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If you have some free time on the beach or at work during this summer (in which case, good luck!), there is a very good discussion of the current state of diplomacy by Chas Freeman and Ian Proud, who reflect on their past experiences and the future of the profession. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXdG...
Send in the Clowns | Why Real Diplomacy Has Collapsed in the West: Ambassador Chas Freeman
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Finally, Jeremy also read Amos C. Fox's "Maneuver is Dead: Land Warfare in the Twenty-First Century", which focuses exclusively on contemporary warfare and the challenges facing 21st-century armies. newdiplomatichistory.org/maneuver-is-...
Maneuver is Dead: Land Warfare in the Twenty-First Century
Amos C. Fox, Maneuver is Dead: Land Warfare in the Twenty-First Century. London: Bloomsbury, 2026. £85. Reviewed by Jeremy Black Thoughtful books on war are central to diplomatic history, for diplo…
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Jeremy Black's criticism of Valerie Hudson and Benjamin Day's "Foreign Policy Analysis: Classic and Contemporary Theory" centre around the all-too-common issue of presentism, which unfortunately hinders the book's usefulness for diplomatic history. newdiplomatichistory.org/foreign-poli...
Foreign Policy Analysis: Classic and Contemporary Theory
Valerie Hudson and Benjamin Day, Foreign Policy Analysis: Classic and Contemporary Theory, 4th ed. London: Bloomsbury, 2026. £34.99. Reviewed by Jeremy Black Having recently published a book The Na…
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Jeremy Black reviews Brendan Simms's "The Return of the Great Powers" (Basic Books, 2026), with strong criticism of its numerous shortcomings and the weakness of its conclusions. newdiplomatichistory.org/the-return-o...
The Return of the Great Powers
Brendan Simms, The Return of the Great Powers. London: Basic Books, 2026. £25. Reviewed by Jeremy Black Puffed widely on its covers, this is a book that is problematic from its first paragraph wher…
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The latest issue of Diplomatica is out (vol. 8, no. 1, April 2026)! It is fully open access, so check it out here: newdiplomatichistory.org/journal/
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Latest issue: Vol. 8, No. 1 (June 2026) Table of Contents Articles Megan Armknecht Violations and Inviolability: The 1815 Kozlov Affair and Diplomatic Households in Early U.S.-Russian Relations Emm…
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Jervis Forum Roundtable 17-42 on Davy, Defrosting the Cold War and Beyond The historical record of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) and its successor, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has been a mixed one. In general, scholars of Cold War…
Jervis Forum Roundtable 17-42 on Davy, Defrosting the Cold War and Beyond
The historical record of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) and its successor, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has been a mixed one. In general, scholars of Cold War history have had difficulty in getting the balance right with the CSCE. Its significance has been both over- and underestimated, especially its contribution, or its irrelevance, to the largely peaceful end of the Cold War and how transnational human rights activism and institutionalized multilateral diplomacy contributed to it.
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¡Nuevo seminario DIPLOINMED! El jueves 11 a las 11 tenemos la sesión conjunta "Muerte y dinero en el mar: esclavos y cautivos en el Mediterráneo atlántico de la primera mitad del siglo XVII", con María Samper Serra (UCM-IH) e Ismael García Cáceres (UCM-IH). Online en conecta.csic.es/rooms/rub-iy...
New gift access link to my 1st article with DH - learn about the 1st British diplomat to the US after the Am revolution & his work w/ Hamilton to enact GW’s foreign policy vs Jefferson’s anti-British redirection #SHAFR academic.oup.com/dh/advance-a...
The Diplomacy of George Hammond: British Influence in George Washington’s Cabinet*
In January 1799, in a passionate article titled “Foreign Influence,” James Madison attempted to persuade US citizens that British influence presented an im
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Jeremy's review of Saori Katada and @k-since2024.bsky.social 's "Japan’s Grand Strategy Liminal Power in an Uncertain World" (OUP, 2026) discusses this "theoretical interrogation of past and present" regarding Japan's foreign policy since 1868. newdiplomatichistory.org/japans-grand...
Japan’s Grand Strategy
Saori Katada and Kei Koga, Japan’s Grand Strategy Liminal Power in an Uncertain World. Oxford Studies in Grand Strategy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2026. Pp. xviii and 283. £99. Reviewed by J…
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A new article by @immapetito.bsky.social brings Anglo-Neapolitan diplomacy under a new light by exploring the 1475 investitute into the Order of the Garter of Federico da Montefeltro and its implications. @shoc-vub.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social @academic.oup.com academic.oup.com/histres/adva...
Federico da Montefeltro, architect of all undertakings of Ferrante: the diplomatic policy of Edward IV of York between Naples and Rome, 1474–5*
Abstract. This article re-dates Federico da Montefeltro’s investiture into the Order of the Garter to early 1475 and reframes it as Aragonese-brokered dipl
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In "The War that Made the Middle East. World War One and the End of the Ottoman Empire" (Princeton UP, 2026), Mustafa Aksakal argues that the collapse of the Ottoman Empire was chiefly caused by its role in WW1, a position that Jeremy Black disputes. newdiplomatichistory.org/the-war-that...
The War that Made the Middle East
Mustafa Aksakal, The War that Made the Middle East. World War One and the End of the Ottoman Empire. Princeton University Press, 2026. £28. Reviewed by Jeremy Black This vigorous book is an engaged…
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Jeremy offers a critical review of Hal Brands's "The Eurasian Century. Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and the Making of the Modern World", by discussing the oversights of his broad-reaching conclusions on international relations. newdiplomatichistory.org/the-eurasian...
The Eurasian Century
Hal Brands, The Eurasian Century. Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and the Making of the Modern World. W. W. Norton and Company, 2025. £22.99. Reviewed by Jeremy Black High marks for ambition, but lower for ac…
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In A. Wess Mitchell's new book, "Great Power Diplomacy. The Skill of Statecraft from Attila the Hun to Kissinger" (Princeton UP, 2025), offers several case studies of the benefits of diplomacy throughout history. A review by Jeremy Black. newdiplomatichistory.org/great-power-...
Great Power Diplomacy
A. Wess Mitchell, Great Power Diplomacy. The Skill of Statecraft from Attila the Hun to Kissinger. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2025. £30. Reviewed by Jeremy Black Blurbed on the back by …
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Jeremy also reviewed the 100th anniversary edition of J. Franklin Jameson's "The American Revolution Considered as a Social Movement" (Princeton UP, 2025) and what it brings to the study of the birth of the United States. newdiplomatichistory.org/geopolitics-...
Geopolitics? Social Movement? Political Breakdown: The American Revolution
J. Franklin Jameson, The American Revolution Considered as a Social Movement, 100th Anniversary Edition with a new foreword by Michael A. Blaakman and Sarah Barringer Gordon. Princeton: Princeton U…
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Book review alert: Jeremy Black reviews Thomas Barfield's "Shadow Empires. An Alternative Imperial History" (Princeton UP, 2023), in which the notion of "shadow empire" is introduced as an analytical tool to better include the peripheries. newdiplomatichistory.org/the-geopolit...
The Geopolitics of Empire
Thomas Barfield, Shadow Empires. An Alternative Imperial History. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2023, £30.00. Reviewed by Jeremy Black The vexed nature of empire is best handled by an unde…
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Drs. Charlotte Faucher and Charlotte Lerg are organising a workshop on "Diplomats in Public: Training and Practices of Media Engagement During Decolonisation and After" on 16 October on Zoom. Please send your proposals before 29 May! For more information: newdiplomatichistory.org/calls-for-pa...
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22 March 2026 Scoping ‘New Diplomatic History’ in Asia CALL FOR PROPOSALS DEADLINE: 30 March 2026 The New Diplomatic History Network (NDHN) was established in 2011 as a collaborative, i…
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Profs. Naoko Shimazu and Tim Winter are organising a workshop on "Scoping 'New Diplomatic History' in Asia". If you are interested in discussing the possibilities of NDH in an Asian context, please send a proposal before 30 March! Details are available here: ari.nus.edu.sg/events/diplo...
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🏅 The Francesco Guicciardini Prize for Best Book in Historical International Relations Committee: Hendrik Spruyt (Chair), Mlada Bukovansky, Maïa Pal This year's award goes to ... 🥁 Patricia Owens for "Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men" (Princeton)
Available open access, Gareth Knapman's 'Sovereignty and Treaties as Colonial Instruments: The British Occupation of Java 1811-1815', Jnl of Imp & Commonwealth Hist. #Skystorians
Sovereignty and Treaties as Colonial Instruments: The British Occupation of Java 1811–1815
This article examines how sovereignty and treaties functioned as colonial instruments during the British occupation of Java (1811–1815). The British East India Company imposed the language of sover...
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A new call for papers is out! The International Coalitions for Peace in the Era of Decolonization research project @unileiden.bsky.social is organising a conference on "Peace Movements - A Global History". Apply before 9 March 2026! More details at www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2026...
Call for Papers: Peace Movements - A Global History
From the First World War until the height of the Cold War, actors from the decolonizing world sought to build connections with international peace movements. These efforts produced new networks and pr...
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It's wonderful to see advance copies of 'Women and Transnational Cultural Exchange' out in the world. I had a wonderful time editing this book with @breerob-kirk.bsky.social. More news soon on our wonderful contributors! Publication date: 19 February. @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social
Thankful to @johnfea1.bsky.social for great questions about *Entangled Alliances* (@cornellupress.bsky.social) in The Author’s Corner! Check out the blog post.📚⬇️ thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/01/06/t...
The Author’s Corner with Ronald Angelo Johnson
Ronald Angelo Johnson is Ralph and Bessie Mae Lynn Endowed Chair of History and Associate Professor at Baylor University. This interview is based on his new book, Entangled Alliances: Racialized Fr…
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Jeremy Black has been very active on our website (and elsewhere) in the past few months: most important is an essay published this month about the relationships between strategy and politics, in which he compares eighteenth-century Britain with today's world newdiplomatichistory.org/the-politics...
The Politics of Strategic Choice; The Strategies of Political Choice
by Jeremy Black In discussing strategy there can be a misleading tendency to focus on prominent strategic thinkers but without offering due contextualisation. For the latter, in assessing strategy,…
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Our latest issue of #Diplomatica is out ! Volume 7.2 is here, with great contributions on topics such as Ferrante I of Naples, and Chinese literary diplomacy. It includes a debate around a manifesto for new diplomatic history written by some of our members. Check it out here: tinyurl.com/Diplomatica
With Ákos Kopper from ELTE University, we have a short reflection out in Diplomatica on studying diplomacy diplomatically in reaction to a fresh Interdisciplinary Manifesto pushing the boundaries of new diplomatic history. @ndh-network.bsky.social brill.com/view/journal...
Compared to later periods, ancient European diplomacy can be an under-studied topic. This makes the IANVA (Environments for dialogue: the spaces of diplomacy in the Roman provincial sphere during the Republic) international research project even more relevant.
Can someone kindly help me with a bibliographical query? Any publications on the #Greek govt-in-exile in #WW2, beside Clogg´s & Papastratis'? I can read #Greek with some understanding but searches are difficult. @swwstudiesedin.bsky.social @ndh-network.bsky.social @greekhistory.bsky.social?
Finally, also available on our website since this summer is an appeal by Wiebke Denecke for a new form of diplomatic intelligence, that can renew the status quo and be up to the challenges of our time. newdiplomatichistory.org/the-world-ne...
The World Needs New Forms of Intelligence: New Diplomatics and the Power of DQ
by Wiebke Denecke A government bombing the capital of another state. A national delegation leaving the UN General Assembly protesting a resolution against an aggressive state. A church community ex…
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The website has also been enriched by two new book reviews by Jeremy Black. The first is of T. Burnard and A. O’Shaughnessy's "Republic and Empire. Crisis, Revolution, and America’s Early Independence" (2025), a general-public retelling of the US's birth: newdiplomatichistory.org/republic-and...
Republic and Empire. Crisis, Revolution, and America’s Early Independence
Trevor Burnard and Andrew O’Shaughnessy, Republic and Empire. Crisis, Revolution, and America’s Early Independence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2025 Reviewed by Jeremy Black Books like this a…
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