Robert W. Sweet studied history and literature at Oxford University as an English Speaking Union Scholar, Arabic and history in Syria as a Fulbright Scholar, and archaeology in Israel as a Dorot Scholar; he holds two master’s degrees. He is Senior Advisor to Aga Khan University.

Robert makes presentations on Life Fighting at intellectual, social, and country clubs. In the presentation, he tells the story of how Talleyrand fought Napoleon once the latter insisted on imposing his dictatorship upon Europe; as he speaks, he shows lovely paintings of the individuals and incidents in the story. Robert has made the presentation at the Wharton Club of New York, the Princeton Club of New York, the University Club and City Club of Washington, D.C., the Nassau Club in Princeton, and elsewhere.