Dr. Kaeten Mistry, 'Exposure: How State Secret Disclosures Helped Construct and Undermine the Cold War Consensus'

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Previously titled “Dr. Kaeten Mistry, "Exposure: How State Secret Disclosures Helped Construct and Undermine the Cold War Consensus"” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 8, 2026

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Dr Kaeten Mistry discusses his current research on the history of secrecy and the tensions it raises between civil liberties and national security. This draws from Chapter 2 of his current book project, The Secrecy Regime (working title), which traces U.S. state secrecy from its early twentieth-century origins to the present.Dr Mistry is a scholar of the United States and the world, specialising in foreign relations, the international and transnational history of the Cold War, and more recently, cultures of secrecy and intelligence. He has also worked on aspects of modern European history, in particular: Italy.This was recorded on 19/5/2025. Co-hosts: Megan Renoir (PhD Candidate) researches Indigenous sovereignty and land conflict. Megan’s recent publication looked at“Recognition as Resilience: How an Unrecognized Indigenous Nation is Using Visibility as a Pathway Toward Restorative Justice,”. Mary Foster (Megan's sister) is a third-year undergraduate student at McGill University, majoring in History with a minor in medieval studies.Editing, production and cover art by Daisy Semmler (Cantab MPhil graduate).Thanks for listening.

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