David Milne
@davidjmilne.bsky.social
Author of Worldmaking (FSG, 2015) and America's Rasputin (Hill and Wang, 2008). For more see davidmilne.info.
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If you are an advanced PhD student working on US foreign relations or early career scholar in the area, check this out and consider applying to the #SHAFR Summer Institute being hosted by the @mershoncenter.bsky.social at The Ohio State University in June 2026🗃️: mershoncenter.osu.edu/events/socie...
July 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
If you are an advanced PhD student working on US foreign relations or early career scholar in the area, check this out and consider applying to the #SHAFR Summer Institute being hosted by the @mershoncenter.bsky.social at The Ohio State University in June 2026🗃️: mershoncenter.osu.edu/events/socie...
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Call for submissions on Nuclear History for @oah.org blog Process. This is for you @shafrhistorians.bsky.social & others.
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OAH | Calls for SubmissionsOAH | Calls for Submissions
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July 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Call for submissions on Nuclear History for @oah.org blog Process. This is for you @shafrhistorians.bsky.social & others.
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Out from paywall (and super-relevant imho) - my latest newrepublic.com/article/1961...
Why America Got a Warfare State, Not a Welfare State
How FDR invented national security, and why Democrats need to move on from it
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June 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Out from paywall (and super-relevant imho) - my latest newrepublic.com/article/1961...
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Looking forward to seeing friends and colleagues at #SHAFR2025 this week! Join us on Saturday morning for our roundtable on The Global Cold War ✨
June 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Looking forward to seeing friends and colleagues at #SHAFR2025 this week! Join us on Saturday morning for our roundtable on The Global Cold War ✨
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Daniel Immerwahr with a timely @newyorker.com piece on "Tariff Man" Trump's William McKinley infatuation. Especially one for all you historians of the Gilded Age.
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Why Donald Trump Is Obsessed with a President from the Gilded Age
William McKinley led a country defined by tariffs and colonial wars. There’s a reason Trump is so drawn to his legacy—and so determined to bring the liberal international order to an end.
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June 19, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Daniel Immerwahr with a timely @newyorker.com piece on "Tariff Man" Trump's William McKinley infatuation. Especially one for all you historians of the Gilded Age.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
An excerpt in @foreignpolicy.com from Andrew Preston's superb new book, Total Defense: The New Deal and the Invention of National Security.
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How FDR Invented National Security
A presidential speech in 1937 marked an unexpected turn in U.S. strategic thought.
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June 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
An excerpt in @foreignpolicy.com from Andrew Preston's superb new book, Total Defense: The New Deal and the Invention of National Security.
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foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/30/f...
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H-Diplo Roundtable on Pax Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World
H-Diplo Roundtable on Pax Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World
H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum Roundtable Review 16-39 Marc-William Palen, Pax Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World. Princeton University Press, 2024. ISBN: 9780691199320. 19 May 2025 | PDF: | Website: rjissf.org | Twitter: @HDiplo Editor: Diane LabrosseCommissioning Editor: Diane LabrosseProduction Editor: Christopher BallPre-Production Copy Editor: Bethany S. Keenan Contents Introduction by Jamie Martin, Harvard University.
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May 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
H-Diplo Roundtable on Pax Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World
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I *think* i have a cover for my book. The art is from a painting “Journey into Freedom” by an old friend Shakti Kroopkin. www.shaktikroopkin.com
April 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I *think* i have a cover for my book. The art is from a painting “Journey into Freedom” by an old friend Shakti Kroopkin. www.shaktikroopkin.com
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We're excited to announce the line-up of speakers for our upcoming GHIL Summer Lecture Series! 📣
We're kicking off our summer programme on 6 May with a lecture by David Milne (@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social) on 'Sigrid Schultz, the Chicago Tribune, and the Third Reich'! 📅
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We're kicking off our summer programme on 6 May with a lecture by David Milne (@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social) on 'Sigrid Schultz, the Chicago Tribune, and the Third Reich'! 📅
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April 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
We're excited to announce the line-up of speakers for our upcoming GHIL Summer Lecture Series! 📣
We're kicking off our summer programme on 6 May with a lecture by David Milne (@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social) on 'Sigrid Schultz, the Chicago Tribune, and the Third Reich'! 📅
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We're kicking off our summer programme on 6 May with a lecture by David Milne (@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social) on 'Sigrid Schultz, the Chicago Tribune, and the Third Reich'! 📅
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Or does it? If not, it’s up to Beijing to walk the walk, not just talk the talk. Cold War lessons for our current predicament. Latest from me for Foreign Affairs. www.foreignaffairs.com/china/china-...
China Doesn’t Want to Lead an Axis
Beijing’s deep doubts about Russia and North Korea.
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February 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Or does it? If not, it’s up to Beijing to walk the walk, not just talk the talk. Cold War lessons for our current predicament. Latest from me for Foreign Affairs. www.foreignaffairs.com/china/china-...
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I'm happy to see this generous roundtable review of Days of Opportunity in H-Diplo.
Thanks to @susiecolbourn.bsky.social, Jayita Sarkar, Umberto Tulli, Carter Malkasian, and Terry Anderson for their thoughtful contributions.
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Thanks to @susiecolbourn.bsky.social, Jayita Sarkar, Umberto Tulli, Carter Malkasian, and Terry Anderson for their thoughtful contributions.
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H-Diplo|RJISSF Roundtable Review 16-23 on Rakove, _Days of Opportunity_ | H-Net
H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies ForumRoundtable Review 16-23Robert B. Rakove. Days of Opportunity: The United States and Afghanistan Before the Soviet Invasion. Columbia Univers...
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February 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I'm happy to see this generous roundtable review of Days of Opportunity in H-Diplo.
Thanks to @susiecolbourn.bsky.social, Jayita Sarkar, Umberto Tulli, Carter Malkasian, and Terry Anderson for their thoughtful contributions.
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
Thanks to @susiecolbourn.bsky.social, Jayita Sarkar, Umberto Tulli, Carter Malkasian, and Terry Anderson for their thoughtful contributions.
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Debunking US exceptionalism is featured in this morning’s Chartbook Top Link. For more insight, sign up here: tinyurl.com/39wmtk4c
February 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Debunking US exceptionalism is featured in this morning’s Chartbook Top Link. For more insight, sign up here: tinyurl.com/39wmtk4c
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Please share with any postdocs in the History of the Americas who would like to join the brilliant and eclectic bunch of historians at Edinburgh University - 3 years, mainly research.
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The Fennell Career Development Fellow in the History of the Americas
We are seeking to appoint The Fennell Career Development Fellow in the History of the Americas
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January 30, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Please share with any postdocs in the History of the Americas who would like to join the brilliant and eclectic bunch of historians at Edinburgh University - 3 years, mainly research.
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History of UK HE in the last 30 years follows the repeated sequence (1) politicians demand universities act in a certain way (2) uni managements comply against academic misgivings (3) effects are uncongenial for politicians (4) pundits denounce universities for acting that way, echoed by politicians
Durham and Cardiff universities to cut hundreds of jobs
The Russell Group universities, which also plan to cut courses such as nursing and music, are struggling with a funding shortfall
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January 30, 2025 at 9:48 AM
History of UK HE in the last 30 years follows the repeated sequence (1) politicians demand universities act in a certain way (2) uni managements comply against academic misgivings (3) effects are uncongenial for politicians (4) pundits denounce universities for acting that way, echoed by politicians
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Over the past 40 years, State has been fighting a losing battle for influence in the executive branch, David Milne writes.
The Misery of Trump’s Second State Department
If Trump’s first term is any indication, Foggy Bottom won’t have it easy in the years ahead.
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January 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Over the past 40 years, State has been fighting a losing battle for influence in the executive branch, David Milne writes.
My latest piece in @foreignpolicy.com, on another four years of pain for the State Department.
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The Misery of Trump’s Second State Department
If Trump’s first term is any indication, Foggy Bottom won’t have it easy in the years ahead.
foreignpolicy.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
My latest piece in @foreignpolicy.com, on another four years of pain for the State Department.
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You can’t understand the politics of the United States right now unless you acknowledge that there’s a third social class, the Professional-Managerial Class, which exercises control over working-class Americans, columnist Adam Tooze writes.
America Is Locked in a New Class War
Money and education no longer explain voting patterns.
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January 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
You can’t understand the politics of the United States right now unless you acknowledge that there’s a third social class, the Professional-Managerial Class, which exercises control over working-class Americans, columnist Adam Tooze writes.
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Delighted to see that my article with Amanda Demmer in Modern American History is officially+completely out Open Access: Normalizing Relations from the Cold War to the Present: Continuing War, Pursuing Peace, & Building Empire | 🗃️ #SHAFR #diplomacy #normalization www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Normalizing Relations from the Cold War to the Present: Continuing War, Pursuing Peace, and Building Empire | Modern American History | Cambridge Core
Normalizing Relations from the Cold War to the Present: Continuing War, Pursuing Peace, and Building Empire - Volume 7 Issue 3
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January 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Delighted to see that my article with Amanda Demmer in Modern American History is officially+completely out Open Access: Normalizing Relations from the Cold War to the Present: Continuing War, Pursuing Peace, & Building Empire | 🗃️ #SHAFR #diplomacy #normalization www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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"... rhino-involved goring."
This headline reads like the BBC is terrified of being sued for libel by the rhino.
January 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
"... rhino-involved goring."
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“The paradox of American power: the United States is a divided country, perpetually perceived as in decline, yet it consistently remains the wealthiest and most powerful state in the world—leaving competitors behind.” www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The Strange Triumph of a Broken America
Power abroad comes with dysfunction at home.
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January 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
“The paradox of American power: the United States is a divided country, perpetually perceived as in decline, yet it consistently remains the wealthiest and most powerful state in the world—leaving competitors behind.” www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Delighted that @foreignpolicy.com selected my piece on Trump and his foreign policy picks as one of its top five articles on US foreign policy in 2024!
As we look ahead to a second presidential term for Donald Trump—and as conflict continues in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa—it’s important to take a look back at how the events of 2024 have influenced U.S. foreign policy and what’s to come.
What 2024 Meant for U.S. Foreign Policy
The American people had a big decision to make this year, but was there ultimately more continuity than change in their choice?
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December 31, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Delighted that @foreignpolicy.com selected my piece on Trump and his foreign policy picks as one of its top five articles on US foreign policy in 2024!
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“The United States must therefore be prepared to successfully prosecute a high-end conventional war while at the same time providing face saving off-ramps to the adversary. To do otherwise risks a nuclear holocaust, as indeed occurred in three game iterations.” www.csis.org/analysis/con...
Wargaming Nuclear Deterrence and Its Failures in a U.S.–China Conflict over Taiwan
A new report informed by 15 wargame simulations examines nuclear dynamics in a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, assessing what creates the greatest pressure for nuclear weapons use in such a conflict, what...
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December 14, 2024 at 6:53 PM
“The United States must therefore be prepared to successfully prosecute a high-end conventional war while at the same time providing face saving off-ramps to the adversary. To do otherwise risks a nuclear holocaust, as indeed occurred in three game iterations.” www.csis.org/analysis/con...
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Protip: keep an eye out for Andrew Preston's new book!
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Total Defense — Harvard University Press
The story of how FDR and fellow New Dealers created the idea of national security, transforming the meaning of defense and vastly expanding the US government’s responsibilities.National security may s...
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December 8, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Protip: keep an eye out for Andrew Preston's new book!
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...