Role Political Scientist | Name Robert Strausz-Hupe Preceded by Andrew V. Corry Preceded by Arthur J. Olsen | |
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Books The balance of tomorrow, The zone of indifference, Building the Atlantic world, Democracy and American, Axis America | ||
Succeeded by Christopher Van Hollen | ||
Robert Strausz-Hupé (25 March 1903 – 24 February 2002) was an Austrian-born U.S. diplomat and political scientist.
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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). 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.