May 30, 2024 To Run the World: The Kremlin's Cold War Bid for Global Power Obtain your copy of the book here What would it feel like To Run the World? The Soviet rulers spent the Cold War trying desperately to find out. In this panoramic new history of the conflict that defined the postwar era, Sergey Radchenko provides an unprecedented deep dive into the psychology of the Kremlin's decision-making. He reveals how the Soviet struggle with the United States and China reflected its irreconcilable ambitions as a self-proclaimed superpower and the leader of global revolution. This tension drove Soviet policies from Stalin's postwar scramble for territory to Khrushchev's reckless overseas adventurism and nuclear brinksmanship, Brezhnev's jockeying for influence in the third world, and Gorbachev's failed attempts to reinvent Moscow's claims to greatness. Perennial insecurities, delusions of grandeur, and desire for recognition propelled Moscow on a headlong quest for global power, with dire consequences and painful legacies that continue to shape our world. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/to-run-the-world/6C2B9062482ECE81680C78DDDB08BE5D News

March 2023 How to End a War Listen to the Podcast Here In Englesberg Ideas' latest episode of Worldview, host Adam Boulton is joined by historians Margaret MacMillan, Andrew Ehrhardt and Frank Gavin, as well as former European Commission High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Catherine Ashton. https://audioboom.com/posts/8264252-worldview-how-to-end-a-war News

MAY 2 May 2, 2023 The New Makers of Modern Strategy Learn More About This Pivotal Work Professor Hal Brands edited The New Makers of Modern Strategy, is the next generation of the definitive work on strategy and the key figures who have shaped the theory and practice of war and statecraft throughout the centuries. Featuring new entries by world-class scholars, this new edition provides global, comparative perspectives on strategic thought from antiquity to today, surveying both classical and current themes of strategy while devoting greater attention to the Cold War and post-9/11 eras. https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691204383/the-new-makers-of-modern-strategy Publication

FEB 2023 February 8, 2023 Accepting Applications for the DAAD 2023-2024 Post-Doctoral Fellows Program Learn more about the position, qualifications, and the application! DAAD Post-Doctoral Fellows will focus on the topic of "the roles of the United States and Germany at a crucial moment in world history" through a series of high-level seminars, peer review sessions, and direct engagement with senior foreign policy practitioners and leading scholars of statecraft and world order. Each Fellow is expected to complete a research paper related to this theme during the period of residence. https://sais.jhu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-2024%20DAAD%20Fellowships%20Call%20for%20Applications.pdf News

DEC 2022 December 22, 2022 Now Accepting Applications for the Helmut Schmidt Distinguished Visiting Chair Learn more about DAAD and Helmut Schmidt Chair The Deutsche Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) / German Academic Exchange Service, with the generous support of the German Federal Foreign Office, has provided grant funding for the Helmut Schmidt Distinguished Visiting Chair. https://sais.jhu.edu/kissinger/programs/daad-program News

DEC 2022 December 13, 2022 Dr. Kissinger's Undergraduate Thesis Read about the HKC Initiative The Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is privileged to have distributed the first print edition of Dr. Henry A. Kissinger’s renowned undergraduate thesis, The Meaning of History: Reflections on Spengler, Toynbee, and Kant, completed at Harvard College in 1950, to the world’s leading research university libraries. Read more about this exciting undertaking. News

DEC 22 December 6, 2022 Kissinger Summer Academy Learn More About the Academy and Apply The Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins SAIS is now accepting applications for the 2023 Kissinger Summer Academy. The KSA is part of the Nuclear Studies Research Initiative and offers exceptional undergraduates and recent graduates a week-long seminar that investigates the role of nuclear weapons in American grand strategy. The seminar revisits debates over nuclear strategy during the Cold War, considers how U.S. policymakers have addressed challenges such as non-proliferation and rogue states, and explores the role that nuclear weapons will have in shaping American competitions with Russia and China today. https://sais.jhu.edu/kissinger/kissinger-summer-academy News

OCT 20 October 20, 2022 Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China View Professor Brands is joined by Professor Beckley of Tufts University in a "provocative and urgent" analysis of the U.S - China relationship and rivalry. https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324021308 Publication

OCT 20 October 20, 2021 The New Cold War: America, China, and the Echoes of History View In this Foreign Affairs article, Professor Hal Brands and Professor John Lewis Gaddis argue that we can learn from history to navigate the new Sino-American cold war. 12:00 https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russia-fsu/2021-10-19/containment-beyond-cold-war Publication

JAN 7 January 7, 2022 The Betrayal Myth Behind Putin's Brinkmanship View In this Wall Street Journal article, Professor M.E. Sarotte examines current relations between NATO and Russia--and possible paths forward--based on an understanding of their relationship since the Cold War. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-betrayal-myth-behind-putins-brinkmanship-11641568161?mod=Searchresults_pos1&page=1 Publication