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Brendan Peter Simms, PhD is Professor of the History of International Relations in the Centre of International Studies at the University of Cambridge. Simms completed his doctoral dissertation, entitled "Anglo-Prussian relations, 1804-1806: The Napoleonic Threat", at Cambridge under the supervision of Professor Tim Blanning in 1993. A Fellow of Peterhouse, he lectures and leads seminars on international history since 1945.

Simms's research focuses on the history of European foreign policy. He is the author of a variety of books and articles on this subject, including Unfinest Hour: Britain and the Destruction of Bosnia (2001) and Three Victories and a Defeat: The Rise and Fall of the First British Empire, 1714-1783 (2007). In addition to his academic work, he also serves as the co-president of The Henry Jackson Society, which advocates the view that supporting and promoting liberal democracy should be an integral part of Western foreign policy.

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