Join us on April 11 to launch the Classics of Applied History volume, edited by John Bew, Mattias Hessérus, and Andrew Ehrhardt.

📌IET London, 2 Savoy Place, WC2R 0BL
➡️Registration: …on-for-public-benefit.confetti.events/an-afternoon-o…

The event is organized together with Centre for Grand Strategy and Centre for Geopolitics.

This year’s Munich Security Conference included a session on Applied History titled “The End of the End of History: Rethinking Western Policy Towards Russia,' sponsored by the Ax:son Johnson Foundation (one of the major supporters of Applied History).

I'm helping put together a panel or roundtable on Barack Obama and US foreign policy for #SHAFR2024 ! We're looking for one more person to join us right now in any capacity. If you are interested in the Obama years or work on something similar, get in touch! SHAFR Historians

We are pleased to announce our 2023–2024 cohort of Fellows. The fellowship cohort includes 67 new Fellows representing senior government officials, practitioners, and academics from across the globe.

#BelferFellows

Thrilled that 'Classification of Overseas Chinese: Negotiating the Legal, Social, and Political Status of Chinese Diaspora Communities from the Late Qing to the Cold War' was accepted for #AAS2024 ! Sudarshana Chanda, Luther Cenci, and I will give papers, chaired by Shelly Chan

.Belfer Center's Applied History Project's Calder Walton says both #Russia and #China seek to topple the U.S. from atop the world stage, with Beijing’s blend of money, influence, and all-hands-on-deck approach posing the greater threat.

Read: bit.ly/3YISlJD

#BelferInTheNews

We're so proud to have worked over many years with Graham Allison, who literally wrote 'the book' on the Cuban Missile Crisis and remains an inspirational leader on reducing nuclear risks around the world. #CranesForOurFuture .

Find an interview with Calder Walton in today's Harvard Gazette: Lessons for today’s Cold War 2.0 with Russia, China news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/… via Harvard University

The West is in a new cold war with Russia and China

That's clear if you look at the activities of their intelligence services

I've set out my views— some of the conclusions of my book #SPIES — below

Foreign Affairs

foreignaffairs.com/china/russia-c…

To succeed in the multipolar future, the U.S. foreign policy community must escape its fixation on Cold War history and study earlier eras when states struggled to survive without the advantages of overwhelming power. My latest in Foreign Affairs.

foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

Excited to see my article on 1950s PRC-India cooperation at the UN published in Cold War History! I argue that India took on the role of the PRC's unofficial voice at the UN during the period of the latter's formal exclusion from the organization. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

'Though the show is fictional and set in the present, it illustrates nicely the way American diplomats in Britain have formed a tightknit community dating back to the United States’ earliest days,' writes Katrina Ponti.
washingtonpost.com/made-by-histor…

A vacancy in Oxford History of Science, Medicine and Technology & Oxford Global History teaching Global History and History of Medicine while Erica Charters is on research leave. Do consider applying! jobs.ac.uk/job/CZS699/dep…

Nathaniel L. Moir, Ph.D. recently published a chapter entitled 'After the Shooting Stopped: Justice and Journalism at Nuremberg' in the set of essays 'Reporting World War II,' edited by G. Kurt Piehler and Ingo Trauschweizer.

Read his chapter: bit.ly/40E1rY1

Belfer Center Director of Communications Shannon Felton Spence recently interviewed John Bew, 10 Downing St. Special Asst. for Foreign Policy and Defense, about the significance of the Good Friday Agreement of 25 years ago.
Read more:
bit.ly/3nykB2O

TNSR is hiring a new executive editor. This is a full-time position with the option for remote work, and occasional travel (to UT Austin for academic and policy conferences). Apply now! ow.ly/KGFe30suM9s

Last night, Graham Allison, Meghan O'Sullivan, and David M. Rubenstein took the JFK Jr. Forum stage to share insights into Rubenstein's political and business career, his creation of patriotic philanthropy, and the importance of exploring and learning from American history.

Join Graham Allison and Meghan O'Sullivan live in the Forum this Monday for a discussion with David M. Rubenstein on leadership lessons in history, investing, and public service. Harvard ID-holders can register for a seat below (also livesteamed).

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