Jeremi Suri

External videos
External videos
	In-depth discussion of Henry Kissinger and the American Century, sponsored by the Cold War International History Project at the Woodrow Wilson Center, 2013.

Jeremi Suri
Jeremi Suri
	Suri at the 2022 Texas Book Festival.
Spouse	Alison Alter
Children	2
Academic background
Education	Stanford University, A.B. 1994; Ohio University, M.A. 1996; Yale University, Ph.D. 2001
Thesis	Convergent Responses to Disorder: Cultural Revolution and Détente among the Great Powers during the 1960s
Academic work
Discipline	History
Institutions	University of Texas at Austin ; University of Wisconsin–Madison (2001–2011)
Website	jeremisuri.net
Notes

Jeremi Suri is an American historian and the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.

Early life and education

Suri graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor's in history in 1994. He then obtained a master's in history from Ohio University followed by a Ph.D. in history from Yale University. While at Yale, he wrote a dissertation titled "Convergent Responses to Disorder: Cultural Revolution and Détente among the Great Powers during the 1960s."

Career

Suri has received many prizes for his teaching and research. In 2007, Smithsonian Magazine named him one of America's "Top Young Innovators" in the Arts and Sciences.

In 2012, Suri was named Mack Brown Distinguished Professor for Global Leadership, History, and Public Policy at the University of Texas at Austin. That year, he spoke at the independently organized TedxSMU event.

Suri is a frequent public lecturer and guest on radio and television programs. His writings appear widely in blogs and print media, including the journal Foreign Policy.

Suri has said that he is half Jewish and half Hindu.

Works

Books

Henry Kissinger and the American Century. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press (2009). ISBN 978-0674281943.
Power and Protest: Global Revolution and the Rise of Detente. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press (2009). ISBN 978-0674044166.
Liberty's Surest Guardian: Rebuilding Nations After War from the Founders to Obama. New York: Free Press (2012). ISBN 978-1439119136.
The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America's Highest Office. New York: Basic Books (2017). ISBN 978-0465093908.
Civil War By Other Means: America's Long and Unfinished Fight For Democracy New York: Public Affairs (2022). ISBN 978-1541758544.

Selected articles

"Hamilton Fish Armstrong, the 'American Establishment,' and Cosmopolitan Nationalism." Princeton University Library Chronicle, vol. 63, no. 3 (Spring 2002), pp. 438–65. doi:10.25290/prinunivlibrchro.63.3.0438. JSTOR 10.25290/prinunivlibrchro.63.3.0438.
"Foreword: 'A Peace That Is No Peace': The Cold War as Contemporary History." OAH Magazine of History, vol. 24, no. 4 (October 2010), pp. 5–6. JSTOR 23210193.
"Conflict and Co-Operation in the Cold War: New Directions in Contemporary Historical Research." Journal of Contemporary History, vol. 46, no. 1 (January 2011), pp. 5–9. JSTOR 25764606.

References

↑ "Alison Alter Biography". Austin City Council. Retrieved 2020-06-21. Council Member Alter lives in the Rosedale neighborhood with her husband Dr. Jeremi Suri, a professor of leadership, international history and policy at the University of Texas at Austin, and their two wonderful children, Natalie and Zachary.
1 2 "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-06-23. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
↑ "Suri, Jeremi | LBJ School of Public Affairs". lbj.utexas.edu. The University of Texas at Austin. Archived from the original on 2017-06-12. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
↑ Suri, Jeremi. "Jeremi Suri" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-02-23.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Jeremi Suri at TEDxSMU 2012.
↑ "Jeremi Suri – Foreign Policy". Retrieved 2018-02-05.
↑ Laroi, Heather (October 21, 2007). "The Big Picture: Political historian Jeremi Suri has come up with a new way of looking at the links between the low and the mighty". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved June 15, 2026.
↑ Beschloss, Michael (2017-10-30). "Do Americans Need a Prime Minister?". New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-02-05.

External links

Jeremi Suri's Official website
Appearances on C-SPAN
Jeremi Suri at the Woodrow Wilson Center

"Jeremi Suri: History of American Power" (interview) on the Lex Fridman Podcast, no. 180 (April 29, 2021)
"Jeremi Suri: Civil War, Slavery, Freedom, and Democracy" (interview) on the Lex Fridman Podcast, no. 354 (Jan 25, 2023)

[1] "Alison Alter Biography". Austin City Council. Retrieved 2020-06-21. Council Member Alter lives in the Rosedale neighborhood with her husband Dr. Jeremi Suri, a professor of leadership, international history and policy at the University of Texas at Austin, and their two wonderful children, Natalie and Zachary.

[cv-2] 1 2 "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-06-23. Retrieved 2020-06-21.

[3] "Suri, Jeremi | LBJ School of Public Affairs". lbj.utexas.edu. The University of Texas at Austin. Archived from the original on 2017-06-12. Retrieved 2018-02-05.

[4] Suri, Jeremi. "Jeremi Suri" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-02-23.

[ted-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Jeremi Suri at TEDxSMU 2012.

[6] "Jeremi Suri – Foreign Policy". Retrieved 2018-02-05.

[7] Laroi, Heather (October 21, 2007). "The Big Picture: Political historian Jeremi Suri has come up with a new way of looking at the links between the low and the mighty". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved June 15, 2026.

[8] Beschloss, Michael (2017-10-30). "Do Americans Need a Prime Minister?". New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-02-05.

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