Hal Brands

JHU, AEI, Bloomberg Opinion. Author of new book, The Eurasian Century,

[Hal Brands @HalBrands]

My new book has a cover! The Eurasian Century: Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and the Making of the Modern World is about the great struggles that shaped the modern era, and how they help explain the challenges we face today.

@AEI @KissingerCenter
https://t.co/eILCdh2qCj

[Układ Sił @Ukladsil]

Z przyjemnością informujemy, że na nasze zaproszenie do Polski wkrótce przyleci @HalBrands, jeden z najważniejszych amerykańskich analityków polityki międzynarodowej i strategii.

Będzie to wizyta związana z wydarzeniem, o którym dowiecie się Państwo już wkrótce, oraz przy okazji z promocją dwóch książek: „Stulecia Eurazji”, wydanej przez @Przeswity i „Twórców nowoczesnej strategii”, przygotowanej wspólnie przez Prześwity i Układ Sił.

BTW. Postaramy się także zdobyć dla Was autografy.

Stay tuned!

[Hal Brands @HalBrands]

How America Can Remain the World's AI Superpower--a weekend long read in @washingtonpost

@AEI @JHUPress

https://t.co/kHi2FK6gpx

[Hal Brands @HalBrands]

The fate of a huge arms sale to Taiwan will show whether Trump can compete with China while engaging Xi--or whether he's just sliding toward a potentially disastrous posture of accommodation.

@opinion @AEI
https://t.co/FxMQoUVNFx

[Hal Brands @HalBrands]

You won’t get a better snapshot of where the world is going than the two recent summits in Beijing. Xi, Trump, and Putin are all breaking the old order—and making a turbulent new age.

https://t.co/VVdMDkrJPX

@opinion @AEI

[Hal Brands @HalBrands]

We're starting to learn more about the Ukraine nuclear crisis of fall 2022. Here's what it teaches us about great-power relations and the future of nuclear rivalry:

https://t.co/BGB5pUc2by

@opinion @AEI

[Bloomberg Opinion @opinion]

Nuclear brinkmanship has become a defining feature of the wars of the 21st century, writes @HalBrands, and the worst is yet to come https://t.co/mqhoS3IsMl

[Hal Brands @HalBrands]

The Iran war is intensifying a full-blown crisis of the transatlantic alliance. But it's having more subtle, and sometimes more positive, effects for US alliances in Asia and the Middle East.

@opinion @AEI

https://t.co/N0hA0JvcNK

[Bloomberg Opinion @opinion]

The Iran war has allies in Europe drifting away from the US, but some in Asia and the Middle East are being forced closer to Washington, @halbrands writes https://t.co/JwZ7AvHJeG

[Michael Fullilove @mfullilove]

I was very pleased today to catch up with historian @HalBrands of @SAISHopkins and @AEI.

[Hal Brands @HalBrands]

The world is getting more dangerous.
Confidence in America is declining. That’s allowing a cohort of defense export all stars to grab greater profits—and greater global influence.

@opinion @AEI

https://t.co/oUbGF5VEMX

[Bloomberg @business]

Lack of trust in the US has led to a bunch of allies, including Japan and South Korea, becoming the new all-stars in arms exports, @halbrands writes (via @opinion) https://t.co/E37yG0jRUh

[Hal Brands @HalBrands]

@HoyasFan07 @opinion @AEI AEI usually puts up a version a day or two later...

[Hal Brands @HalBrands]

It's hard to say whether the crisis with Iran is easing. But the broader, global implications of the war are already unfolding, and they are stunning in their impact and scope.

A long weekend read for @opinion @AEI

https://t.co/PswtZnFXOt

[Hal Brands @HalBrands]

Welcome to the age of the missile war, where combat is faster, sanctuaries are harder to find, and escalation could prove more challenging to control.

@opinion @AEI

https://t.co/UmRCNPskBF

[Bloomberg Opinion @opinion]

In the new Missile Age, war is faster, deadlier and harder to control, @halbrands writes https://t.co/JZHHaceWuy

[Hal Brands @HalBrands]

Worth checking out this take from my editor @opinion @tobinharshaw

[Bloomberg Opinion @opinion]

Fifty years ago, a British psychologist famously laid bare the character defects behind some of the UK’s biggest wartime fiascos.

Pete Hegseth’s plans for the Pentagon check every box, @tobinharshaw says 🎥

[Ulrich Speck @ulrichspeck]

Trump is "trying to create a world where the sole superpower is at once mightier and less constrained", writes @HalBrands. His analysis of Trump's foreign policy is superb and should be the starting point for every debate about it. https://t.co/EatYBmmLYA

[Hal Brands @HalBrands]

A hyper-globalized economy has met a hyper-competitive environment. Welcome to the chokehold era. Actors large and small are weaponizing control of nodes in crucial networks--and reshaping the world economy on which we all rely.

@opinion @AEI
https://t.co/xCKideoriA

[American Enterprise Institute @AEI]

In foreign policy, Trump’s second term has a revolutionary ethos: He is trying to create a world where the sole superpower is at once mightier and less constrained.

AEI's @HalBrands on Trump's vision of American power. https://t.co/VokrtAeIh4

[Foreign Policy @ForeignPolicy]

Ten years hence, the world will look very different. What we don’t yet know is what awaits on the far side of our interregnum—what form that new world will take, @HalBrands writes for FP’s Spring 2026 print issue. The current moment feels precarious because each of three scenarios is plausible—and each finds support in the foreign policy of a conflicted superpower. https://t.co/jhBvfLEjjL