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Sports Diplomacy: A Cold War Retrospective

On the occasion of the 2018 Winter Games, revisit the delicate dance of sports diplomacy during the Cold War in our Olympics Retrospective podcast series.
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Austria, German Unification, and European Integration: A Brief Historical Background

Austria, German Unification, and European Integration: A Brief Historical Background

By: Michael Gehler and Maximilian Graf

China’s Policy of Conciliation and Reduction and its Impact on Boundary Negotiations and Settlements in the Early 1960s

Zhou Enlai toasts with a group of Indian journalists in Beijing, October 26, 1954 (Source: 42070, Photo Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India)

China’s Policy of Conciliation and Reduction and its Impact on Boundary Negotiations and Settlements in the Early 1960s

By: Eric Hyer

The Return to War: North Vietnamese Decision-Making, 1973-1975

Fall of Saigon, April 1975

The Return to War: North Vietnamese Decision-Making, 1973-1975

By: George J. Veith and Merle Pribbenow
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The Cold War International History Project supports the full and prompt release of historical materials by governments on all sides of the Cold War, and seeks to accelerate the process of integrating new sources, materials and perspectives from the former "Communist bloc" with the historiography of the Cold War. // Read more

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Publication Series

  • Working Papers

    The Cold War International History Project Working Paper Series is designed to provide a speedy outlet for historians who have gained access to newly-available archives and sources and would like to share their results.

  • e-Dossiers

    Cold War International History Project “e-Dossiers” present new and important accessions to the CWIHP Digital Archive. New documents are added to the Digital Archive and introduced by leading scholars of Cold War history, who provide background and context for this new archival evidence.

  • CWIHP Bulletin

    The Cold War International History Project's flagship publication.

  • CWIHP Book Series

    Cold War International History Project books published by Woodrow Wilson Center Press with Stanford University Press.

  • Document Readers

    Large collections of documents complied by the Cold War International History Project for scholarly conferences and events.

  • CWIHP Publication Indexes

    Publications are indexed by subject keyword and article title.

Experts & Staff

Christian F. Ostermann
Director, History and Public Policy Program; Cold War International History Project; North Korea Documentation Project; Nuclear Proliferation International History Project
Pieter Biersteker
Editorial Assistant
Laura Deal
Digital Projects Librarian
Charles Kraus
Program Lead, History and Public Policy Program
Kayla Orta
Program Assistant
Kian Byrne
Program Assistant