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How FDR invented national security, and why Democrats need to move on from it

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.

A presidential speech in 1937 marked an unexpected turn in U.S. strategic thought.

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.

Beijing’s deep doubts about Russia and North Korea.

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...

We are seeking to appoint The Fennell Career Development Fellow in the History of the Americas

The Russell Group universities, which also plan to cut courses such as nursing and music, are struggling with a funding shortfall

As he has told us many times, Donald Trump knows a lot about winning. But for all we know about the man and his methods, we still don’t know how he thinks

If Trump’s first term is any indication, Foggy Bottom won’t have it easy in the years ahead.

If Trump’s first term is any indication, Foggy Bottom won’t have it easy in the years ahead.

Money and education no longer explain voting patterns.

Normalizing Relations from the Cold War to the Present: Continuing War, Pursuing Peace, and Building Empire - Volume 7 Issue 3

Power abroad comes with dysfunction at home.

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...

This is a live page of all the redundancies, restructures, reorganisations, and closures taking place across the sector at the moment. Solidarity to all. This sector is vital to the country’s…

The next U.S. president’s foreign-policy appointees ultimately won’t matter much.

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the YearHow the fight for civil rights in America became an important front in the Cold War