Richard Ned Lebow was born in France in 1941 and grew up in New York City and a Long Island suburb. He is Professor of International Political Theory in the War Studies Department of King’s College London, Bye-Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, and James O. Freedman Presidential Professor, Emeritus at Dartmouth College. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and recipient of honorary degrees in France, Greece, and the U.S. In an academic career now in its seventh decade he has authored or coauthored 40 books and over 400 scholarly articles and book chapters. He has made scholarly contributions to international relations, comparative politics, political theory, political psychology, history, classics, and philosophy of science.