PROF. KLAUS W. LARRES, PH.D.
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Recent articles & essays 
(published between 2016 and to date)

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RECENTLY PUBLISHED:

-- "Difficult Times: German-American Relations in the 21st Century" [written in German],
in WeltTrends (No. 172; February, 2021), pp.58-63.

-- "President Biden's Foreign Policy: Engagement, Multilateralism, and Cautious Globalization," in U.S. Election Analysis 2020: Media, Voters and the Campaign (ed by Dan Jackson et al) (November, 2020): [https://www.electionanalysis.ws/us/].   Expanded version in Krasno Analysis (November, 2020).

-- "The Decline of the Republican Party began before Trump" [written in German],
in WeltTrends (No. 169; November, 2020)
 

-- "Trump's Foreign Policy is still 'America First' - what does that mean, exactly?"
in The Conversation (August 27, 2020).


-- "Biden's long foreign-policy record signals how he'll reverse Trump, build old alliances and lead the pandemic response,"
in The Conversation (August 18, 2020).


-- "When a winner becomes a loser: Winston Churchill was kicked out of office in the British election of 1945,"
in The Conversation (July 27, 2020).
Expanded version: "How Winston Churchill Lost the 1945 British General Election"
in Churchill Project, Hillsdale College (August 27, 2020).


 -- "'Never Flinch'…the last of The Churchill Documents brings the saga full circle,"
book review of the last volume of
The Churchill Documents, Volume 23, Never Flinch, Never Weary November 1951 to February 1965 (edited by Martin Gilbert and Larry P. Arnn. Hillsdale, Mich.: Hillsdale College Press, 2019), 2488 pages (book review published on July 23, 2020, in The Churchill Project, Hillsdale College).


-- "CHINA TURNS ON THE CHARM AND ANGERS TRUMP AS IT EYES GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY IN CORONAVIRUS CRISIS" in The Conversation (April 20, 2020).

--  "HOW GERMANY IS MANAGING ITS CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC, AND REACTING WITH DISDAIN TO TRUMP'S POLITICIES" in The Conversation (March 30, 2020)

-- "TRUMP'S TRADE WARS: AMERICA, CHINA, EUROPE, AND GLOBAL DISORDER,"
in Journal of Transatlantic Studies, Vol.18/1 (February 2020), pp.103-129.

-- "CHURCHILL AND THE GERMAN QUESTION,"
in Finest Hour (Journal of the International Churchill Society), No. 186 (January 2020), pp.28-33.

-- "HOW COUNTRIES IN CONFLICT, LIKE IRAN AND THE US, STILL TALK TO EACH OTHER,"
in The Conversation (January 9, 2020).

-- "TRUMP ASKS NATO ALLIES FOR HELP WITH IRAN AFTER YEARS OF BASHING THE ALLIANCE,"
in The Conversation (January 8, 2020).

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"WITH THE US AND IRAN ON THE BRINK OF WAR, THE DANGER OF TRUMP'S POLICY OF GOING IT ALONE BECOMES CLEAR," 
in The Conversation (January 3, 2020).




“GREAT BRITAIN'S FOREIGN POLICY DILEMMAS,"
in Federiga Bindi (ed.), Europe and America: the End of the Transatlantic Relationship?

(Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, May 2019), pp.109-136.
Europe and America - Table of contents

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-- "BREXIT DIPLOMACY, TRUMP, AND THE UK'S 'SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP' WITH THE UNITED STATES,"
in Diplomatica: a Journal of Diplomacy & Statecraft, Vol.1, No. 1 (April 2019), pp.113-126.


diplomatica: a journal of diplomacy and statecraft
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-- "GLOBAL POLITICS since 1945," in Klaus Larres and Ruth Wittlinger (eds), Understanding Global Politics: Actors and Themes in International Affairs (New York/London: Routledge, 2019), pp.5-25 - chapter 1.
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Larres - chapter 1 - Global Politics since 1945"



Forthcoming -- “’ODD MAN OUT’”: MARGARET THATCHER, the Cold War, European Integration, and German Unification,” in Mark Kramer, Guenter Bischof, Stefan Karner and Peter Ruggenthaler (eds), The Fate of Communist Regimes, 1989-1991, Vol. 2: Western Countries, Neutral European States, and the Collapse of the Soviet Bloc, 1988-1991 (forthcoming, 2020 or 2021).


While working at the Germany Embassy in Beijing in 2018, internal publication of various reports and analyses on the trilateral political and economic relations among China, Germany and the US as well as on the North Korea problem for the German Foreign Ministry and the office of the German Chancellor (all classified).


"DONALD TRUMP and CHINA," in John Dixon and Mark J. Skidmore (eds), Donald J. Trump's Presidency: International Perspectives (Westphalia Press/Policy Studies Organisation, 2018), pp.245-269.
Details

"Trump & China"
"CHURCHILL'S 'IRON CURTAIN' SPEECH IN CONTEXT: the attempt to achieve a 'good understanding on all points' with Stalin's Soviet Union,"
in International History Review, Vol.40/1 (2018), pp.80-107
(pre-published online: March 2017).

"Churchill's 'iron curtain' speech

"ANGELA MERKEL and DONALD TRUMP: Values, Interests, and the Future of the West," German Politics, Vol.27/2 (June, 2018), pp.193-213 (online: March, 2018).


"A Fragile Friendship: German–American Relations in the Twenty-First Century," introduction, German Politics, Vol.27, No.2 (June, 2018),  pp.152-157.

"Angela Merkel & Donald Trump"
Intro - "German-American Relations ..."

"WHERE NOW FOR GERMANY? With government negotiations collapsing, Germany and Angela Merkel are suddenly no longer looking so stable,"
International Politics & Society (November, 2017).
"Where Now for Germany?"

"ANGELA MERKEL & DONALD TRUMP," 
Deutschland-Studien (Tongji University, Shanghai), No.3 (Nov. 2017) -
IN CHINESE/MANDARIN
"Merkel & Trump" - in CHINESE

"IN MEMORIAM ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI,"
American Diplomacy (June, 2017)
"In Memoriam Zbigniew Brzezinski"

“DONALD TRUMP and AMERICA'S GRAND STRATEGY: U.S. foreign policy toward Europe, Russia and China,” Global Policy Journal (UK), (May 15, 2017).
"TRUMP & AMERICA'S GRAND STRATEGY"

“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). 
"REALITY CHECK: TRUMP & XI JINPING"
Also published in German: “Ein Hauch von Realitaet: Trump und Xi Jinping bringen die amerikanisch-chinesischen Beziehungen auf Normalmass,” in Internationale Politik und Gesellschaft (IPG, April, 2017).

Also published in Spanish: “Un hálito de realidad. Trump y Xi Jinping normalizan las relaciones entre Estados Unidos y China" (April, 2017).

German version
Spanish version

“OBERSERVING GERMANY BEFORE THE GENERAL ELECTION,” in The Paper, Shanghai (January 11, 2017), written in Chinese (article based on a lecture at Tongji University in Shanghai).
"Observing Germany ..."

"HITLER'S LONG SHADOW: Donald Trump and Angela Merkel,” in E-International Relations (February 8, 2017).
"Hitler's Long Shadow"

“DONALD TRUMP'S FOREIGN POLICY: What do we know, what can we expect?” in: In Depth Newsletter (University of Nicosia, Cyprus), Vol.13/6 (December, 2016).
"donald trump's foreign policy"

“TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: AND NOW?” (written in German),
in: WeltTrends: Das Aussenpolitische Journal (No.122, December 2016), pp.4-7.

"Trump as President"

“CHURCHILL AND EINSTEIN: Overlapping Mindsets,”
Hillsdale College Churchill Project (November 22, 2016).

"CHURCHILL AND EINSTEIN"

“’CHINA AND GERMANY: The Honeymoon is Over,”
The Diplomat (November 16, 2016).

"CHINA AND GERMANY'

“EIGHT YEARS OF US-FOREIGN POLICY UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA – the balance sheet,” in: WeltTrends, 24/121 (November 2016), pp.56-62. 
[written in German; revised, shorter article of the article below]


“OBAMA'S MIXED FOREIGN POLICY BALANCE SHEET,”
in: The National Interest (online) (October 18, 2016), 11pp.

"obama's mixed foreign policy"

“GERMANY REMAINS A KEY PARTNER FOR CHINA, but its Influence is Waning,”
email interview for the World Politics Review (July 6, 2016).
"Germany remains a key partner"

“GERMANY COURTS CHINA: Leading from the Middle,”
in: Foreign Affairs (online) (May 3, 2016).

"germany courts china"

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