Shifrinson Speaks at German Think Tank on Transatlantic Security
Joshua Shifrinson, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, recently spoke at the German think tank Siftung, Wissenschaft, und Politik as part of a discussion on transatlantic security in the age of United States President Donald Trump.
Siftung, Wissenschaft, und Politik advises political decision-makers on questions of foreign and security policy and international politics. Its offerings are aimed primarily at the Bundestag and the Federal Government, as well as important international organizations such as the EU, NATO and the United Nations for Germany.
Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson’s teaching and research interests focus on the intersection of international security and diplomatic history, particularly the rise and fall of great powers and the origins of grand strategy. He has special expertise in great power politics since 1945 and U.S. engagement in Europe and Asia. Shifrinson’s first book, Rising Titans, Falling Giants: How Great Powers Exploit Power Shifts (Cornell University Press, 2018) builds on extensive archival research focused on U.S. and Soviet foreign policy after 1945 to explain why some rising states challenge and prey upon declining great powers, while others seek to support and cooperate with declining states.