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Hal Brands

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Hal Brands
Headshot of Brands in a light-colored shirt against a black background
Brands in 2026
Born1983 (age 42–43)
RelativesH. W. Brands (father)
Academic background
EducationStanford University (BA)
Yale University (MA, MPhil, PhD)
Academic work
DisciplinePolitical science, history
Main interests
United States foreign policy
WebsiteOfficial website

Hal Brands (born 1983) is an American columnist and scholar of US foreign policy. He is the Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University, as well as 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 an MA, MPhil, and PhD in history from Yale University.

Personal life

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Brands' father is the 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)[3]
  • 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)[4]
  • (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)[5]
  • (With Charles Edel) The Lessons of Tragedy (2019)[6]
  • The Twilight Struggle: What the Cold War Teaches Us about Great-Power Rivalry Today (2022)[7][8][9]
  • Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China (2022) (co-authored with Michael Beckley)[10]
  • The New Makers of Modern Strategy. From the Ancient World to the Digital Age (2023)[11]
  • The Eurasian Century: Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and the Making of the Modern World (2025)[12][13]

Articles

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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". fair.org. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
  2. ↑ Mallozzi, Vincent M. (March 18, 2011). "Emily Chang, Hal Brands: Weddings". The New York Times.
  3. ↑ "Review of From Berlin to Baghdad".
  4. ↑ "Roundtable: What Good is Grand Strategy?".
  5. ↑ "Review Essays: American Grand Strategy in the Age of Trump".
  6. ↑ "In Statecraft what is Tragedy good for?".
  7. ↑ Leebaert, Derek (August 3, 2022). "The Last Cold War Was Disastrous — We Shouldn't Welcome Another". Jacobin. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
  8. ↑ Smith, Jordan Michael (March 10, 2022). "The Disastrous Return of Cold War Strategy". The New Republic. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
  9. ↑ "Review of The Twilight Struggle. What the Cold War Teaches Us about Great-Power Rivalry Today".
  10. ↑ "Review of Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China".
  11. ↑ "Review of The New Makers of Modern Strategy".
  12. ↑ "Hal Brands Distorts Mackinder to Bash Trump".
  13. ↑ "Review of The Eurasian Century" (PDF).
  14. ↑ Brands, Hal (May 27, 2024). "An "America First" World". Foreign Affairs. ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
  15. ↑ "Putting 'Asia First' Could Cost America the World". Bloomberg.com. August 26, 2024.
  16. ↑ Brands, Hal; Beckley, Michael (February 6, 2024). "How Primed for War Is China?". Foreign Policy. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
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