Barbara Zanchetta

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Curriculum Vitae

Education
 
 2007               PhD; University of Florence, Italy
           Field: International History
           Dissertation title: Ambivalent Times. Détente, Cold War and the Making
           of American Global Power, 1969-1980
 2003               Italian University Degree (110/110 “cum laude”) in Political Science with
                       a specialization in International History and Politics; University of Urbino,
                       Italy
           Dissertation (in International History) title: L’amministrazione Nixon e la
           distensione: una nuova e diversa forma di containment?
          (The Nixon Administration and Détente: a Different Form of
           Containment?)
1994               IB (International Baccalaureate) Bilingual Diploma; International
                      Baccalaureate Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
1994               American High School Graduation with Honors; Marymount International
          School, Rome, Italy
 
Occupational Experience
 
2009-               Researcher at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs
2007-2009        Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Tampere /Academy of Finland in the project “Conflict and Community: Transatlantic Relations in the ‘Long’ Twentieth Century”
 2007               Formal nomination to “Cultore della materia” in International History, the Italian recognition granted to experts in the field
  2006               Collaboration, as the representative of the Machiavelli Center for Cold War Studies (CIMA), with the Cold War International History Project (CWIHP) at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington D.C.
  2004-2007       Collaboration with the Chair of International History at the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Urbino, Italy
 
Publications
           
Research Monographs 
·      From Dominance to Leadership: The Transformation of American Power in the 1970s (in review)
 
Textbooks
·      (With Jussi Hanhimäki and Benedikt Schoenborn) Transatlantic Relations since 1945 (London: Routledge, 2012).
 
Articles/ book chapters/ papers
 
·     “The United States and the ‘Loss’ of Iran: Repercussions for Transatlantic Security” in Jussi Hanhimäki, Henri-Georges Soutou, Basil Germond (edited by), The Routledge Handbook of Transatlantic Security (London: Routledge, 2010).
 
·      “Raising the Stakes: The Need for a More Ambitious American Policy towards Iran,” UPI Working Paper 63/2010.
 
·     “Community of Values or Conflict of Interests? Transatlantic Relations in Perspective” introduction to the special issue “Conflict and Community: Transatlantic Relations during the Cold War,” Journal of Transatlantic Studies, March 2010.
 
·      “Human Rights versus Cold War: The Horn of Africa, Southwest Asia and the Emergence of the Carter Doctrine” in Max Guderzo, Bruna Bagnato (edited by), The Globalization of the Cold War. Diplomacy and Local Confrontation, 1975-1985 (London: Routledge, 2010).
 
·      “La ‘special relationship’ tra Stati Uniti e America Latina e la sua ‘fundamentally repugnant philosophy” in M.E. Guasconi, M.L. Napolitano, M. Cricco (edited by), L' America Latina tra guerra fredda e globalizzazione (Firenze: Polistampa, 2010).
 
·      “Afghanistan’s Hard Summer” (contributing writer), UPI Briefing Paper
       43/2009.
 
·      “Nixonilta mallia Iran-politiikkaan” (Nixon provides a model to Iran policy?)
       Ulkopolitiikka (The Finnish Journal of International Affairs), 4/ 2009.
 
·      “U.S.-Iranian Relations Lack Vision,” Helsinki Times, Issue 50, December
       2009.
 
·      “The United States and the ‘Loss’ of Iran,” Working Papers in International
       History and Politics, Graduate Institute of International and Development
       Studies, Geneva, 2009.
 
·       “L’allineamento del non allineamento: le superpotenze e le “aree grigie”
        (with Maurizio Cremasco) in Gianpaolo Calchi Novati and Lia Quartapelle
        (edited by), Il Terzo Mondo Addio. La Conferenza afro-asiatica di Bandung
        n una prospettiva storica (Roma: Carocci Editore, 2007).
 
·       “Da Kennan a Nixon: significati e strategia della ‘grande distensione’ tra
        Stati Uniti e Unione Sovietica” in Letture Urbinati di Politica e Storia,
        Urbino, 2005.
 
Edited Volumes
 
·        (With Jussi Hanhimaki) – selection of papers presented at the international
         conference “Conflict and Community: Transatlantic Relations during the
         Cold War” held in Tampere, Finland, May 12-14, 2008, Journal of
         Transatlantic Studies, March 2010.
 
·        (With Mircea Munteanu) – CWIHP/CIMA Document Reader “From Helsinki
         to Gorbachev,  1975-1985,” 2006.
 
Teaching Experience
 
2011                Lecture course “Major Issues in US Policy towards the Broader Middle East: From the Cold War to the War on Terror;” University of Helsinki (Winter Term 2011)
 
2010                Lectures on the origins of the transatlantic relationship at the summer school “Institutions in Context: The Design and Impact of Political Institutions during and after the Cold War;” University of Tampere, June 2010
 
2010                Lecture course (with Professor Hanhimäki and Dr. Schoenborn) “Transatlantic Relations since 1945;” University of Tampere, Finland (Spring term 2010)
 
2008                Lecture course “U.S. National Security Policy and the Cold War;” University of Helsinki, Finland (Fall Term 2008)
 
2008                Lecture course (with Professor Hanhimäki and Dr. Schoenborn) “Transatlantic Relations since 1945;” University of Tampere, Finland (Fall Term 2008)
 
2008                Lecture course “U.S. National Security Policy and the Cold War;” University of Tampere, Finland (Spring Term 2008)
 
2008                Lectures on “The Kissinger Years” in Dr. Guasconi’s lecture course “International History of the Twentieth Century;” University of Urbino, Italy (March, 2008)
 
2007-2008        Seminar (with Professors Hanhimäki and Sieberg) “Transatlantic Relations and the Cold War,” University of Tampere, Finland (Fall Term 2007 and Spring Term 2008)