Jussi M. Hanhimäki (born February 3, 1965, in Espoo) is a Finnish historian, specializing in the history of theCold War, American foreign policy, transatlantic relations, international organizations and refugees.

Hanhimäki is currently professor and the chair of the department of international history and politics^[1] at theGraduate Institute of International and Development Studies, in Geneva. He has previously taught at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His bookThe Flawed Architect: Henry Kissinger and American Foreign Policy has been acclaimed by his academic peers. In the U.S. media, however, its reception was lukewarm.^[2][3]In 2006, Hanhimäki was named Finland Distinguished Professor by theAcademy of Finland.^[4] He earned his MA, American History (1987) and Ph.D., International History (1993) atBoston University. His BA in History is fromTampere University in 1986.^[5]

Hanhimäki has published or edited a dozen books. Among these,The Flawed Architect: Henry Kissinger and American Foreign Policy (2004)^{[6][7][8][9][10][11]} was awarded the Bernath Lecture Prize by theSociety for Historians of American Foreign Relations, the leading learned society for the academic study of the history of United States foreign policy.^[12] He is one of the founding editors of the journalCold War History and edited, together withOdd Arne Westad,The Cold War: A History in Documents and Eyewitness Accounts (2003, 2004). His articles have appeared inCold War History,Diplomacy and Statecraft,Diplomatic History,Journal of Transatlantic Studies,Refugee Survey Quarterly,Politique étrangère, andUlkopolitiikka.^[4]

Hanhimäki's most recent books areThe Rise and Fall of Detente: American Foreign Policy and the Transformation of the Cold War and, together with Benedikt Schoenborn and Barbara Zanchetta,Transatlantic Relations since 1945: An Introduction. In 2013 he published, together with Bernhard Blumenau,An International History of Terrorism: Western and Non-Western Experiences.

Hanhimäki was a keynote speaker at the 2022 Transatlantic Studies Association Annual Conference.^[13] He has held visiting fellowships atLSE IDEAS, theWoodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, andHarvard University. He has received major grants for research from theSwiss National Science Foundation, theAcademy of Finland and theSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.^[4] He is an elected member of theFinnish Academy of Science and Letters.^[14]

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