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 ...

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 ...

(Following are excerpts, from a speech given by University Fellow George F. Kennan Wednesday in Sanders Theater.-- ed.) ...What I am talking about is the guiding motivation of foreign policy at ...

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.