Zagoria was born on August 24, 1928. He earned a B.A. at
Rutgers University and received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees at
Columbia University. He worked for the
RAND Corporation and taught at
Hunter College. Zagoria was a consultant to the
National Security Council and the
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs of the
State Department when
Jimmy Carter was in office. He wrote or edited four books and more than 300 articles on international relations. Zagoria died in
Crugers, New York, on September 16, 2025, at the age of 97. ==References==