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Patrick O. Cohrs

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Historian of war & peace and world order, Berlin & Florence. Fm. professor at Yale. Fellow at Harvard & Oxford. Author of THE NEW ATLANTIC ORDER and THE UNFINISHED PEACE https://patrickocohrs.wordpress.com/

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The Locarno Pact's enduring legacy The Locarno Pact of 1925 provided the foundations for a more just, durable and peaceful European order. Although its early promise was snuffed out by the global crisis of the 1930s, the pact's guiding...

The First Real Peace Settlement after the First World War. Why we can still learn a lot from the Locarno Pact - after 100 years. My latest essay for Engelsberg Ideas:

engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-l...

12.11.2025 11:39 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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The Locarno Pact's enduring legacy The Locarno Pact of 1925 provided the foundations for a more just, durable and peaceful European order. Although its early promise was snuffed out by the global crisis of the 1930s, the pact's guiding...

The First Real Peace Settlement after the First World War. Why we can still learn a lot from the Locarno Pact - after 100 years. My latest essay for Engelsberg Ideas:

engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-l...

12.11.2025 11:39 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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The first β€œreal” peace settlement after the First World War. What we can learn from the Locarno Pact of 1925 today, 100 years later:

unitednationslibrarygeneva.podbean.com/e/the-locarn...

10.10.2025 13:49 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Join us in London on Thursday - to explore new perspectives on international (dis)order in the long 20th century!

13.10.2025 08:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The first β€œreal” peace settlement after the First World War. What we can learn from the Locarno Pact of 1925, 100 years later:

unitednationslibrarygeneva.podbean.com/e/the-locarn...

13.10.2025 08:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Join us in London on Thursday - to explore new perspectives on international (dis)order in the long 20th century!

13.10.2025 08:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Join us in London next Thursday!

10.10.2025 14:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The first β€œreal” peace settlement after the First World War. What we can learn from the Locarno Pact of 1925 today, 100 years later:

unitednationslibrarygeneva.podbean.com/e/the-locarn...

10.10.2025 13:49 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How to renew world order With vision, purpose and determination, Western leaders can rebuild a more just and resilient international system fit for a new age of great-power competition.

How to renew world order? My essay on cardinal lessons of the long 20th century for @EngelsbergIdeas - with many thanks!

engelsbergideas.com/essays/how-t...

09.07.2025 12:28 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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How to renew world order With vision, purpose and determination, Western leaders can rebuild a more just and resilient international system fit for a new age of great-power competition.

How to renew world order? My essay on cardinal lessons of the long 20th century for @EngelsbergIdeas - with many thanks!

engelsbergideas.com/essays/how-t...

09.07.2025 12:28 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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How to renew world order With vision, purpose and determination, Western leaders can rebuild a more just and resilient international system fit for a new age of great-power competition.

How to renew world order | @pocohrs.bsky.social

engelsbergideas.com/essays/how-t...

09.07.2025 12:15 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Deplorable!

30.05.2025 10:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A very special occasion. My talk and dialogue with Christian Meier on the political and world-historical lessons of the Second World War, on the 80th anniversary of its end in Europe. Munich, 8 May 2025.

You can watch it here:

youtu.be/mdOsCkVKhSw

15.05.2025 11:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A very special occasion. My talk and dialogue with Christian Meier on the political and world-historical lessons of the Second World War, on the 80th anniversary of its end in Europe. Munich, 8 May 2025.

You can watch it here:

youtu.be/mdOsCkVKhSw

15.05.2025 11:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A sombre and yet most illuminating occasion. My talk and dialogue with Christian Meier on the political and world-historical lessons of the Second World War, on the 80th anniversary of its end in Europe. Munich, 8 May 2025.

You can watch it here:

youtu.be/mdOsCkVKhSw

12.05.2025 16:17 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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A sombre and yet most illuminating occasion. My talk and dialogue with Christian Meier on the political and world-historical lessons of the Second World War, on the 80th anniversary of its end in Europe. Munich, 8 May 2025.

You can watch it here:

youtu.be/mdOsCkVKhSw

12.05.2025 16:17 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ganz herzlichen Dank fΓΌrs Kommen, lieber Chris! Es freut mich, dass Du dieser auch fΓΌr mich besonderen Veranstaltung etwas abgewinnen konntest.

09.05.2025 16:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Gestern fand auch eine Veranstaltung der Gesellschaft für Außenpolitik mit @pocohrs.bsky.social und Christian Meier
Es ist absolut großartig, dass dieser Kontakt so besteht!
Auch @hansgutbrod.bsky.social war anwesend - quasi ein kleines Podcastfest

09.05.2025 09:39 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Einladung zu einer besonderen Veranstaltung in MΓΌnchen am 8. Mai 2025:

β€žLernen aus der Katastrophe: Der Zweite Weltkrieg und die Neuordnung der Welt im langen 20. Jahrhundertβ€œ

Vortrag und GesprΓ€ch mit Christian Meier und Patrick O. Cohrs

www.foreign-affairs.info/veranstaltun...

22.04.2025 08:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Einladung zu einer besonderen Veranstaltung in MΓΌnchen am 8. Mai 2025:

β€žLernen aus der Katastrophe: Der Zweite Weltkrieg und die Neuordnung der Welt im langen 20. Jahrhundertβ€œ

Vortrag und GesprΓ€ch mit Christian Meier und Patrick O. Cohrs

www.foreign-affairs.info/veranstaltun...

22.04.2025 08:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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On Germany and the new nuclear question. A very thought-provoking piece by Michael Jonas and Severin Pleyer in today’s FAZ!

24.03.2025 15:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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A great book!

21.03.2025 09:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A reasonable price to pay for understanding how the modern world order emerged - with key lessons for the present crisis!

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1107...

06.03.2025 10:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A great book!

21.03.2025 09:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A reasonable price to pay for understanding how the modern world order emerged - with key lessons for the present crisis!

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1107...

06.03.2025 10:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | A Day of American Infamy A dreadful moment for Ukraine, for the free world, for the legacy of an America that once stood for the principles of the Atlantic Charter.

β€œIf Roosevelt had told Churchill to sue for peace on any terms with Adolf Hitler and to fork over Britain’s coal reserves to the United States in exchange for no American security guarantees, it might have approximated what Trump did to Zelensky.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...

01.03.2025 11:11 πŸ‘ 3803 πŸ” 1197 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 32
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Vital reading in the world we live in now!

22.02.2025 13:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Vital reading in the world we live in now!

22.02.2025 13:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0