Steve LeVine
Encyclopedia
Steve LeVine is a writer
, journalist
and blog
ger.
He was a foreign correspondent for eighteen years in the former Soviet Union
, Pakistan
and the Philippines
, for The Wall Street Journal
, The New York Times
, The Washington Post
, the Financial Times
and Newsweek
. He was chief foreign affairs writer for BusinessWeek, based in Washington, D.C. He currently covers foreign affairs and energy topics for Foreign Policy magazine, where he is a contributing editor. He is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, where he teaches energy security in the graduate-level Security Studies Program. LeVine is married to Nurilda Nurlybayeva and has two daughters. He has published two books: The Oil and the Glory (2007) which tells the story of the struggle for fortune, glory and power on the Caspian Sea
; and Putin's Labyrinth (2008), a profile of Russia
through the life and death of a half-dozen Russians.
Le Vine is a 2012 Bernard L. Schwartz fellow at the New America Foundation
as of Sept. 1, 2011.
. Previously he lived in Central Asia
and the Caucasus for 11 years - starting two weeks after the collapse of the Soviet Union. He led the regional bureau of The Wall Street Journal, and before that The New York Times.
Prior to that, he lived in Pakistan from 1988-1991, and before that he was based in Manila from 1985-1988. As of 2007, LeVine has been a regular guest speaker for entities such as Google
, the World Affairs Council
, and various universities. Steve was also a good friend of slain colleague Daniel Pearl
. After the kidnapping he flew to Pakistan to investigate what had happened to his friend. LeVine would later help Mariane Pearl
with the Daniel Pearl Foundation
.
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
ger.
He was a foreign correspondent for eighteen years in the former Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
and the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
, for The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
, The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
, the Financial Times
Financial Times
The Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City....
and Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
. He was chief foreign affairs writer for BusinessWeek, based in Washington, D.C. He currently covers foreign affairs and energy topics for Foreign Policy magazine, where he is a contributing editor. He is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, where he teaches energy security in the graduate-level Security Studies Program. LeVine is married to Nurilda Nurlybayeva and has two daughters. He has published two books: The Oil and the Glory (2007) which tells the story of the struggle for fortune, glory and power on the Caspian Sea
Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. The sea has a surface area of and a volume of...
; and Putin's Labyrinth (2008), a profile of Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
through the life and death of a half-dozen Russians.
Le Vine is a 2012 Bernard L. Schwartz fellow at the New America Foundation
New America Foundation
The New America Foundation is a non-profit public policy institute and think tank with offices in Washington, D.C. and Sacramento, CA. It was founded in 1999 by Ted Halstead, Sherle Schwenninger, Michael Lind and Walter Russell Mead....
as of Sept. 1, 2011.
Biography
LeVine lives in Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
. Previously he lived in Central Asia
Central Asia
Central Asia is a core region of the Asian continent from the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and Russia in the north...
and the Caucasus for 11 years - starting two weeks after the collapse of the Soviet Union. He led the regional bureau of The Wall Street Journal, and before that The New York Times.
Prior to that, he lived in Pakistan from 1988-1991, and before that he was based in Manila from 1985-1988. As of 2007, LeVine has been a regular guest speaker for entities such as Google
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
, the World Affairs Council
World Affairs Council
World Affairs Council may refer to:* World Affairs Councils of America, a non-profit, non-partisan umbrella organization for world affairs councils throughout the United States...
, and various universities. Steve was also a good friend of slain colleague Daniel Pearl
Daniel Pearl
Daniel Pearl was an American journalist who was kidnapped and killed by Al-Qaeda.At the time of his kidnapping, Pearl served as the South Asia Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal, and was based in Mumbai, India. He went to Pakistan as part of an investigation into the alleged links between...
. After the kidnapping he flew to Pakistan to investigate what had happened to his friend. LeVine would later help Mariane Pearl
Mariane Pearl
Mariane van Neyenhoff Pearl is a French freelance journalist and a reporter and columnist for Glamour magazine. She is the widow of Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in Pakistan in early 2002.-Life and career:Pearl was born in Clichy,...
with the Daniel Pearl Foundation
Daniel Pearl Foundation
The Daniel Pearl Foundation is a foundation based in the United States. The foundation was formed by his parents Ruth and Judea Pearl after musician and Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in 2002...
.
Works
- Steve LeVine, The Oil and the Glory: The Pursuit of Empire and Fortune on the Caspian Sea, Random HouseRandom HouseRandom House, Inc. is the largest general-interest trade book publisher in the world. It has been owned since 1998 by the German private media corporation Bertelsmann and has become the umbrella brand for Bertelsmann book publishing. Random House also has a movie production arm, Random House Films,...
, New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, 2007. 496 pp. ISBN 9780375506147 - Steve LeVine, Putin's Labyrinth: Spies, Murder, and the Dark Heart of the New Russia, Random House, New York, 2008. 224 pp. ISBN 9781400066858