Fred Kaplan is the national-security columnist for Slate and the author of six books, including The Bomb, Dark Territory, The Wizards of Armageddon, and The Insurgents, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Previously a staff reporter for the Boston Globe in Washington, D.C, (1982-91), Kaplan was part of the group that won a Pulitzer Prize for a special magazine coverage of the nuclear arms race. He also reported for the Globe from Moscow (1992-95) and New York (1995-2002). A member of the Society of American Historians, Kaplan has held fellowships at the Council on Foreign Relations and New America. He graduated from Oberlin College and received his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Author; National Security Columnist
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Fred Kaplan discusses how the not-really-quite-a-new-Cold-War is likely to shape the international landscape.
29 Mar 2023
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Past & Future Cold Wars: Lessons for Winners and Losers
Fred Kaplan discusses how this not-really-quite-a-new-Cold-War is likely to shape the international landscape for decades to come.
29 Mar 2023
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