Jonathan Haslam (born 15 January 1951) is George F. Kennan Professor in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and Professor of the History of International Relations at the University of Cambridge with a special interest in the former Soviet Union.
Haslam studied at the London School of Economics (B.Sc.Econ 1972), Trinity College, Cambridge (M.Litt.
During his tenure at the University of Cambridge, he wrote: "My first political memory was the Cuban missile crisis of 1962.
It was the only time I saw my father afraid as he thought it entirely possible–through his London contacts–that we would all be blown up.
I have thus spent most of my life in pursuit of an explanation for the Cold War by focusing on the Soviet Union.