Dexter Fergie is a Killam Postdoctoral Fellow in the UBC History Department. He is a US and global historian, specializing in the history of international organizations, American foreign relations, and infrastructure. His book project, titled The World’s Headquarters: The United States, the United Nations, and the Place of Global Governance, 1945-1991, investigates the cultural and political implications of anchoring global governance in the United States. His work has appeared in Diplomatic History and H-Diplo, as well as non-academic venues, including The Atlantic, The New Republic, and Bloomberg.