Are you interested in having an archivist in the Office of the Historian talk to your class or grad student group about #altAc careers and/or #FRUS? Email history@state.gov and ask to be connected with Amanda Ross! We'll discuss your needs and I'll wrangle my other colleagues as appropriate :)

Here is the link to the Status of the #FRUS series👇

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It is an incredibly exciting time to be working on these volumes with fantastic colleagues.

#AHA26 #TeamFRUS

And START I, 89-91, which covers US-Soviet negotiations leading up to the landmark START Treaty in 1991.

Grappling with this volume is especially important as New START is set to expire in February 2026.

#aha26 #FRUS #TeamFRUS

In 2025 the Office of the Historian released 3 #FRUS publications.

(In 2026 we are going to publish many more.)

Here is Reagan NSP 85-88 Part I.

Covering the Strategic Defense Initiative and many more topics that are especially relevant today. #aha26

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Want to get up to speed on the history of US and #Greenland? Here are 442 ways👇

#FRUS #AHA26 #SHAFR

merry christmas !! 🎄 here's a couple of old holiday fics of mine if you're in the spirit ;;

#frus ; archiveofourown.org/works/61652002
#xanlow ; archiveofourown.org/works/36113032
#masamei ; archiveofourown.org/works/28302093

For those who want to dig deep: here is the NSP 77-80 #FRUS volume to which Austin alludes:

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By July–August 1980, the Pentagon and NSC were still untangling what went wrong.
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#HouseOfDynamite #ColdWar #Carter #FRUS

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Jun 7–13, 1980 — Brown, Odom, and Eizenstat scramble to correct “false missile alerts.”
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#NuclearHistory #FRUS

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Dec 21, 1979 — Odom again to Brzezinski.
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Mar 15, 1980 — Odom reports another anomaly.
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#NationalSecurity #FRUS

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Nov 16, 1979 — Odom to Brzezinski on the first false alert.
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Nov 20 — SecDef Brown to Carter.
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#ColdWar #Carter #FRUS

In advance of Netflix’s A House of Dynamite, revisit the real false nuclear alerts of 1979-1980.

From FRUS: National Security Policy, 1977–1980 ⬇️
#ColdWar #HouseOfDynamite #FRUS #NuclearHistory #Carter

@bcdreyer.social here is one for you — from the latest #FRUS volume.

Arnie Kanter: “a nothing-burger or worse.”

Want to get up to speed on the history of the United States and nuclear arms negotiations during the #ColdWar?

#FRUS can help. Here are some key volumes, starting with the #JFK era👇

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Our friends at the Office of the Historian have been busy! Out today are three chapters from Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977-1980, Volume XXVII, Western Europe: Canada, West Germany, and the Nordic countries.
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Reporting guidance from this 1979 telegram asks embassies to cover women's rights "with greater specificity in all reports" and offers a list of questions about women's legal, economic, and social status. #FRUS history.state.gov/historicaldo...

Really excited to get this #FRUS volume out the door!

These historians oversee unbiased accounts of U.S. foreign policy. Trump fired them all. An advisory committee of historians helps ensure the record of America’s history remains unbiased, transparent and thorough. Trump just fired the entire panel.

Down the memory hole goes the history of US foreign relations.

The Foreign Relations of the US #FRUS series is an essential resource for scholars and the FRUS Advisory Committee is critical to ensuring the volumes are published.

#SHAFR
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Our website has been a bit wonky the past few days. Just a reminder that all of the resources (including #FRUS) are available on GitHub:

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Listening to a wonderful #HAC presentation by John Powers on #FRUS role in U.S. national security. Don’t sleep on the Foreign Relations series: history.state.gov/historicaldo...

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Apply and join team Foreign Relations of the United States #FRUS! History, Historian, U.S. Department of State www.usajobs.gov/job/820195900

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New FRUS for the holidays! Reagan Eastern Europe. Enjoy! #archives #history #FRUS #documents #federalhistory
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