CCHP Series (Crisis & Conflict in Historical Perspective)

 

 

The CCHP, aka “chip,” is a Department of History co-curricular initiative that serves undergraduates considering careers in policy as well as the greater Wash U and St. Louis communities seeking historically informed discussion about global events.

Features: 

• Speaker Series 

• International Relations Round Table 

• Connections to Career Center 

• Campus and STL-wide Public Forum

Two CCHP lectures are planned for Spring 2026: 

January 22, 2026 | 5:30pm | Krister Knapp - Teaching Professor and Minor Adviser in History, Coordinator of Crisis & Conflict in Historical Perspective

March 30, 2026 | 5:30pm | Umrath Lounge | James Goldgeier - Professor, SIS/Foreign Policy & Global Study, American University

More information to come.

Previous Lectures in the CCHP Series

FALL 2025

Decoding Iran's Foreign Policy
September 23, 2025
Ross Harrison, Senior Analyst at the Middle East Institute (MIE), Faculty in Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh
CCHP is generously sponsored and funded by the Office of the Dean of Faculty of Arts & Sciences at Washington University

SPRING 2025

Criminal Violence and The Future of Democracy in Mexico
April 14, 2025
Sandra Ley, Distinguished Professor at the School of Social Science and Government in Tecnológico de Monterrey, Santa Fe, Mexico City
CCHP is generously sponsored and funded by the Office of the Dean of Faculty of Arts & Sciences at Washington University

U.S. / China Relations in the Time of Trump
March 31, 2025
John Pomfret, journalist and author with the Washington Post
CCHP is generously sponsored and funded by the Office of the Dean of Faculty of Arts & Sciences at Washington University

How the War in Ukraine Ends
March 4, 2025
Andrew Weiss, VP at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
CCHP is generously sponsored and funded by the Office of the Dean of Faculty of Arts & Sciences at Washington University

FALL 2024

Iran, the United States, and the Struggle for Stability in the Middle East
October 22, 2024
Suzanne Maloney is the vice president and director of the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution, where her research focuses on Iran and Persian Gulf energy. At Brookings, she is a leading voice on U.S. policy toward Iran and the broader Middle East, testifying before Congress, briefing policymakers, and engaging with government, non-profit organizations and corporations. Maloney also serves on the External Research Council for the National Intelligence Council and is a frequent commentator in national and international media.
This series is sponsored by the Department of History and the Office of the Dean of Arts & Sciences.

SPRING 2024

An Unwinnable War
February 21, 2024
Samuel Charap, RAND Corporation
Charap is a renowned expert on Russia and Eurasia. He has written for various journals, including The Washington Quarterly, Foreign Affairs, Survival, and Current History. He is a co-author of Everyone Loses: The Ukraine Crisis and the Ruinous Contest for Post-Soviet Eurasia (2017).
Sponsored by the Department of History and the Office of the Dean of Arts & Sciences.

FALL 2023

Are the US and China Destined for Conflict?
November 14, 2023
Ryan Hass, Brookings Institution Director – John L. Thornton China Center Senior Fellow – Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center Chen-Fu and Cecilia Yen Koo Chair in Taiwan Studies
Hass focuses his research and analysis on enhancing policy development on the pressing political, economic, and security challenges facing the United States in East Asia. He is the author of Stronger: Adapting America’s China Strategy in an Age of Competitive Interdependence (Yale University Press, 2021), a co-editor of Global China: Assessing China’s Growing Role in the World (Brookings Press, 2021), of the monograph, The future of US policy toward China:  Recommendations for the Biden administration (Brookings, 2020), and a co-author of U.S.-Taiwan Relations: Will China’s Challenge Lead to a Crisis? (Brookings Press, 2023).
Sponsored by the Department of History and the Office of the Dean of Arts & Sciences.

A View from the Ground: Reflections on Ukraine and NATO 2023 Summit
September 27, 2023
Dr. Kathleen McInnis, senior fellow and director of the Smart Women, Smart Power Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Dr. McInnis’ research areas include the intersection of gender and national security; global security strategy; defense policy; and transatlantic security. McInnis is the author of two books: How and Why States Defect from Contemporary Military Coalition (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) and the novel The Heart of War: Misadventures in the Pentagon (Post Hill Press, 2018). Sponsored by the Department of History and the Office of the Dean of Arts & Sciences.

SPRING 2023

The U.S. and China: Welcome to a New Cold War
April 3, 2023
Dan Blumenthal, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Focusing on East Asian security issues and Sino-American relations, Mr. Blumenthal has served in and advised the US government on China issues for more than a decade.
Mr. Blumenthal is the author of The China Nightmare: The Grand Ambitions of a Decaying State (AEI Press, November 2020) and coauthor of An Awkward Embrace: The United States and China in the 21st Century (AEI Press, November 2012).
This lecture is being sponsored by the History Department of Washington University.
For more information about AEI, please visit:  https://www.aei.org/profile/dan-blumenthal/

Russia's War in Ukraine: One Year On
February 28, 2023
Panel of distinguished Washington University faculty members - Panelists include:
Andrew Betson, Deputy Chief of Staff- Military, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, Emeritus Professor of Military Science
Krister Knapp (moderator), Teaching Professor and Coordinator, Crisis & Conflict in Historical Perspective
Leila Sadat, James Carr Professor of International Criminal Law, Special Adviser on Crimes Against
Humanity to the ICC Prosecutor
Janis Skrastins, Assistant Professor of Finance, Olin Business School
James Wertsch, David R. Francis Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Global Studies, Director Emeritus of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy
This panel discussion is being sponsored by the Department of History's Crisis and Conflict in Historical Perspective Lecture Series and the Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences. 

FALL 2022

China, Russia, and the Rise of Irregular Warfare
November 15, 2022
Seth G. Jones is senior vice president, Harold Brown Chair, director of the International Security Program, and director of the Transnational Threats Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Sponsored by the Department of History and the Office of the Dean of Arts & Sciences

SPRING 2022

Crisis in Ukraine: Past, Present and Future
March 9, 2022
Andrew Betson, Professor of Military Science, Gateway Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army
Krister Knapp (moderator), Teaching Professor and Coordinator, Crisis & Conflict in Historical Perspective
Leila Sadat, James Carr Professor of International Criminal Law, Special Adviser on Crimes Against Humanity to the ICC Prosecutor
Janis Skrastins, Assistant Professor of Finance, Olin Business School
James Wertsch, David R. Francis Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Global Studies,
Director Emeritus of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy
This event is sponsored by the History Department and Office of the Provost at Washington University
in St. Louis.

FALL 2021

What Next for Afghanistan?
November 11, 2021
Dr. Seth G. Jones, senior vice president, Harold Brown Chair, director of the International Security Program, and director of the Transnational Threats Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
This webinar is sponsored by the History Department and is free and open to the public.