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Hal Brands

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Hal Brands
Brands in 2014
Born1983 (age 40–41)
Academic background
EducationStanford University (BA)
Yale University (MA, MPhil, PhD)
Academic work
DisciplinePolitical science
Main interestsUnited States foreign policy
WebsiteOfficial website

Hal Brands (born 1983) is an American political scientist and scholar of U.S. foreign policy. He is the Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.[1]

Education

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Brands holds a BA in history and political science from Stanford University and a MA, MPhil, and PhD in history from Yale University.

Personal life

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Brands' father is historian H. W. Brands.[2]

Publications

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Books

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  • From Berlin to Baghdad : America's Search for Purpose in the Post-Cold War World. 2008.
  • Latin America's Cold War (2010)
  • What Good is Grand Strategy? Power and Purpose in American Statecraft from Harry S. Truman to George W. Bush (2014)
  • (editor, with Jeremi Suri) The Power of the Past: History and Statecraft (2015)
  • Making the Unipolar Moment: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Rise of the Post-Cold War Order (2016)
  • American Grand Strategy in the Age of Trump (2018)
  • (With Charles Edel) The Lessons of Tragedy (2019)
  • The Twilight Struggle: What the Cold War Teaches Us about Great-Power Rivalry Today (2022)
  • Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China (2022) (co-authored with Michael Beckley)
  • The New Makers of Modern Strategy. From the Ancient World to the Digital Age (2023)

Articles

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Reviews of Brands' work

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References

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  1. ^ Johnson, Adam (March 19, 2019). "Bloomberg's Armsmaker-Funded Columnist Wants You to Know: Military Spending Is Woke".
  2. ^ Mallozzi, Vincent M. (March 18, 2011). "Emily Chang, Hal Brands: Weddings". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Brands, Hal (May 27, 2024). "An "America First" World". Foreign Affairs. ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
  4. ^ "Putting 'Asia First' Could Cost America the World". Bloomberg.com. August 26, 2024.
  5. ^ Brands, Michael Beckley, Hal (February 6, 2024). "How Primed for War Is China?". Foreign Policy. Retrieved February 5, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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