Christopher McKnight Nichols
@cmcknichols.bsky.social
Historian, Hayes Chair @OhioState Mershon Ctr Carnegie Fellow 6 Books: Ideology in US Foreign Relations, Rethinking American Grand Strategy, Promise & Peril. Isolationism, Internationalism, Globalization. ⚾️
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Thrilled that Ideology in U.S. Foreign Relations: New Histories, co-edited with David Milne, @columbiaup.bsky.social, has been awarded the International Studies Association's 2023 Joseph Fletcher Prize for Best Edited Book in Historical International Relations. cup.columbia.edu/book/ideolog...
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Wonderful to see this news that the Kennan Institute will continue its vital work, now as an independent center.
Dismantled by DOGE, a Foreign Policy Center Finds New Life
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Wonderful to see this news that the Kennan Institute will continue its vital work, now as an independent center.
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
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"the trajectory is really really really good if you look at it." 🤔
November 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"the trajectory is really really really good if you look at it." 🤔
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That first Joint Chiefs Chairman in 1949, General Omar Bradley, when it became the Department of Defense, was so mistaken, unqualified, politically correct. Wait, what? ...🗃️ ahec.armywarcollege.edu/exhibits/Bra...
November 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
That first Joint Chiefs Chairman in 1949, General Omar Bradley, when it became the Department of Defense, was so mistaken, unqualified, politically correct. Wait, what? ...🗃️ ahec.armywarcollege.edu/exhibits/Bra...
The US Early Cold Warriors, those architects of the 1947 National Security Act, they were soooooo politically correct.🗃️
Trump: "We have officially renamed the Dept of Defense back to the original name, Dept of War. And remember we won World War 1, we won World War 2, we won everything in between. We won everything that came before. And then we brilliantly decided to change the name. We became politically correct"
November 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The US Early Cold Warriors, those architects of the 1947 National Security Act, they were soooooo politically correct.🗃️
Been saying this for a while. Thought it isn't likely & won't be very public, it is clear LOTS of international "partners" of the US are sharing less + sharing selectively when it comes to intelligence that used to be easily shared w/US counterparts. Expected, understandable, & very dangerous.
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Been saying this for a while. Thought it isn't likely & won't be very public, it is clear LOTS of international "partners" of the US are sharing less + sharing selectively when it comes to intelligence that used to be easily shared w/US counterparts. Expected, understandable, & very dangerous.
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Come out to our November chapter meeting this Thursday! RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/aaup-...
We have a ton to talk after the rally on 11/7 & the fight for free speech & academic freedom at all levels. Whether you’re a regular or it’s your first meeting, your voice is what we need to hear.
We have a ton to talk after the rally on 11/7 & the fight for free speech & academic freedom at all levels. Whether you’re a regular or it’s your first meeting, your voice is what we need to hear.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Come out to our November chapter meeting this Thursday! RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/aaup-...
We have a ton to talk after the rally on 11/7 & the fight for free speech & academic freedom at all levels. Whether you’re a regular or it’s your first meeting, your voice is what we need to hear.
We have a ton to talk after the rally on 11/7 & the fight for free speech & academic freedom at all levels. Whether you’re a regular or it’s your first meeting, your voice is what we need to hear.
I think the framing of this as the era of the third red scare might very well fit … tragically of course and with many historical differences
Over the last 10 months, the federal government has cracked down on political expression with a persistence and viciousness reminiscent of some of the darkest periods of U.S. history. Welcome to the Third Red Scare.
The First Amendment Won’t Go Quietly
Welcome to the third Red Scare.
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I think the framing of this as the era of the third red scare might very well fit … tragically of course and with many historical differences
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The proposal's definitions of "race ideology" and "gender ideology" are exactly as thoughtful and workable as you'd expect
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The proposal's definitions of "race ideology" and "gender ideology" are exactly as thoughtful and workable as you'd expect
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November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Ohio State is in the news for such sad reasons. These cuts, policies are a shame & hurt us all. It’s time to bring back the good & to stop federal + state attacks on higher ed!! Trump administration cuts canceled this college student’s career start in politics hechingerreport.org/trump-admini...
Trump administration cuts canceled this college student’s career start in politics
This story was produced in partnership with Teen Vogue and reprinted with permission. This story also appeared in Teen Vogue Christopher Cade wants to be president someday. His inspiration largely co...
hechingerreport.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Ohio State is in the news for such sad reasons. These cuts, policies are a shame & hurt us all. It’s time to bring back the good & to stop federal + state attacks on higher ed!! Trump administration cuts canceled this college student’s career start in politics hechingerreport.org/trump-admini...
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
Talking about Trump-Xi meeting, diplomacy, & dealing, US-Asia relations now, & their significance in historical perspective, with a comparison to the rising powers & competition of the late 19th Century Sunday cover story The News On Sunday🗃️ www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1...
Winds of change | Encore | thenews.com.pk
Presidents Trump, Xi agree to de-escalate the trade war that has roiled global markets
www.thenews.com.pk
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Talking about Trump-Xi meeting, diplomacy, & dealing, US-Asia relations now, & their significance in historical perspective, with a comparison to the rising powers & competition of the late 19th Century Sunday cover story The News On Sunday🗃️ www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1...
When a party leader of any type cannot wrangle their caucus to do or not do things in the best interest of the whole, factions emerge & chart their own path, that is fine, but it is a failure of leadership & a failure of collective action. Plain & simple. Past, present, & future. For any party.🗃️
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
When a party leader of any type cannot wrangle their caucus to do or not do things in the best interest of the whole, factions emerge & chart their own path, that is fine, but it is a failure of leadership & a failure of collective action. Plain & simple. Past, present, & future. For any party.🗃️
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🗃️ HUGE thanks to all who made the #USIH2025 conference such a great success! Lucky to find time in the #Detroit Institute of Arts between panels, go! @susih.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
🗃️ HUGE thanks to all who made the #USIH2025 conference such a great success! Lucky to find time in the #Detroit Institute of Arts between panels, go! @susih.bsky.social
Unless you get something tangible, and verifiable, in return negotiating away your leverage is absurd.
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Unless you get something tangible, and verifiable, in return negotiating away your leverage is absurd.
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Kazin’s contribution is essentially available in TNR newrepublic.com/article/1947...
What America Made of Marx
Tracing the leftist icon’s influence on the history of the United States
newrepublic.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Kazin’s contribution is essentially available in TNR newrepublic.com/article/1947...
If this plane ever takes off will be at #USIH2025 - looks like the sessions have been amazing so far
Come on out -- such excellent content, topics, scholars, and intellectual community (we need it these days, don't we?!) -- the #USIH2025 Conference in Detroit Nov 6-8 is going to be great!🗃️
🗃️ Pssst @susih.bsky.social friends, look forward to seeing you in Detroit! Do register now for #USIH2025 and note that our hotel room block is nearly sold out! Click on through for details s-usih.org/conference/s...
November 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
If this plane ever takes off will be at #USIH2025 - looks like the sessions have been amazing so far
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Are you presenting at the S-USIH annual meeting in Detroit this weekend? Consider submitting an article version of your conference paper to Modern American History! #USIH2025
November 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Are you presenting at the S-USIH annual meeting in Detroit this weekend? Consider submitting an article version of your conference paper to Modern American History! #USIH2025
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From a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson, who calls today's preliminary injunction an "extreme act" by an "activist judge."
"We shall appeal."
"We shall appeal."
November 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
From a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson, who calls today's preliminary injunction an "extreme act" by an "activist judge."
"We shall appeal."
"We shall appeal."
One of my favorite things is getting together with other scholars to discuss their work and workshop chapters of a book or project together, it reminds us just how much we operate in community and conversation, and how essential that is…🗃️
November 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
One of my favorite things is getting together with other scholars to discuss their work and workshop chapters of a book or project together, it reminds us just how much we operate in community and conversation, and how essential that is…🗃️
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ICE targeting pre-schools. Let that sink in ... definitive proof, as if anyone needed any more of that, that ICE and federal law enforcement is not at all going after and selectively targeting the "worst of the worst" ...
November 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
ICE targeting pre-schools. Let that sink in ... definitive proof, as if anyone needed any more of that, that ICE and federal law enforcement is not at all going after and selectively targeting the "worst of the worst" ...