The George F. Kennan Chair in Russian and Eurasian Studies stands as a tribute to Kennan’s notable contributions as a leading scholar and statesman. The end of the Cold War unleashed a host of ...

Almost alone among the so-called Wise Men of the U.S. foreign policy establishment of the early Cold War years, George F. Kennan had the wisdom to imagine an alternative future to the perpetually ...

Kirk as U.S. Ambassador to Moscow: George Frost Kennan. Family Background: Born Feb. 16, 1904, in Milwaukee, of Scotch-Irish parents. His great-uncle, George Kennan, traveled by dog sled 5,000 ...

"Following the logic of our present policy in Vietnam, it is difficult to conceive to date of an outcome that would be less than disastrous," foreign policy expert George F. Kennan said yesterday.