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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
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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:

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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...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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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...
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...
engelsbergideas.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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The first “real” peace settlement after the First World War. What we can learn from the Locarno Pact of 1925 today, 100 years later:

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October 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Join us in London on Thursday - to explore new perspectives on international (dis)order in the long 20th century!
October 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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The first “real” 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...
October 13, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Join us in London on Thursday - to explore new perspectives on international (dis)order in the long 20th century!
October 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Join us in London next Thursday!
October 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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The first “real” 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...
October 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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How to renew world order? My essay on cardinal lessons of the long 20th century for @EngelsbergIdeas - with many thanks!

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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.
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July 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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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...
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.
engelsbergideas.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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How to renew world order | @pocohrs.bsky.social

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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.
engelsbergideas.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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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
May 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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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
May 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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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
May 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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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
May 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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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
May 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Einladung zu einer besonderen Veranstaltung in München am 8. Mai 2025:

„Lernen aus der Katastrophe: Der Zweite Weltkrieg und die Neuordnung der Welt im langen 20. Jahrhundert“

Vortrag und Gespräch mit Christian Meier und Patrick O. Cohrs

www.foreign-affairs.info/veranstaltun...
April 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Einladung zu einer besonderen Veranstaltung in München am 8. Mai 2025:

„Lernen aus der Katastrophe: Der Zweite Weltkrieg und die Neuordnung der Welt im langen 20. Jahrhundert“

Vortrag und Gespräch mit Christian Meier und Patrick O. Cohrs

www.foreign-affairs.info/veranstaltun...
April 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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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!
March 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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A great book!
March 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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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...
March 6, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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A great book!
March 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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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...
March 6, 2025 at 10:19 AM