Simon Miles, Assistant Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy

Contact Info:

Office Location:	130 Rubenstein Hall, Box 90312, Durham, NC 27708-0312
Office Phone:	(919) 613-9560
Email Address:
Web Page:

Teaching (Fall 2022):

• Pubpol 290.04, Selected topics Synopsis

  Sanford 150, TuTh 01:45 PM-03:00 PM

• Pubpol 302d.002, Pol choice/val conflict Synopsis

  Sanford 04, TuTh 12:00 PM-01:15 PM

• Pubpol 302d.04d, Pol choice/val conflict Synopsis

  Sanford 224, F 10:15 AM-11:05 AM

• Pubpol 302d.05d, Pol choice/val conflict Synopsis

  Sanford 102, F 12:00 PM-12:50 PM

• Pubpol 302d.06d, Pol choice/val conflict Synopsis

  Sanford 224, F 01:45 PM-02:35 PM

• Polsci 562s.01, American grand strategy Synopsis

  Gross hall 111, M 03:30 PM-06:00 PM

Office Hours:

Mondays, 2:00pm–3:30pm

Education:

Ph.D.	University of Texas, Austin	2017
M.A.	London School of Economics (United Kingdom)	2011
B.A.	University of Toronto (Canada)	2010

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Miles, S. "The Problems of Perestroika: The KGB and Mikhail Gorbachev's Reforms." Slavic Review 80.4 (January, 2021): 816-838. [doi]  [abs]
2. Miles, S. Engaging the Evil Empire Washington, Moscow, and the Beginning of the End of the Cold War. Cornell University Press, October, 2020. 248 pages pp.  [abs]
3. Miles, S. "The War Scare That Wasn't: Able Archer 83 and the Myths of the Second Cold War." Journal of Cold War Studies 22.3 (August, 2020): 86-118. [doi]  [abs]
4. Miles, S. "The Domestic Politics of Superpower Rapprochement: Foreign Policy and the 1984 Presidential Election." The Cold War at Home and Abroad: Domestic Politics and US Foreign Policy Since 1945. Ed. Johns, A; Lerner, M University Press of Kentucky, 2018: 267-288.
5. Miles, S. "Envisioning Détente: The Johnson Administration and the October 1964 Khrushchev Ouster." Diplomatic History 40.4 (September, 2016): 722-749. [doi]