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. ⚾️
Pinned
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...
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
Reposted by Christopher McKnight Nichols
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
Reposted by Christopher McKnight Nichols
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...
Reposted by Christopher McKnight Nichols
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.🗃️
Reposted by Christopher McKnight Nichols
🗃️ 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.
Reposted by Christopher McKnight Nichols
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
Reposted by Christopher McKnight Nichols
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
Reposted by Christopher McKnight Nichols
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…🗃️
Reposted by Christopher McKnight Nichols
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" ...
Reposted by Christopher McKnight Nichols
Just after the election let's talk executive authority and the history of how we got to this era of enormous presidential power + party politics ... honored & delighted to be involved, Thurs Nov 6 6pm Center for Presidential History at SMU, with some amazing panelists blog.smu.edu/cph/event/th...
November 6, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Just after the election let's talk executive authority and the history of how we got to this era of enormous presidential power + party politics ... honored & delighted to be involved, Thurs Nov 6 6pm Center for Presidential History at SMU, with some amazing panelists blog.smu.edu/cph/event/th...
Reposted by Christopher McKnight Nichols
The Trump administration can't keep planes in the sky, people employed, or children from starving
Fox & Friends displays a graphic of the 40 airports where flights will be reduced starting today during interview with Sean Duffy
November 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The Trump administration can't keep planes in the sky, people employed, or children from starving
Reposted by Christopher McKnight Nichols
ATTN: SHAFR grad students and early career scholars
Applications for the Ernest May Fellowship in History and Policy at the @belfercenter.bsky.social are due 12/1.
tinyurl.com/mvj3hckx
Applications for the Ernest May Fellowship in History and Policy at the @belfercenter.bsky.social are due 12/1.
tinyurl.com/mvj3hckx
Ernest May Fellowship in History and Policy
The Ernest May Fellowship in History and Policy of the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs aims to help build the next generation of men and women who will bri...
tinyurl.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
ATTN: SHAFR grad students and early career scholars
Applications for the Ernest May Fellowship in History and Policy at the @belfercenter.bsky.social are due 12/1.
tinyurl.com/mvj3hckx
Applications for the Ernest May Fellowship in History and Policy at the @belfercenter.bsky.social are due 12/1.
tinyurl.com/mvj3hckx
Just after the election let's talk executive authority and the history of how we got to this era of enormous presidential power + party politics ... honored & delighted to be involved, Thurs Nov 6 6pm Center for Presidential History at SMU, with some amazing panelists blog.smu.edu/cph/event/th...
November 6, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Just after the election let's talk executive authority and the history of how we got to this era of enormous presidential power + party politics ... honored & delighted to be involved, Thurs Nov 6 6pm Center for Presidential History at SMU, with some amazing panelists blog.smu.edu/cph/event/th...
Reposted by Christopher McKnight Nichols
43 days later, Adelita Grijalva has still not been sworn-in
In the meantime, constituents looking to the US House website for information to get assistance..... see this message instead =====>
In the meantime, constituents looking to the US House website for information to get assistance..... see this message instead =====>
November 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
43 days later, Adelita Grijalva has still not been sworn-in
In the meantime, constituents looking to the US House website for information to get assistance..... see this message instead =====>
In the meantime, constituents looking to the US House website for information to get assistance..... see this message instead =====>
Reposted by Christopher McKnight Nichols
Brilliant. Should be a model everywhere
I've seen this go by a few times on TikTok now and I have to say, I love this idea. We need a way to convince people to keep running even if they don't win, maybe building the loss into it as a troll move is the secret.
November 6, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Brilliant. Should be a model everywhere
Reposted by Christopher McKnight Nichols
We need to remember that local/state elections are, in fact, local. Each segment of our citizenry has specific concerns & needs. We vote for the candidate that promises to address those specific needs within the overall political landscape… but remain committed to those who voted them into office.
November 6, 2025 at 2:02 AM
We need to remember that local/state elections are, in fact, local. Each segment of our citizenry has specific concerns & needs. We vote for the candidate that promises to address those specific needs within the overall political landscape… but remain committed to those who voted them into office.
We knew this was going to happen
November 6, 2025 at 2:52 AM
We knew this was going to happen
Reposted by Christopher McKnight Nichols
oh my god they actually did it lmao
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
oh my god they actually did it lmao