Robert Blau

Born in New York, Robert Blau has a B.A. from Brandeis University and an M.A. from Ohio University. He served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in West Africa, then had a full career as a Foreign Service Officer with the Department of State. He held positions at seven U.S. Embassies as well as stateside in Washington and elsewhere. He was also a professor of International Relations at the Air War College and a middle-school teacher at Torah Academy of Jacksonville. He came out of retirement to work on the 2016 presidential transition, and then served as Vice-President for Operations at the Millennium Challenge Corporation. He began his writing for publication while in retirement in Northeast Florida. He is married, has two adult children, and four grandchildren.