Research & Impact
The Twilight Struggle: What the Cold War Teaches Us about Great-Power Rivalry Today
In his newest book, Professor Hal Brands highlights key lessons from the Cold War that the U.S. can leverage for today’s great power competition with China and Russia, analyzing the instructive strategic thinking that delivered the U.S. success in the Cold War.
Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate
In her newest book, Professor M.E. Sarotte explores the profound impact of NATO expansion on US-Russia relations since the Cold War, revealing missed opportunities and drawing on newly declassified documents and over 100 interviews.
What China Can Learn From German History
In this Foreign Affairs article, Kissinger Center faculty members Professor Sergey Radchenko and Professor Mary Elise Sarotte argue that China can draw on German history in its relations with Russia following the invasion of Ukraine.
What’s the Likelihood of Nuclear War?
In this article in The Atlantic by Uri Friedman, Professor Sergey Radchenko and Professor Mary Sarotte share their insights into major moments in Cold War history and how those crises compare to the crisis in Ukraine.
Bloomberg Opinion: Professor Hal Brands
In his weekly Bloomberg opinion column, Professor Hal Brands shares insights on pressing geopolitical issues facing the world.
Opposing China Means Defeating Russia
In this Foreign Policy article, Professor Hal Brands examines the ways in which US policy towards Russia in Ukraine and its policy towards China are interrelated.
Russia's Nuclear Option
In this interview with The Hub, Director of the Kissinger Center Professor Francis J. Gavin shares his expert insights on Russia's nuclear stance in the conflict in Ukraine.
Sergey Radchenko, an expert on Russia’s foreign relations, writes on its evolving friendship with China
In his article in The Economist, Professor Sergey Radchenko discusses the relationship between Russia and China, in light of the invasion of Ukraine.
Putin has revived the cruelty of the Soviet regime
In this article in The Spectator, Professor Sergey Radchenko compares the policies of Putin to those of the Soviet regime.
The Return of Pax Americana?
In this Foreign Affairs article, Professor Michael Beckley (Tufts) and Professor Hal Brands (Johns Hopkins SAIS) examine the implications of Russia's invasion of Ukraine for U.S. foreign policy.
I’m a Cold War Historian. We’re in a Frightening New Era
In this New York Times op-ed, Professor Mary Elise Sarotte shares her expert insights as a historian to shed light on the current geopolitical period in the West's relationship with Russia.
