

Richard Moss
Professor in the Russian Maritime Studies Institute at the U.S. Naval War College with a Ph.D. in history, specializing in U.S.-Soviet relations during the Cold War and author of research on Kissinger's back-channel diplomacy.
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Feb 12, 2026 • 1h
Episode 16: Henry Kissinger and Cold War Strategy
Dr. Marc Genest, a public diplomacy and strategy scholar, and Dr. Richard Moss, a Cold War and U.S.-Soviet relations historian, discuss Kissinger's focus on balance-of-power politics and strategic stability. They cover détente, the opening to China, triangular diplomacy using the Sino-Soviet split, back-channel diplomacy, and the tradeoffs of personal versus institutional diplomacy.


