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Edward C. Luck(17 October 1948 - 16 February 2021)[1]was an American professor, author, and expert ininternational relations. He served as theUnited Nations Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect between 2008 and 2012, appointed at the Assistant Secretary-General level. He was replaced byJennifer Welshof Canada. Previously he was Vice President of theInternational Peace Instituteas well as the director of the Center on International Organization of theSchool of International and Public AffairsatColumbia University. He also served as Dean of the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies at theUniversity of San Diegobetween 2012 and 2013. From 2015 to 2021 Luck was the Arnold A. Saltzman Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.[2]He also served on the International Advisory Board of the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect. Luck received his BA in international relations fromDartmouth College.[1]He earned his MA, MPh, and PhD inpolitical sciencefromColumbia University, as well as an MIA from Columbia'sSchool of International and Public Affairsand a Certificate of theHarriman Institute.[3] Before joining the faculty at Columbia as Professor of Practice in International and Public Affairs, Luck founded and was executive director of the Center for the Study of International Organization, a research institute jointly established by theNew York University School of Lawand theWoodrow Wilson School of Public and International AffairsofPrinceton University.[3]