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Joseph StiebUS Naval War CollegeChairCapitalism
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Shouyue Zhangshouyuez@student.unimelb.edu.auUniversity of Melbourne, AustraliaPresent a paperBelonging/ExclusionPresent on U.S. immigration policies deporting Asian immigrants based on race and marriage during interwar era
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José De Graciajod172@pitt.eduUniversity of PittsburghPresent a paperBelonging/ExclusionPresent on U.S. immigration policies deporting Asian immigrants based on race and marriage during interwar era
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Eleanor Lenoeeel59@history.rutgers.eduRutgers University - New BrunswickPresent a paperBelonging/ExclusionLooking to present on relationships between Japanese war orphans and American GIs during the American Occupation of Japan.
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Ariel Natalo-Liftonariel.natalo-lifton@temple.eduTemple UniversityPresent a paperBelonging/ExclusionHoping to present on U.S. servicewomen in the First Gulf War. Open to a panel/roundtable exploring women in military operations/foreign policy in a longer time period or a panel/roundtable about that time period
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Reanne Zhengreannez2@illinois.eduUniversity of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignPresent a paperBelonging/ExclusionLooking to present a paper/join a roundtable on transimperial policies and practices enforced on Chinese populations in San Francisco and Hong Kong by Western imperial powers in the late 19th/early 20th century
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Hannah Stamlerhannah.stamler@yale.eduYale UniversityPresent a paperBelonging/ExclusionLooking to present a paper on US-Vietnamese bilateral relations after 1975. Particularly during the Ford/Carter administrations.
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Mora McLeanmmclean2@gwu.eduGeorge Washington UniversityPresent a paperBelonging/ExclusionPaper re nonprofit through which disparate constituencies—African students; black American intellectuals; US “experts” and policy makers; and K-12 educators—contested the meaning and importance of “knowing about Africa” in the mid 20th century.
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Aaron Jacksonaaron.jackson@vuw.ac.nzVictoria University WellingtonPresent a paperBelonging/Exclusion2025 is the 40th anniversary of the suspension of ANZUS by the USA towards New Zealand. I'd like to present on how French nuclear testing helped galvanize the NZ antinuclear activism that eventually sank the US-NZ arm of the ANZUS alliance. Themes include US-FR relations, antinuclearism, South Pacific anticolonialism, Cold War alliance devolution.
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Tej Nagarajatnagaraja@cornell.eduCornell UniversityCommentCapitalismI could chair/comment — on labor, capitalism, military-industrial complex, racism, anti-racism, social movements, etc.
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Pablo León-Aguinagapablo.leon@cchs.csic.esConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), SpainJoin/Organize RoundtableCapitalismLooking for a commentator/chair for an assembled roundtable proposal on "International Credit, Banking, Commerce: Transnational Networks and the American Century (1930-1960)". An additional paper could be considered as well.
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Shaffer Bonewellsbonewell@smu.eduSouthern Methodist UniversityPresent a paperCapitalismLooking to present a paper on the relationship between economics and grand strategy during the George H. W. Bush administration.
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Ben Thomasonthomaba@bgsu.eduBowling Green State UniversityPresent a paperCapitalismLooking for a panel/roundtable on imperialism, democracy promotion, and/or international media development from the Cold War to the 21st Century
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Victor McFarlandmcfarlandv@missouri.eduUniversity of MissouriChairEnvironment/ExtractionAvailable to chair and/or comment on panels on energy, the environment, and U.S. relations with the Middle East
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Richard M. Balzanor.m.balzano@pgr.reading.ac.ukUniversity of Reading, Simmons UniversityPresent a paperEnvironment/ExtractionSeeking one more for a panel re: oil/development and human rights
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Kevan Malonekmalone@smu.eduSouthern Methodist UniversityPresent a paperEnvironment/ExtractionI want to present a paper on the US-Mexico borderlands. Themes include US-Mexico relations, cross-border relations, the environment, water
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Kathryn C Lavellekcl6@case.eduCase Western Reserve UniversityPresent a paperEnvironment/ExtractionI am interested in presenting a paper/roundtable on US foreign relations in the Arctic. Themes include resource extraction, science diplomacy, and geostrategy.
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Emma L. Armstrongelarmstrong@smu.eduSouthern Methodist University Present a paperEnvironment/ExtractionPaper on science and technology in the Cold War, as it impacted the Arctic environment.
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Thomas Pelchattpelchat@smu.eduSouthern Methodist UniversityPresent a paperEnvironment/ExtractionLooking to present a paper on Cold War energy empires and the impact of pipeline politics on the NATO alliance.
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Maximilian Klosemaximilian.klose@geschichte.uni-freiburg.deUniversity of Freiburg (Germany)Present a paperImperialism / GenderLooking to present a paper on the US-German conflict in Samoa in the 1880s and the role of masculinity and imperialism it.
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Tejasvi Nagarajatnagaraja@cornell.eduCornell UniversityChairLaborI could chair/comment — on labor, capitalism, military-industrial complex, racism, anti-racism, social movements, etc.
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Rosie Clickvrc10@georgetown.eduGeorgetown UniversityPresent a paperLabor**I have already committed to a panel** Paper on public school teaching and teachers under US empire post-1898, particular interest in labor, responses to a new imperial power, focus on Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Philippines, and Hawai'i
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Andrei Mamoleamamolea@bu.eduBoston UniversityPresent a paperLaw/SovereigntyInterested in presenting, commenting, or chairing on panels about the United States and International Law
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Zachary Logsdonzlogsdon@purdue.eduPurdue UniversityPresent a paperLaw/SovereigntyLooking to present a paper on the role of non-state actors and civil society institutions in shaping the American colonial state in Puerto Rico and the broader relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States in the early 20th century.
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Benjamin Gladstonebenjamin.gladstone@history.ox.ac.ukUniversity of OxfordPresent a paperLaw/SovereigntyLooking to present a paper on American policy towards international insitutions and/or colonialism. My work is primarily on the the relationship between the US and the League mandates across the Pacific, Africa and the Middle East
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Dana Mendesdana.mendes@westpoint.edu
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill / United States Military Academy at West Point
Present a paperLaw/SovereigntyLooking to present a paper on U.S. military cooperation in Cold War Latin America, open to broad thematic / regional connections on military cooperation/diplomacy or militaries doing things-that-aren't-war generally!
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Graydon Dennisondennisong@cofc.eduCollege of CharlestonPresent a paperLaw/SovereigntyI am assembling a panel on sex/vice in US imperial spaces in the early-to-mid twentieth century. This panel will cover how US actors used anti-vice measures as a tool of empire, how sexual/marital relations became part of a discourse on anti-colonialism, and how those targeted for vice resisted US empire. We currently have three panelists, seeking one more and a chair/commenter.
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Hugo E. Harvey-Valdeshugo.harvey@gmail.comUniversity of Las Américas, ChilePresent a paperLaw/SovereigntyRevisiting the 60 years of the U.S. Intervention in the Dominican Republic 1965
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Cameron SparkhallC.Sparkhall@uea.ac.ukUniversity of East AngliaPresent a paperLaw/SovereigntyLooking to form a panel examining the CIA's culture of secrecy during the Cold War. Anything CIA-related or secrecy-related also welcome!
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Robert O'Sullivanrobert.osullivan1@btinternet.comUniversity of Notre DamePresent a paperLaw/SovereigntyPaper on Irish-American views on the Ten Years' War in Cuba, Monroe Doctrine and immigrant solidarities
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Grace Easterly grace.easterly@uconn.eduUniversity of Connecticut Present a paperLaw/SovereigntyLooking to present a paper on the US and the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and Carter admin Freedom of Navigation program. Themes include militarism, sovereignty, maritime geopolitics, and law. Might fit into panel on ocean histories, Cold War geopolitics, naval power, global governance, or Carter/Reagan
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Sarah Nelsons.a.nelson@hum.leidenuniv.nlLeiden UniversityCommentMedia/Technology[I have now committed to a panel] I will be at SHAFR this summer and happy to comment or chair a panel on any number of topics on late 19th & 20th c US in the World & US empire-- whether on decolonization & postcolonial solidarity movments; history of empire + infrastructure; US & institutions of global governance
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Marc Reyesmarc.reyes@uconn.eduUniversity of ConnecticutPresent a paperMedia/TechnologyHoping to present a paper on India's atomic energy program and US support for the program. My research touches on history of technology and history of Asia during the Cold War
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Aaron O'Connellaaron.oconnell@austin.utexas.eduUniversity of Texas- Austin ChairMilitary Cooperation / Military DiplomacyI'd like to put together a roundtable panel on Re-assessing the War on Terror (or the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan). I'm happy to present or chair or comment. Each could do 10 minutes of remarks and then discuss.
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Andrew Paceandrew.pace@usm.eduUniversity of Southern MississippiPresent a paperMilitary Cooperation / Military DiplomacyWhat's New About the Atomic Bombs? In anticipation of the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII, I'm looking for panelists who could present on any aspect of the atomic bombs and the end of the Pacific War.
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E. Kyle Romeroe.kyle.romero@unf.eduUniversity of North FloridaChairTerritorialityI will be attending SHAFR as a panelist, and I would be happy to chair a panel if needed, on any topic on U.S. diplomatic history in the 20th century, immigration and refugee politics, or the history of human rights.
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Michael Neaglemichael.neagle@nichols.eduNichols CollegePresent a paperTerrorismPaper on consistency, utility of how non-state actor threats have been presented to U.S. audiences using popular depictions of Pancho Villa and Osama bin Laden as case studies.
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Christopher Hulshofchulshof@wisc.eduUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonChair​I will be in Arlington as part of the SHAFR Council & Grad Committee. I do not plan to present my work this year, but would be happy to step in as a moderator/chair/discussant if any is in need.
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Yuan Yanyy504@cam.ac.ukUniversity of CambridgePresent a paper​Hoping to present on academic China specialists' engagement in Johnson administration's China policy. ( have joined a panel)
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Alan McPhersonalan.mcpherson@temple.eduTemple UniversityPresent a paper​Looking for a panel/roundtable on democracies in demise, including US democracy
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Glenn Dorndorng@erau.eduEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityPresent a paper​ANaconda, Kennecott, the State Department and the Chilean Nuevo Trato, 1953-5: U.S. Intervention in Chilean legislation to benefit the copper corporations
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Sean Scanlon sean.scanlon@nationalww2museum.orgNational World War II Museum Present a paper​Would be interested in putting together a panel on fiftieth anniveraries (1975-2025) of major U.S. foreign policy milestones
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Katherine Fappkatherine.fapp@history.ox.ac.ukUniversity of OxfordPresent a paper​Hoping to present/get a panel together on women's internationalism/informal diplomacy pre-WWI, or generally America and the World pre-WWI (or WWII)
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Victoria Saeki-Sernavks34@georgetown.eduGeorgetown UniversityPresent a paper​Broadly: US involvement in anti-opposition / political stabilization efforts in Cold War Mexico, placed in hemispheric intervention context; also 1968 olympic protests in international context
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Zachary Taylerzachtayler@gmail.comOhio UniversityPresent a paper​
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Scott Malcomsonslm98@cam.ac.ukUniversity of CambridgePresent a paper​Hoping to present a paper on US-British intelligence cooperation 1915-1919
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Rashida Shafiqrshafiq@smu.eduSouthern Methodist UniversityPresent a paper​Paper about transnational feminism and Cold War cultural politics through the lens of Gloria Steinem in 1957-1959.
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Vittorio Felcifvittorio@wku.edu.cnWenzhou-Kean UniversityPresent a paper​(2 at the moment) Iran relations with socialist countries during the Cold War. Contributing to provide a more balanced view of Iran's place in the Cold War context.
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david.sim@ucl.ac.ukUCL / Tyler Junior CollegePresent a paper​Need 1+ panellist for 'The New Biography & the SHAFR canon', unsettling traditional biographies of long c19 US foreign relations protagonists
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Greg Dombergdomber@calpoly.eduCal Poly, SLOPresent a paperMedia/TechnologyLooking to find other presenters using data science or data analytics in the study of international history. My own work uses social network analysis to better understand American influences on Poland's political development in the 1980s, through U.S. exchange programs.
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Kate Burlinghamkburlingham@fullerton.eduCSU, FullertonPresent a paper​Looking for additional panelist for USFR (government or not) before the Civil War (and 18th-mid 19th century). My paper will be about US/Africa relations in 1830s/40s other will be about 1840s and Central America.
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Liye Hongyeahkee@gwu.eduGeorge Washington UniverisyPresent a paperBelonging/ExclusionLooking to present a paper on how the Johnson administration used Romania as a channel to explore alternative ways of communication with the PRC in 1967.
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Se Young Jangse.young.jang@univie.ac.atUniversity of ViennaPresent a paper​Looking to present a paper on North Korea's nuclear crisis in the early 1990s and the roles of other actors (the US, South Korea, IAEA)
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Nada Al-Jamalaljamalnada@tamu.eduTexas A&M UniversityPresent a paperMilitary Cooperation / Military DiplomacyLooking to present a paper on US-Arab relations in the Cold War, specifically on the Arab-Israeli Wars of 1967 and 1973
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Spencer Tompkinsjtompkins8@fordham.eduFordham UniversityPresent a paperCapitalismLooking to present a paper on the evolving role of private enterprise in US-Latin American relations during the Cold War.
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Brendan Shanahanbrendan.shanahan@yale.eduYale UniversityPresent a paperBelonging/ExclusionLooking to present a paper on late-19th-century US-UK-Canadian relations through a study of the Venzuela Boundary Dispute and the dual/duelling roles of anti-Catholic activists and Irish-American nationalists during that crisis
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Christopher Sterbacmsterba@sfsu.eduSan Francisco State UniversityPresent a paperCapitalismLooking to present a paper on Secretary Elihu Root state visit to Chile in the wake of the 1906 Valparaíso and San Francisco earthquakes; as critical moment in US/Chilean relations; disaster diplomacy
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Sara Berndtberndtse@state.govUS State DepartmentPresent a paper​Paper or roundtable on the Dissent Channel in US foreign policy / impact of dissent and popular opinion on policymaking. 2025 is the 55th anniversary of ~250 US Foreign Service Officers signing a letter critical of the US invasion of Cambodia
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Josh Bottsbottsjd@state.govUS State DepartmentPresent a paper​Paper or roundtable on foreign affairs reform in historical perspective. I could present research on DOS reorgs in either/both late 1940s and 1990s
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Keith Riley keithriley723@gmail.comRutgers-Camden Present a paperLaw/SovereigntyAnyone putting together a panel on US left activists' ties with socialist movements abroad in late Cold War period. Could potentially present on movements around Nicaragua, El Salvador, Vietnam, & Palestine
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Andrew DeFabioandrew.defabio@westpoint.eduUnited States Military Academy West PointPresent a paperMilitary Cooperation / Military DiplomacyLooking to present a paper or participate in a roundtable on US-OAS relations during the 1965 US-Dominican Republic intervention (Operation Powerpack).
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Robert Fergusonrobert.ferguson@uga.eduUniversity of GeorgiaPresent a paperCapitalismI have a paper I would like to present on a quasi-trade war that developed between the USA-Brazil-and Peru over cotton dumping during the Second World War
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Amna Qayyumaqayyum@brookings.eduBrookings​​Looking to present a paper (possible themes: health diplomacy and internationalism; or, women's welfare and transnational family planning).
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Andrew J. Kirkendallandykirk@tamu.eduTexas A&M University​​Available to serve as chair/commentator on panels on US-Latin American relations, global Cold War
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Bohao Wubohaowu@pku.edu.cnPeking University​​Looking to present a paper on South Korea and Japan's diplomatic efforts in Washington to facilitate energy export from Alaska to Asia (Focuses: oil shock, external elements in U.S policy; non-state actors in diplomacy)
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Sheng Pengshengpeng@hks.harvard.edu​Media/TechnologyLooking to present a paper on the global responses to Carter's China policy, themes include military and dual-use technology transfer; intelligence cooperation; USSR, China, and the United States' domestic debates on the Cold War.
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Natali Cinelli Moreiranatalicinelli@usp.brUniversity of São PauloPresent a paperLaw/SovereigntyLooking to present a paper on US foreign policy, the Cold War, and the negotiations of the Convention on All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). Panels on gender and foreign policy, international law, or the Cold War (1970s) would be a great fit
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Rob Rakoverobr@stanford.eduStanford UniversityPresent a paperAid/DevelopmentI'm looking to present on U.S. development assistance, advising, and the Afghan famine of the early 1970s.
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David Cardillozr811357@student.ac.reading.ukUniversity of ReadingPresent a paperLaw/SovereigntyLooking to present a paper on the CIA's use of third actors in covert operations abroad during the Cold War
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Emily Burrillesburrill@virginia.eduUniversity of VirginiaChairLaw/SovereigntyI plan to attend SHAFR and can chair or comment on any panels that take up themes of the global 1950s, decolonization and colonialism, human rights, gender and sexuality, law and society pertaining to colonial and postcolonial frameworks.
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Thomas Selingertom.selinger@adst.orgAssociation for Diplomatic Studies and TrainingJoin/Organize RoundtableDiplomatic HistoryI would like to present on the centennial of the modern U.S. Foreign Service, sharing stories from ADST oral histories of extraordinary contributions by American diplomats to America's security, prosperity, and ideals.
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Kevin Rosierkjrosier@gmail.comU.S. Department of StatePresent a paperCapitalismWould like to present a paper on the Marshall Plan as a case study of effective debt diplomacy, with a focus on diplomatic tools that can be replicated from the Plan's execution
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Mialy Ravelomananamialytiana@gmail.comUniversity of la Reunion IslandJoin/Organize RoundtableLaw/SovereigntyLooking to present a paper on US Consuls roles in Tamatave, Madagascar between 1868 and 1898 - informal diplomatic roles, global diplomacy, small states
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