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The Emir Farid Chehab Collection

The History and Public Policy Program unveils the Emir Farid Chehab Collection, an unparalleled resource for the study of Lebanese history and developments across the Middle East in the 20th century.
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The August 1968 Red Square Protest and Its Legacy

Central Asia and the Global Cold War

Abdullahad Kakhorov meeting with the Prime Minister of Afghanistan Mohammed Hashim in Dushanbe, 1966. Source: RIA Novosti.

"Da, da" or "nyet, nyet"? Brezhnev, Tanaka, and the Unresolved Russo-Japanese Territorial Dispute

Leonid Brezhnev, 1974

North Korea and Grenada: Unlikely Allies United by Anti-Imperialism, 1979-1983

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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

Primary Sources on Cold War History

Sport in the Cold War Podcast

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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
Charles Kraus
Senior Program Associate, History and Public Policy Program
Pieter Biersteker
Editorial Assistant
Kian Byrne
Program Assistant