• PHD Contemporary History, University of Cologne, Germany 1992
World Area Of Focus:
• Central/Inner Asia Less than 10% • International 100% • Southeast Asia 10%-24% • Western Europe/European Union (EU) 50%-74%
Languages:
• German (native/bilingual proficiency)
Specialization:
Transatlantic relations; European integration; Cold War; EU politics; US, British, and German foreign policies in comparative perspective.
Relevant Experience:
• 2012-2050 Richard M Krasno Distinguished Professor in History and International Affairs, UNC Chapel Hill • 2012-2012 Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC (May - Aug 2012) • 2005-2011 Professor in History and International Affairs, University of Ulster, UK/N. Ireland • 2003-2005 Professor in Foreign Policy and International Relations, University of London (Royal Holloway), UK • 2002-2003 Henry A Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Affairs, Library of Congress, Washington, DC (one year appointment) • 1992-2002 Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and then Jean Monnet Professor in Politics, Queen's University Belfast, UK/N.Ireland
Distinctions:
• 1992-2012 Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC (summer 2012); Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Library of Congress, Washington, DC (2010 and 2011); Visiting Professor, Yale University, New Haven (2011); Visiting Professor in European Studies, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC (2009-2012).
Dissertations and Theses Supervised in Past 5 Years:
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Relevant Courses Taught:
• HIST 292 Britain in World Affairs: British foreign policy from 1945 to the present • HIST 397 Torn between the U.S. and Europe: Britain, Germany, and European Integration since World War II • HIST 490 The United States and the Cold War: International Perspectives • HIST 890 Transatlantic Relations & Contemporary Geopolitics: from the Cold War to the Present
Recent Publications:
• 2017 • “Donald Trump and America’s Grand Strategy: U.S. foreign policy toward Europe, Russia and China,” Global Policy Journal (UK), May 15, 2017: http://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/articles/conflict-and-security/donald-trump-and-america’s-grand-strategy-us-foreign-policy-toward-eu
• 2017 • “Reality Check: Donald Trump shies away from isolationism during his first meeting with the Chinese president,” Journal of International Politics and Society (IPS), April 11, 2017: http://www.ips-journal.eu/topics/international-relations/article/show/reality-check-1976/
• 2017 • “Hitler’s Long Shadow: Donald Trump and Angela Merkel,” E-International Relations (Feb. 8, 2017): http://www.e-ir.info/2017/02/08/hitlers-long-shadow-donald-trump-and-angela-merkel/
• 2017 • “Churchill’s ‘iron curtain’ speech in Context: the attempt to reach an ‘understanding on all points’ with Stalin’s Soviet Union,” International History Review, Vol.39/2 (March 2017), 22pp.
• 2016 • “The election of Donald Trump – Reasons and Perspectives,” (written in German), WeltTrends: Das Aussenpolitische Journal (No.122, Dec. 2016).
• 2016 • “China and Germany: The Honeymoon is Over,” The Diplomat (16 November, 2016): http://thediplomat.com/2016/11/china-and-gemany-the-honeymoon-is-over/;
• 2016 • ”Germany courts China: Leading from the Middle,” Foreign Affairs (online, May 3, 2016): https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2016-05-03/germany-courts-china;
• 2015 • “Superpowers and International Governance: a ‘might is right’ story?,” Caucasus International Journal, Vol.5/2 (summer 2015), pp.19-34: http://cijournal.az/storage/posts/101/files/Larres.pdf;
• 2014 • “Putin’s Targets: will Eastern Ukraine and northern Kazakhstan be next? (with Peter Eltsov) New Republic (online, March 10, 2014): http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116965/putins-next-targets-eastern-ukraine-and-northern-kazakhstan
• 2013 Please see my website: www.klauslarres.com
• 2012 “Great Britain and the Cold War.” In Richard Immerman and Petra Goedde (eds), Oxford Handbook on the Cold War. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• 2012 “Austria - A semi-neutral country?” In James Sperling et al (eds), Europe's Neutrals and European Security. Nicosia, Cyprus: University of Nicosia Press.
• 2012 “Margaret Thatcher and German Unification Revisited.” In Wolfgang Mueller et al (eds), Europe 1989/90.
• 2010 The U.S. Secretaries of State and Transatlantic Relations. Edited volume. London: Taylor and Francis/Routledge.
• 2009 Companion to Europe since 1945. Edited volume. Oxford: Blackwell.
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