America in the World Consortium

🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS: America’s Nuclear Crossroads AWC invites PhD students & early-career scholars to UT Austin for a conference on deterrence, diplomacy, & disarmament. 🗓️ Deadline: Dec 15, 2025 🔗 awconsortium.org/about/call-for…

🚨 FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS: America’s Nuclear Crossroads AWC invites PhD students & early-career scholars to UT Austin for a conference on deterrence, diplomacy, & disarmament. 🗓️ Deadline: Dec 15, 2025 awconsortium.org/about/call-for…

🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS: America’s Nuclear Crossroads AWC invites PhD students & early-career scholars to UT Austin for a conference on deterrence, diplomacy, & disarmament. 🗓️ Deadline: Dec 15, 2025 🔗 awconsortium.org/about/call-for…

That's a wrap on this year's AWC Fall Summit in DC Our 25-26 cohort just spent two days building a strong professional network with top experts. The pipeline is strong! Up Next: Duke in January 2026! Read more here: awconsortium.org/2025-fall-fell…

Applications are NOW OPEN for the America in the World Consortium Predoctoral & Postdoctoral Fellowships! Work on your research at top-tier institutions: @DukeU @SAISHopkins @UTAustin @UF Diverse disciplines welcome! Deadline: Dec 1, 2025 awconsortium.org/opportunities/…

“Unlimited discretion does not equal unlimited power. Presidents can do whatever they want. But there’s a catch: If they do so—absent a certain level of support expressed by Congress—they are in for a world of hurt if the use of force turns out poorly,” writes @mphulme lawfaremedia.org/article/war-an…

Check out this recent article in @apsrjournal by @mphulme, Assistant Professor at @ufhamilton and AWC Affiliated Scholar:

🚨 BIG NEWS! AWC post-doctoral fellow @MatthewFrakes will be joining the founding faculty at @OhioState's new Chase Center for Civics, Culture, and Society as a tenure-track assistant professor. Well earned, Matt!

Please join us on Thursday, April 17th as we host @HalBrands for a public lecture on "America and Global Order in the Age of Trump." Cosponsored by @uf_ahs and @AWConsortium!

Last week: AWC alum and Japan Chair Deputy Director @HudsonInstitute visited @ufhamilton to participate in a discussion on Economic Statecraft in the Era of Great Power Competition for @uf_ahs.

Current AWC - UF fellow Chrstian Ruth was recently published in Diplomatic History! Read more here: #no-access-message" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">academic.oup.com/dh/advance-art…

Putin invaded Ukraine not out of any material reason like economic interest or force projection, but of the spiritual conviction that Russia cannot be whole without Kyiv @jozefandrewkosc providencemag.com/2025/03/why-pu…

Foreign policy starts in your own neighborhood. My opening statement at this week's hearing on advancing American interests in the Western Hemisphere before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee:

Tune in tomorrow at 10am to watch AWC alum @JosephALedford testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on U.S. policy in the Western Hemisphere: foreign.senate.gov/hearings/advan…

AWC PI & @ufhamilton Director Will Inboden recently reviewed a new biography of President Reagan in the Claremont Review of Books: claremontreviewofbooks.com/wheres-the-res…

If Donald Trump follows his most destructive geopolitical instincts, the United States “won’t be an absent superpower but a renegade one—a country that stokes global chaos and helps its enemies break the U.S.-led system,” writes @HalBrands. foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

Last week AWC hosted rising scholars from around the world to discuss the U.S. role in escalating world affairs. Panels included a range of topics, from the Ancient Roman statesman Cicero to the modern characters in China, Russia, and the United States.

New from AWC alumni Joseph Ledford from the Hoover Institution: Trump's Americas Doctrine Starts at the Canal Read more here: hoover.org/research/trump…

APPLY TODAY for a Summer Seminar in History and Statecraft, hosted by the Clements Center for National Security. Current doctoral students will convene a for weeklong seminar focused on the connections between statecraft and history. Learn more & apply: clementscenter.org/clements-summe…

AWC Alum @JosephALedford at the Hoover History Lab writes: "If the Trump administration’s primary aim is to stabilize the international order in favor of the United States...The collapse of Haiti would be the death rattle for greater Caribbean security." hoover.org/research/carib…