Projects per year
Personal profile
Areas of Expertise
Modern war and conflict, military intervention and diplomacy (including contemporary affairs); 16th to 20th century diplomatic history; 19th-20th century British and European history; modern politics.
Key Research Interests
I am primarily interested in the history of Great Power relations from the 16th to the 20th centuries.
Biography
Professor Thomas Otte teaches Diplomatic, International and Military History.
He has published some twenty-one books, among them Statesman of Europe: A Life of Sir Edward Grey (2020) (Book of the Year, New Statesman (2020) and Spectator (2021)) and the award-winning July Crisis: How the World Descended into War, Summer 1914 (CUP, 2014); he has also has published numerous essays in edited collections and articles in leading journals, including the English Historical Review, Historical Journal, and History.
Prof. Otte has been an adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and is an elected member of the Council of the Royal Historial Society.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Projects
- 2 Finished
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Fits of Absentmindedness?: In Search of a Grand Strategy, 1650-2020
1/09/20 → 30/08/24
Project: Fellowship
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'Britain, the Great Powers and the Project of Greater Albanian Autonomy, 1875-1881'
1/09/07 → 1/03/09
Project: Research
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Garrison the Heartland: Mackinder, Russia and the “Pivot of History”
Otte, T. G., Jan 2025, Geopolitics and War. Black, J. (ed.). Rome: Società Italiana di Storia Militare, p. 335-358 24 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Wir sollten die Möglichkeit nutzen und bei diesem Treffen sämtliche Lorbeeren ernten (German translation): Grossbritannien und die Berliner Afrika-Konferenz
Otte, T. G., Feb 2025, Die Berliner Afrika-Konferenz 1884/85. Afflerbach, H., Mongold-Will, S., Morgenstern, U. & Scholtyseck, J. (eds.). Paderborn: Brill-Schöningh , p. 215-234 (Otto-von-Bismarck Stiftung Wissenschaftliche Reihe; vol. 33).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Leuthen: Great Battles
Otte, T. G., 24 Oct 2024, Oxford : Oxford University Press. 224 p. (OUP Great Battled)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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“New Paths to Wisdom”: Clausewitz – From Practice to Theory
Otte, T. G., Feb 2024, The Practice of Strategy : A Global History. Black, J. (ed.). Rome: Società Italiana di Storia Militare, p. 333-348Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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The Foreign Office's War, 1939-1941: British Strategic Foreign Policy and the Major Neutral Powers
Neilson, K. & Otte, T. G. (ed.), Jun 2022, Boydell and Brewer. 336 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Activities
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Royal Historical Society (External organisation)
T.G. Otte (Council Member)
Nov 2019 → Nov 2023Activity: Membership › Network, Working Group or Professional Association
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Royal Historical Society (External organisation)
T.G. Otte (Fellow)
2018 → …Activity: Membership › Network, Working Group or Professional Association
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International History Institute, Boston University (External organisation)
T.G. Otte (Fellow)
2004 → …Activity: Membership › External research organisation