The Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication is pleased to announce the publication of Intelligence and Contemporary Conflict: Communication in Diplomacy, Statecraft, and War.

Deadline Nov 20th! The course explores the significance of historical knowledge in understanding contemporary global issues, offering students a valuable opportunity to travel to Cambridge, London, and Washington, gaining a firsthand perspective on the global dynamics and historical contexts that shape our world today.

Astrid Viktorsson, an alumn of the Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication’s Applied History course, shares how the Spring 2022 course shaped her academic path from attending the Kissinger Summer Academy to pursuing a master’s at Johns Hopkins University.

Read more about the experiences of two Applied History alumns who attended the YROW Summer Congress 2024.

Special issue of the Journal of Applied History edited by Carl Ritter. Deadline for abstracts: November 1, 2024.

Swedish big business and the Harpsund conferences 1955–1962

A thesis proposal presentation by doctoral student Mara Balasa.

Watch our new video introducing "Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasion" - a new course for masters and CIVICA students to learn the history of rhetorics and the intricacies of persuasiveness.

This spring we are happy to host several interesting speakers at our events at SSE.

The Ax:son Johnson Institute for Statecraft and Diplomacy is honored to have hosted a side event during the 60th Munich Security Conference.