International Studies

Phone:

(812) 856-9117

Email:

mbdegroo@iu.edu

Department:

International Studies

Campus:

IU Bloomington

Research Summary

My research focuses on the international, diplomatic, and economic history of the Cold War, and the conflict’s enduring influence in world politics. My current book project, entitled Disruption: Economic Globalization and the End of the Cold War, explores the political economy of the late Cold War. Drawing on archival research in eight countries and five languages, this manuscript illuminates the key role that the global economic shocks of the 1970s played in bringing the Cold War to a close.

Educational Background

• Ph.D., History, University of Virginia, 2018
• M.A., History, University of Virginia, 2014
• B.A., History with honors, Stanford University, 2011

Regions of Interest

• Russia
• Europe
• United States

Research Topics

• Russian and U.S. foreign relations
• International history
• Geopolitics of energy
• Political Economy

Representative Publications

• Golden Opportunity?: The Soviet Union, CMEA, and the Energy Crisis of the 1970s,” Journal of Cold War Studies (forthcoming)                                               
•  “Western Europe and the Collapse of Bretton Woods,” International Journal, Vol. 74, No. 2 (2019), 282-300.