Sarah C. M. Paine is William S. Sims University Professor Emerita of History and Grand Strategy at the U.S. Naval War College. Sarah is one of the most insightful voices in great-power politics of our time. Her recent series on the Dwarkesh Podcast sparked wide global discussion, bringing historical depth to some of today’s most complex geopolitical questions including her insights on the intervening powers of China, the US and the Soviet Union.

Her degrees include BA, Latin American studies, Harvard University; MIA, Columbia University School for International and Public Affairs; MA, Russian, Middlebury College; and PhD, history, Columbia University.