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George F. Kennan 1925
Kennan was a scholar and diplomat who worked to contain Soviet communism during the Cold War and famously authored a 1946 foreign policy document known as the Long Telegram.
What Would Kennan Do?
On an anniversary of the Long Telegram, thoughts on diplomacy
George F. Kennan ’25 On Considering the Soviet Union and Russia
Don Oberdorfer, a former Washington Post diplomatic correspondent, is journalist in residence at the Foreign…
George F. Kennan ’25: Forward to the Past
Contrarian views and stoic prescriptions from a venerable statesman...
Scholar-Diplomat George F. Kennan ’25: Understanding the Insider as Outsider
James O. Freedman is the president of Dartmouth College. This essay is adapted from an…
George F. Kennan ’25 Receives Madison Award
Veteran diplomat and scholar George Kennan ’25 was given Whig-Clio’s James Madison Award for distinguished…
George F. Kennan ’25: The Illusion of Nuclear Security
America’s refusal to forswear the first use of atomic weapons impedes efforts to halt the nuclear arms race...
George F. Kennan ’25: 1976 Woodrow Wilson Prize Winner
George F. Kennan ’25 has divided the half-century since his graduation from Princeton almost equally…
George F. Kennan ’25 and the Business of Détente
Exploring the connection between politics and economics in East-West trade...
George F. Kennan ’25: Why Do I Hope?
George F. Kennan, Princeton ’25, former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union and to Yugoslavia…
George F. Kennan ’25: The Ethics of Anti-Communism
George F. Kennan, Princeton ’25, is former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union and to…
George F. Kennan ’25: Japanese-American Relations Today
For the present, if any changes are needed in the Japanese-American security arrangements, they would…
George F. Kennan 25: Polycentrism and Western Policy
George F. Kennan, who graduated from Princeton in 1925, is former U.S. Ambassador to the…
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