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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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
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Zeitenwende: Russia’s War against Ukraine and the End of the Thirty Years’ Holiday
Otte, T. G., Mar 2022, In: H-Diplo. 416, p. 1-7 416.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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“Absurdum per totum”? The Elector Max Franz and Attempts to Re-establish the Electorate of Cologne, 1792-1799
Otte, T. G., Oct 2022, Die Heimstatt des Historikers sind die Archive: Festschrift für Lothar Höbelt . Pammer, M., Hlavačka, M., Kalwoda, J., Rogister, J. & Velek, L. (eds.). Vienna: Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, p. 37-50Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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