Christian Ruth is an America in the World Consortium Postdoctoral Fellow at the Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education. His research examines the history of American foreign relations and international diplomacy, emphasizing the ways ideas and beliefs intersect with global economic development and North-South relations. His first book project, One-Third Rich and Two-Thirds Hungry: Neoliberal Development in the Late Cold War, shows how the idea of basic human needs became part of the United States’ foreign aid program and uses foreign aid to examine the scope and complexity of the rise of neoliberal economic policies at the end of the Cold War. His second manuscript, Kings and Castles: Anti-Enlightenment Politics and Illiberal Traditions, looks at the long history of anti-democracy efforts around the world in the last three centuries. It investigates the philosophies and ideologies underpinning global pro-monarchist movements that seek to dismantle and disrupt democratic governance, and the ways these ideas have seeped into modern politics.
His research can be found in The Journal of Cold War Studies, Nursing Clio, and an article soon to be published for Diplomatic History. He received his Ph.D. in History from SUNY Albany, and his M.A. and B.A. in history from the University of Kentucky. Prior to AWC, Christian was the George P. Shultz Fellow for the Ronald Reagan Institute and taught history and international affairs courses throughout Upstate New York.
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