Philip Zelikow

Philip Zelikow is a professor of history at the University of Virginia and a distinguished visiting fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. An attorney and former career diplomat, he served on the National Security Council staff in the George H W Bush White House, then taught at Harvard. He has served in six administrations. His last fulltime service was as the counselor of the Department of State, a deputy to Secretary Condi Rice. He directed the 9/11 Commission and led the Covid...See more

Philip Zelikow is a professor of history at the University of Virginia and a distinguished visiting fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. An attorney and former career diplomat, he served on the National Security Council staff in the George H W Bush White House, then taught at Harvard. He has served in six administrations. His last fulltime service was as the counselor of the Department of State, a deputy to Secretary Condi Rice. He directed the 9/11 Commission and led the Covid Crisis Group that produced 'Lessons from the Covid War: an Investigative Report'. His most recent book is The Road Less Travelled: the Secret Turning Point of the Great War. See less