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Former CWIHP Fellow Publishes New Book on the Sino-Soviet Split
May 24, 2012
Former CWIHP Fellow Jordan Baev publishes new book on the Eastern European perspective of the Sino-Soviet split. more
Between Scylla and Charybdis: US Cold War Strategy and the Question of Democracy in South Korea, 1961-1972
June 05, 2012 // 3:30pm — 5:00pm
Wilson Center History and Public Policy Scholar Sang-Yoon Ma will present on "Between Scylla and Charybdis: US Cold War Strategy and the Question of Democracy in South Korea, 1961-1972" more
A Chronology of the History of the Soviet Bloc, 1945-1991: Part 1, 1945-1950
May 21, 2012
The Cold War History Research Center in Budapest is pleased to announce it has recently published "A Chronology of the History of the Soviet Bloc, 1945-1991: Part 1, 1945-1950" edited by Csaba Bekes, founding director of the Cold War History Research Center and visiting professor at Columbia University. more
Former CWIHP Fellow Publishes New Book on the Sino-Soviet Split
May 24, 2012Former CWIHP Fellow Jordan Baev publishes new book on the Eastern European perspective of the Sino-Soviet split.
A Chronology of the History of the Soviet Bloc, 1945-1991: Part 1, 1945-1950
May 21, 2012The Cold War History Research Center in Budapest is pleased to announce it has recently published "A Chronology of the History of the Soviet Bloc, 1945-1991: Part 1, 1945-1950" edited by Csaba Bekes, founding director of the Cold War History Research Center and visiting professor at Columbia University.
European Studies Welcomes Title VIII Summer Research Scholar Piotr Kosicki
May 14, 2012European Studies is pleased to welcome summer research scholar Piotr Kosicki, who will be in residence at the Center until June 30, 2012 working on a project titled, “Between Catechism and Revolution: Poland, Socialism, and Catholic Politics, 1878-1991.”
HAPP Partners Author Article in Diplomatic History
May 02, 2012David Palkki and Hal Brands publish "'Conspiring Bastards': Saddam Hussein's Strategic View of the United States" in Diplomatic History.
Between Scylla and Charybdis: US Cold War Strategy and the Question of Democracy in South Korea, 1961-1972
June 05, 2012 // 3:30pm — 5:00pm
Wilson Center History and Public Policy Scholar Sang-Yoon Ma will present on "Between Scylla and Charybdis: US Cold War Strategy and the Question of Democracy in South Korea, 1961-1972"
Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam
September 05, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Tapping into newly accessible diplomatic archives in several nations, Fredrik Logevall, John S. Knight Professor of International Studies at Cornell University traces the path that led two Western nations to lose their way in Vietnam in his latest book entitled Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam.
Delicate Dance: The United States, Burma, and the Cold War, 1948-1965
May 09, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
An examination of an oft-forgotten partnership during the early Cold War era.
New Documents Spotlight Reagan-era Tensions over Pakistani Nuclear Program
Findings that General Zia Had “Lied” About Pakistani Nuclear Activities Conflicted with U.S. Afghanistan Priority
e-Dossier No. 33 - North Vietnam's "Talk-Fight" Strategy and the 1968 Peace Negotiations with the United States
CWIHP is pleased to announce the addition of 13 new documents to its online Digital Archive. The newly translated documents released today reveal the Vietnamese Communist Party's "Talk-Fight" negotiation strategy, first described by First Secretary Le Duan in a 1965 speech and put into action during initial 1968 peace talks.
e-Dossier No. 31 - Secret Soviet-Israeli Negotiations on the Eve of the Yom-Kippur War
CWIHP is pleased to announce the addition of a new document to its online Digital Archive. The document released today is a secret 1973 conversation between Mordechai Gazit, General Director of the Prime Minister’s Office, and Soviet journalist Victor Louis.
President Nixon Visits China: The Week That Changed the World
J. Stapleton Roy, Director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States; Douglas Spelman, Deputy Director of the Kissinger Institute; Yafeng Xia, Associate Professor of History at Long Island University in New York.
Anna-Mart Van Wyk
Senior Lecturer and Head, International Studies, School of Arts, Monash University, South Africa
Anna-Mart van Wyk is a senior lecturer and chair of International Studies at Monash University’s South African campus, where she teaches courses on arms control and international security, diplomacy in international relations, and post-1945 world history. Presently, she is a public policy scholar at...
