |
| President | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Andrew V. Corry |
| Succeeded by | Christopher Van Hollen |
| United States Ambassador to Belgium | |
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In office February 15, 1972 – May 22, 1974 | |
| President | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | John S. D. Eisenhower |
| Succeeded by | Leonard Firestone |
| United States Ambassador to Sweden | |
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In office April 25, 1974 – March 3, 1976 | |
| President | Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | Arthur J. Olsen |
| Succeeded by | David S. Smith |
| United States Ambassador to NATO | |
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In office March 3, 1976 – April 20, 1977 | |
| President | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | David K. E. Bruce |
| Succeeded by | William Tapley Bennett Jr. |
| United States Ambassador to Turkey | |
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In office July 27, 1981 – May 18, 1989 | |
| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | James W. Spain |
| Succeeded by | Morton I. Abramowitz |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 25, 1903 Austria |
| Died | February 24, 2002 (aged 98) |
| Profession | Diplomat |
Robert Strausz-Hupé (25 March 1903 – 24 February 2002) was an Austrian-born U.S. diplomat and political scientist.
Life
In 1923, he immigrated to the United States. Serving as an advisor on foreign investment to American financial institutions, he watched the Depression spread political misery across the America and Europe. After the Anschluss of Austria in 1938, Strausz-Hupé began writing and lecturing to American audiences on “the coming war.” After one such lecture in Philadelphia, he was invited to give a talk at the University of Pennsylvania, an event which led to his taking a position on the faculty there in 1940.
Strausz-Hupé founded the Foreign Policy Research Institute in 1955, and two years later published the first issue of Orbis, the quarterly journal that remains to this day the institute’s flagship publication. Strausz-Hupé authored or co-authored several important books on international affairs.
In 1969, he was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka. He subsequently served as ambassador to Belgium (1972–74), Sweden (1974–76), NATO (1976–77), and Turkey (1981–89).[1] In 1989, upon retirement after eight years as Ambassador to Turkey, Strausz-Hupé rejoined the Foreign Policy Research Institute as Distinguished Diplomat-in-Residence and President Emeritus.
Quotations
- "As policy evolves towards several continental systems, and technology accentuates the strategic importance of large, contiguous areas. Thus the era of overseas empires and free world trade closes. If this reasoning is pushed to its absolute conclusion, the national state is also a thing of the past, and the future belongs to the giant state. Many nations will be locked in a few vast compartments. But in each of these one people, controlling a strategic area, will be master of the others."—Geopolitics: The Struggle for Space and Power, 1942
Works
- Geopolitics: The Struggle for Space and Power,
- Protracted Conflict
- The Balance of Tomorrow.
References
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| Diplomatic posts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Andrew V. Corry |
U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka 1970–1971 Also accredited to Maldives |
Succeeded by Christopher Van Hollen |
| Preceded by John S. D. Eisenhower |
U.S. Ambassador to Belgium 1972–1974 |
Succeeded by Leonard Firestone |
| Preceded by Arthur J. Olsen |
U.S. Ambassador to Sweden 1974–1976 |
Succeeded by David S. Smith |
| Preceded by David K. E. Bruce |
U.S. Ambassador to NATO 1976–1977 |
Succeeded by W. Tapley Bennett, Jr. |
| Preceded by James W. Spain |
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey 1981–1989 |
Succeeded by Morton I. Abramowitz |
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