Robert Strausz-Hupé (March 25, 1903 – February 24, 2002) was an Austrian-born American diplomat and geopolitical theorist.
Serving as an advisor on foreign investment to American financial institutions, he watched the Depression spread political misery across America and Europe.
After the Anschluss of Austria in 1938, Strausz-Hupé began writing and lecturing to American audiences on "the coming war."
After one such lecture in Philadelphia, he was invited to give a talk at the University of Pennsylvania, an event which led to his taking a position on the faculty there in 1940.
[2] In 1989, upon retirement after eight years as Ambassador to Turkey, Strausz-Hupé rejoined the Foreign Policy Research Institute as Distinguished Diplomat-in-Residence and president emeritus.