 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakati pemakore ekuma1980, Lieven mutori wenhau ne Financial Times akafukidza Pakistan neAfghanistan, ukuwo achivhara India semushandi akazvimirira. Muhafu yokupedzisira ya1989, akafukidza shanduko muCzechoslovakia neRomania nokuda kweTimes. Muna 1990, akashanda neThe Times London achivhara yaimbova USSR, panguva iyoyo akafukidza Hondo yeChechen1994-1996. Muna 1996, Lieven akava mudzidzi mukuru anoshanyira paU.S. Institute of Peace kusvikira muna 1997. Muna 1998, akagadzirisa Strategic Comments paInternational Institute for Strategic Studies muLondon, achishandawo kuEastern Services yeBBC. 