Simon Miles Email & Phone Number

Simon Miles is associate professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. He is an expert on Russia and the Soviet Union whose research focuses primarily on Cold War diplomatic and military history and its contemporary relevance. He is the author of Engaging the Evil Empire: Washington, Moscow, and the Beginning of the End of the Cold War, published by Cornell University Press in October 2020; of articles in Diplomacy and Statecraft, Diplomatic History, International Security, the Journal of Cold War Studies, and Slavic Review; and commentary in Foreign Policy, the Globe and Mail, War on the Rocks, and the Washington Post.Simon’s current project, On Guard for Peace and Socialism, is an international history of the Warsaw Pact, forthcoming from Princeton University Press.At Duke, Simon teaches courses on the history and theory of strategy, contemporary Russian national security policy, and US foreign policy. He is a frequent press commentator and policy consultant.