Gati discusses in detail the interpersonal dynamic between two major Harriman Institute figures, Marshall Shulman and Zbigniew Brzezinski, and the eventual fraying of that relationship. Gati cites a number of instances of policy influence stemming from Harriman figures, including Brzezinski's and Shulman's roles in the Carter administration and Gati's own regular informal communication with the Sta te Department throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s. Gati is a strong proponent of area studies approaches, and he analyzes what he believes is a decline based on diminished resources. Gati also expresses concerns about the politics of human rights studies
College teachers; Area studies; Soviet Union Relations United States; United States Relations Soviet Union; Soviet Union Study and teaching; Gati, Charles; Shulman, Marshall Darrow; Brzeziński, Zbigniew; Harriman Institute
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
2016
Physical Description
33 pages
Note (Biographical)
Charles Gati is Senior Research Professor of European and Eurasian Studies at the Paul Nitzke School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University. Previously, Gati has been a senior advisor with the Policy Planning Staff of the US Department of State and a professor at Union College and Columbia University. Dr. Gati has been involved with Harriman since the 1960s, and is the author of award-winning books on relations between Hungary and the Soviet Union
Note
Interviewed by William McAllister on October 14, 2016
Note (Provenance)
Charles Gati, Gift, transferred from Columbia Center for Oral History Research 2018