David A. Andelman (born October 6, 1944,

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Biography

Born October 6, 1944 to a

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, Massachusetts, the son of Selma (née Nathanson) and Saul Andelman. His father was an attorney. He is a graduate of

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. Andelman was the editor of ''

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'' from 2008 until 2015. Previously, he served as an executive editor at

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, as business editor of '' New York Daily News'', as a Washington correspondent for

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, and as a reporter, correspondent and bureau chief for ''

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'' in covering Southeast Asia from his base in

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, Eastern Europe from his base in Belgrade, and New York. Following The New York Times, he served for seven years as Paris correspondent for

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News. He is the author of ''A Shattered Peace: Versailles 1919 and the Price We Pay Today'', a look at how some of the world's current geopolitical problems can be traced to the

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which ended

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. He was also co-author of ''The Fourth World War: Diplomacy and Espionage in the Age of Terrorism'', a book of

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s and opinion with

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, a former head of French intelligence. He is a member of the Board of Contributors of ''

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'' and is a 'Voices' columnist for

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, writing columns dealing with international affairs. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. From 2010 to 2012 he served as president of the

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. In 2017, he was named a visiting scholar at the Center on National Security of Fordham Law School and director of The Red Lines Project.

Personal life

In 1974, he married Susan Sheinman. In 2000, he married Pamela Susan Title of New Orleans, Louisiana.

Books

* David A. Andelman, ''A Red Line in the Sand: Diplomacy, Strategy, and the History of Wars that Might Still Happen'', Pegasus Books, 2021 * Guillaume Serina, David A. Andelman (translator, afterword), ''An Impossible Dream: Reagan, Gorbachev, and a World Without the Bomb'', Pegasus Books, 2019, * David A. Andelman, ''A Shattered Peace: Versailles 1919 and the Price We Pay Today'', John Wiley Publishers, 2007, with a new (2015) Centennial Edition and foreword by Sir Harold Evans, * Alexandre De Marenches and David A. Andelman, ''The Fourth World War: Diplomacy and Espionage in the Age of Terrorism'', William Morrow & Co, 1992, * David A. Andelman, ''The Peacemakers'', Harper & Row Publishers, 1973,

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