Order from Chaos

The Russian flutters at half staff as the country observes a day of mourning for victims of the Perm's fired nightclub in the southern city of Stavropol, December 7, 2009. Russia observed a national day of mourning on Monday for the 112 victims of a weekend nightclub blaze, as investigators stepped up their probe into fire safety breaches and burials continued in Perm. REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko (RUSSIA DISASTER OBITUARY) - GM1E5C71H6Y01

Hal Sonnenfeldt and American policy towards Russia

Joseph S. Nye Jr.

Thursday, October 17, 2019

A U.S. national flag and its shadow falling on the Harry S. Truman Building at the Department of State are seen in Washington, October 24, 2014. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY) - GM1EAAP0DNZ01

The “Sonnenfeldt Doctrine” that wasn’t

Thursday, October 17, 2019

People enter the State Department Building in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1D48272C00

Apprentice to a statesman: Working for Hal Sonnenfeldt

Thursday, October 17, 2019

The State Department Building is pictured in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC17BCC10800

Helmut Sonnenfeldt: Hitler’s gift to the United States, and to Germany

Thursday, October 17, 2019

A Russian flag flutters atop the Russian consulate after an explosion, in Athens, Greece March 22, 2019. REUTERS/Costas Baltas - RC188C90E370

Hal Sonnenfeldt and relations between Russia and the West today

Jeremy Greenstock

Thursday, October 17, 2019

The Russian flag flies over the Embassy of Russia in Washington, U.S., August 6, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

The scholarly, professional, and personal wisdom of Hal and Margie Sonnenfeldt

Thursday, October 17, 2019

People enter the State Department Building in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1D48272C00

Remembering Hal Sonnenfeldt’s formidable intellect

Thursday, October 17, 2019

FILE PHOTO: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (L) and U.S. President Ronald Reagan begin their mini-summit talks in Reykjavik October 11, 1986. REUTERS/Mal Langsdon/File Photo - RC1A0D96D150

Would the Soviet Union have collapsed without Mikhail Gorbachev?

Diana Villiers Negroponte

Thursday, October 17, 2019

The Russian flag flies on the Consulate-General of the Russian Federation in Manhattan in New York City, U.S., March 26, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Segar - RC1549FDFC50

Towards a “Reaganov Russia”: A realist view influenced by Hal Sonnenfeldt

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Clifford G. Gaddy

Thursday, October 17, 2019

The main lobby entrance with a large Department of State embossed seal, along with all the names of the ambassadors to the Court of St James's is seen in the new United States embassy building is seen during a press preview near the River Thames in London, Britain December 13, 2017. REUTERS/Alastair Grant/Pool - RC17F3438B20

In memoriam of Helmut Sonnenfeldt

Thursday, October 17, 2019

The skyline of Washington DC looking at the U.S. Capitol and Pennsylvania Avenue, May 22, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES POLITICS CITYSCAPE) - GM1E55N09B001

Hal Sonnenfeldt: A view from Congress

Thursday, October 17, 2019

The seal of the United States Department of State is shown in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1A71887140

Remembering Hal Sonnenfeldt, a key figure during critical U.S. foreign policy moments

Robert M. Kimmitt

Thursday, October 17, 2019

Russian and U.S. state flags fly near a factory of Ford Sollers, a joint venture of U.S. carmaker Ford with Russian partners, in Vsevolozhsk, Leningrad Region, Russia March 27, 2019. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov - RC1A71E02390

Russia without illusions

William J. Burns

Thursday, October 17, 2019

An empty classroom is seen.

Reflections of a student of Helmut Sonnenfeldt

Thursday, October 17, 2019

The seal of the United States Department of State is seen in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1DC84D5960

The “Sonnenfeldt Doctrine”: Then and now

Thursday, October 17, 2019