Tod Lindberg is an American political expert and a current Senior Fellow at the

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, having previously been at

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. His research focuses on political theory, international relations, national security policy, and American politics. He was also the editor of '' Policy Review'', the Hoover Institution's bimonthly journal. He is a member of the

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. A native of

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, Lindberg is a 1982 honors graduate in political science of the College of the

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, where he studied political philosophy with

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and

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. He is also an adjunct associate professor at Georgetown University’s

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Professional career

Lindberg has worked as an editor for ''

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'' and '' The Public Interest''. In 2007 to 2008, Lindberg served as lead of the expert group on international norms and institutions of the Genocide Prevention Task Force, a joint project of the

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, the American Academy of Diplomacy, and the

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. In 2005, Lindberg served as coordinator for the task group on Preventing and Responding to Genocide and Major Human Rights Abuses for the United States Institute of Peace’s Task Force on the United Nations. He was a member of the Steering Committee of the Princeton Project on National Security, for which he served as co-chair of the working group on anti-Americanism. He is a member of the Board of Visitors of the Institute on Political Journalism at

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. He was, from 2004 to 2008, a member of the U.S. National Commission on

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. He currently teaches an "Ethics and Decision Making In International Politics," both to graduate students at Georgetown University and to undergraduates at Indiana University. He also maintains an interest in philosophy and classical texts, having written books on ''The Political Teachings of Jesus'' (2007) and ''The Heroic Heart: Greatness Ancient and Modern'' (2014), along with a long poem, "The Apology of Patrocolus," published in ''Commentary'' magazine.

Publications

* ''Beyond Paradise and Power: Europe, America, and the Future of a Troubled Partnership'' (Routledge, 2004) * ''Bridging the Foreign Policy Divide'' (Routledge, 2007) * ''Means to an End: U.S. Interest in the International Criminal Court'' (Brookings Press, 2009) * ''The Political Teachings of Jesus'' (HarperCollins, 2007) * ''The Heroic Heart: Greatness Ancient and Modern'' (Encounter Books, 2014)

References

External links

Lindberg's Hoover Institution Page

Lindberg's Hudson Institution Page

Lindberg's Personal Web Site
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"Tod Lindberg: The Politics of Heroism," Presentation for The Program on Constitutional Government at Harvard University
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