Aryo Makko is Professor of History at Stockholm University and Director of the Hans Blix Centre for the History of International Relations. His research interests include the history of international relations, political history, contemporary history, and migration history. He currently works on the project Neutrality and the Kremlin: A Transnational History, which examines the relations between the neutral states of Europe and the Soviet Union during the second half of the Cold War. The project is conducted within the Pro Futura Scientia program at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS).