POLIR 125 Public Lecture - Professor Sergey Radchenko

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This year the Department of Politics and International Relations celebrates its 125th anniversary. It was established in the Autumn of 1899, the year that the Anglo Boer War began, and when there were 240 pennies to a £. This makes it one of the first to be created at a chartered university in the uk, and was the result of an initiative by the humanists and social reformers J S and Millicent Mackenzie. From the beginning the Department of Political Science, as it was then named, had a close relationship with law and international relations. The syllabus included the legislative process; law and morality; international law; and, political thought, all of which are still central, in addition to much more, to the curriculum. During the course of the academic year 2024-2025, the School of Law and Politics will be celebrating the 125th anniversary with a series of activities, including public lectures, exhibitions and a a staff student sports day.

Speaker: Professor Sergey Radchenko – LAWPL & John Hopkins University, Bologna Institute for Policy Research

Title: “Are we in another Cold War? Historical parallels and present-day dilemmas of international politics.”

Abstract: This lecture will consider the parallels between the Cold War (1945-1991) and the current moment to see whether cold wars have now become a recurring feature of international politics, or whether we are experiencing something entirely different from the original Cold War. Radchenko will draw on his new book, To Run the World: the Kremlin’s Cold War Bid for Global Power (Cambridge UP, 2024) for insights about Moscow’s and Beijing’s decision-making, and explore in what ways it has evolved, and how it has remained unchanged since 1945.”

Biography:

Professor Sergey Radchenko is a native of Sakhalin Island, Russia. He spent his formative years in Russia and the United States, and pursued undergraduate studies in the US, Hong Kong, and London. He received his UG degree from the London School of Economics in 2001 (in International Relations) and a PhD from the same (in International History). He subsequently worked in Mongolia (National University of Mongolia), in the United States (Pittsburg State University), the UK (London School of Economics), and China (University of Nottingham Ningbo China).  In 2014, Radchenko moved to Wales, taking up a position at Aberystwyth University, and later moved to Cardiff University. Since 2021, Radchenko serves as the Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. He is also a member of the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, SAIS.

Public Lecture Convenor: Professor David Boucher, School of Law and Politics