Grand Strategy Scholars

Dan Altman

• Georgia State University
• Expertise: strategy and statecraft

Robert Art

• Brandeis University
• Expertise: foreign policy, national security

Emma Ashford

• Cato Institute Defense
• Expertise: policy, energy security

Paul Avey

• Virginia Tech
• Expertise: grand strategy, nuclear strategy

Andrew Bacevich

• Boston University
• Expertise: International relations, Diplomatic history, power

Doug Bandow

• Cato Institute
• Expertise: Russia, foreign policy, civil liberties

Guillermo Barrera

• Naval War College
• Expertise: Geopolitics, warfare

Mark Bell

• University of Minnesota
• International security, nuclear weapons, US foreign policy

Jorge Benitez

• Marine Corps Command and Staff College
• Expertise: Security organization, military history

Melanie Benson

• Duke University
• Expertise:Grand strategy, international conflict resolution

Walter Berbrick

• Naval War College
• Expertise:Military planning, geopolitics

Richard Betts

• Columbia University
• Expertise: SIPA Strategy, U.S. national security policy

David Betz

• King’s College London
• Expertise: Grand strategy, war, counterinsurgency, cyber

John Bew

• King’s College London
• Expertise: Grand strategy, conflict and security, diplomatic history

Alexander Bick

• Johns Hopkins SAIS
• Expertise: Political economy, imperialism, international security, Syria

Stephen Biddle

• Columbia University SIPA
• Expertise: Strategy

Pinar Bilgin

• Bilkent University (Turkey)
• Expertise: international security, Middle East, Asia

Guenter Bischof

• University of New Orleans
• Expertise: NATO, WWII, alliances

Robert Blackwill

• Johns Hopkins SAIS
• Expertise: Russia, China, geopolitics

David Blagden

• University of Exeter
• Expertise: Great powers, globalization, nuclear power, realism

Dan Blumenthal

• American Enterprise Institute
• Expertise: U.S.-China relations, East Asia

Hal Brands

• Johns Hopkins SAIS
• Expertise: Grand strategy, defense policy, diplomatic history

H.W. Brands

• University of Texas at Austin
• Expertise: American history, U.S. military history

Michael Brenes

• Yale University
• Expertise: Grand strategy, history, U.S. domestic politics

Ian Brezinski

• Atlantic Council
• Expertise: Defense policy, NATO

Stephen Brooks

• Dartmouth College
• Expertise: Engagement, political economy, IR theory and practice

David Brown

• Naval War College
• Expertise: Military planning, warfare

Bruno Cabanes

• The Ohio State University
• Expertise: Military history, post-war transitions

James Jay Carafano

• Heritage Foundation
• Expertise: Warfare, cyber, terrorism

Austin Carson

• University of Chicago
• Expertise: secrecy, intelligence, International relations theory

Jonathan Caverley

• Naval War College
• Expertise: Geopolitics, international relations

Dianne Chamberlain

• Columbia University SIPA
• Expertise: coercion, democracy and decision making

Ajin Choi

• Yonsei University (South Korea)
• Expertise: Alliances, national security policy

Thomas Christensen

• Columbia University SIPA
• Expertise: East Asia, U.S. national security policy, strategy

Robert (Rob) Citino

• The National World War II Museum
• Expertise: World War II, Germany, U.S. military history

J.P. Clarke

• U.S. Army
• Expertise: military history

Colin Clarke

• Carnegie Mellon University
• Expertise: International security

Eliot Cohen

• Johns Hopkins SAIS
• Expertise: Strategy, International relations, defense policy SAIS

Susan Colborun

• Yale University
• Expertise: transatlantic relations, nuclear strategy

Elbridge Colby

• Center for a New American
• Expertise: Security Strategy, defense policy

Zack Cooper

• American Enterprise Institute
• Expertise: Asia policy, strategy

Christopher Coyne

• George Mason University
• Expertise: Economics and political power, political economy, democracy exportation

Conrad Crane

• U.S. Army
• Expertise:U.S. military history

Thomas Culora

• Naval War College
• Expertise: Policy and strategy, deterrence

Jacqueline Deal

• Foreign Policy Research Institute
• Expertise:U.S.-China relations, East Asia

Michael Desch

• University of Notre Dame
• Expertise:Grand strategy, international security

Peter Dombrowski

• Naval War College
• Expertise: Cyber, grand strategy

James Dougherty

• Council on Foreign Relations
• Expertise: Grand strategy

Alexander Downs

• George Washington University
• Expertise: international security

Colin Dueck

• George Mason University
• Expertise: Grand strategy, International relations, U.S. foreign policy

Charles Dunlap

• Duke University School of Law
• Expertise: National security law, strategy

Mackenzie Eaglen

• American Enterprise Institute
• Expertise: Defense strategy, military readiness

Eric Edelman

• Johns Hopkins SAIS
• Expertise: National security, diplomacy, defense policy

David Edelstein

• Georgetown University
• Expertise: great power politics

Marin Edwards

• Seaton Hall University
• Expertise: International trade, International Organizations

Andrew Erickson

• Naval War College
• Expertise: Deterrence, sea power

Evelyn Farkas

• US Dept. of Defense
• Expertise: US defense strategy

Peter Feaver

• Duke University
• Expertise: Grand strategy, civil-military relations, military history, nuclear weapons

Anya Fink

• University of Maryland & Nuclear Security Working Group
• Expertise: Russia, nuclear weapons, international security

Louis Fisher

• Constitution Project
• Expertise: Constitutionality of national security and defense issues

Aaron Friedberg

• Princeton University, Wilson Scool of international Affairs
• Expertise: Grand strategy, Cold War, China

Michael Fuchs

• Center for American Progress
• Expertise: U.S. foreign policy in Asia

John Lewis Gaddis

• Gaddis Yale University
• Expertise: Grand strategy, Cold War, U.S. history

Beverly Gage

• Yale University
• Expertise: 20th Century American History, Grand Strategy

Erik Gartzke

• UC San Diego
• Expertise: War, peace, international institutions

Francis Gavin

• Johns Hopkins SAIS
• Expertise: International organizations, nuclear weapons, economics and international relations

Christopher Gelpi

• The Ohio State University
• Expertise: Military force, peace, terrorism, international conflict

Eugene Gholz

• University of Notre Dame
• Expertise: Grand strategy, economics, security policy, restraint

Douglas Gibler

• University of Alabama
• Expertise: Interstate conflict and development

Michael Glennon

• Tufts University, The Fletcher School
• Expertise: international law, humanitarianism

Stacie Goddard

• Wellesley College
• Expertise:Grand strategy; international order; legitimation

Michael Green

• Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Expertise: Grand strategy in Asia

Paul Gregory

• Hoover Institution
• Expertise: Economics, Russia, energy policy and security

Agnia Grigas

• Atlantic Council
• Expertise: Energy, geopolitics, Russia, Ukraine, defense policy

Jakub Grygiel

• Catholic University of America
• Expertise: Strategy, geopolitics

Christopher Harmon

• Marine Corps University
• Expertise: Terrorism, strategy, great powers

Daniel F. Harrington

• US Air Forces in Europe
• Expertise: historian

Kyle Haynes

• Purdue University
• Expertise: International security, interstate bargaining

Christopher Hemmer

• Air War College
• Expertise: MENA, foreign policy

David Hendrickson

• Colorado College
• Expertise: Grand Strategy, civil-mil relations, history, ethics

Kathleen Hicks

• Johns Hopkins SAIS
• Expertise: Defense Policy

Courtney Hillebrecht

• University of Nebraska
• Expertise: Human rights, international organizations

James Holmes

• Naval War College
• Expertise: Maritime strategy

G. John Ikenberry

• Princeton University
• Expertise: Liberal internationalism, IR theory

William Inboden

Galen Jackson

• Williams College
• Expertise: international security, nuclear security, international relations theory

• University of Texas at Austin
• Expertise: Grand strategy

Robert Jervis

• Columbia University SIPA
• Expertise: International relations theory, decision making, security policy

Morgan Kaplan

• International Security and Harvard Belfer Center
• Expertise: MENA, rebellion, alliance politics

Geoffrey Kemp

• Center for the National Interest
• Expertise: Energy security, nuclear security, Middle East

Joseph Kirschbaum

• U.S. Government Accountability Office
• Expertise: Defense Policy

Scott Krause

• Allied Museum in Berlin
• Expertise: German-American history

Ron Krebs

• University of Minnesota
• Expertise: International relations theory; grand strategy; intl security

Sarah Kreps

• Cornell University
• Expertise: Finance, drones, coalitions, intervention

Matthew Kroenig

• Georgetown University
• Expertise: Great power conflict

Ulrich Kühn

• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Expertise: Russia, arms control, emerging technology

Charlie Laderman

• King’s College London
• Expertise: conflict and security

Andrew Lambert

• King’s College London
• Expertise: Naval power and history, grand strategy

Mark Lawrence

• University of Texas at Austin
• Expertise: U.S. foreign policy, diplomatic history, decolonization

Jack Levy

• Rutgers University
• Expertise: Causes of war, foreign policy analysis

Robert Lieber

• Georgetown University
• Expertise: Grand strategy, retreat and decline

Jon R. Lindsay

• University of Toronto
• Expertise: technology and global security

Keir Lieber

• Georgetown University
• Expertise: Nuclear weapons, deterrence

Paul MacDonald

• Wellesley College
• Expertise: Expansion, military power, American foreign policy

Margaret MacMillan

• Johns Hopkins SAIS
• Expertise: Negotiations, peacekeeping, history

Thomas Mahnken

• Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
• Expertise: Grand strategy, Asia, U.S. military power

Jeffrey Mankoff

• Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Expertise: Russia and Eurasian politics and history

Peter Mansoor

• The Ohio State University
• Expertise: military strategy, military history

James Mattis

• Hoover Institution
• Expertise: Defense policy, military history

Walter McDougall

• University of Pennsylvania
• Expertise: U.S. and European diplomatic relations

John Mearsheimer

• University of Chicago
• Expertise: International relations theory, realism

Rajan Menon

• The City College of New York
• Expertise: War, peace, global ethics

Christopher Miller

• Fletcher School, Tufts University
• Expertise: Russian history, economics, globalization and trade

Roger Miller

• US Air Force Historical Studies
• Expertise: US Air Force history

Steven Miller

• Harvard University
• Expertise: International security, nuclear issues

Allan Millett

• University of New Orleans
• Expertise: U.S. military history, military strategy

Evan Braden Montgomery

• Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
• Expertise: Defense strategy, deterrence, nuclear power

Robert Moser

• University of Texas at Austin
• Expertise: Russia, International relations

Karl Mueller

• RAND Corporation
• Expertise: military and national security strategy

Dipali Mukhopadhyay

• Columbia University SIPA
• Expertise: international security, state building

Michelle Murray

• Bard College
• Expertise: international relations

Williamson Murray

• The Ohio State University
• Expertise: military strategy, military history

Steven Lee Myers

• New York Times
• Russia

Robert Neller

• US Marine Corps (retired)
• Expertise: national defense strategy

Kaete O’Connell

• Southern Methodist University
• Expertise: food diplomacy, Cold War

• New York Times
• Expertise: Russia

Olga Oliker

• Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Expertise: Russia, nuclear weapons, Central Asia

Lindsey O’Rourke

• Boston College
• Expertise: Internatonal relations theory, US foreign policy, international security, military strategy

Mackubin Owens

• Foreign Policy Research Institute
• Expertise: Civil-military relations, military power

John Parachini

• RAND Corporation
• Expertise: intelligence, terrorism, weapons proliferation, arms control

Joseph Parent

• University of Notre Dame
• Expertise: Strategy, International relations, cooperation, intermational security

William Philpott

• King’s College London
• Expertise: Grand strategy, military history, 20th century

Paul Pillar

• Georgetown University
• Expertise: Asia, intelligence

Patrick Porter

• University of Birmingham (UK)
• Expertise: Great power politics

Patrick Porter

• University of Exeter
• Expertise: Strategy and security

Barry Posen

• MIT
• Expertise: Restraint, military strategy, foreign policy

Christopher Preble

• Cato Institute
• Expertise: Restraint, defense policy

Daryl Press

• Dartmouth College
• Expertise: Balance of power, deterrence, technology

Brandon Prins

• University of Tennessee Knoxville
• Expertise: Maritime primacy, international conflict, international security

Michael Rainsborough

• King’s College London
• Expertise: Grand strategy, strategic theory, war

Mira Rapp-Hooper

• Council on Foreign Relations
• Expertise: Grand strategy

Simon Reich

• Rutgers University-Newark
• Expertise: U.S. grand strategy

Stephen Rosen

• Harvard University
• Expertise: Future war, nuclear weapons

Michael Rubin

• American Enterprise Institute
• Expertise: Rogue regimes, strategy

Cary Russell

• U.S. Government Accountability Office
• Expertise: Defense Policy

Maeve Ryan

• King’s College London
• Expertise: Grand strategy, geopolitics, military and diplomatic history

Carol Saivetz

• MIT & Harvard
• Expertise: Russia, Ukraine, foreign policy, NATO

Harvey Sapolsky

• MIT
• Expertise:Defense policy, innovation, use of force

Mary Elise Sarotte

• Johns Hopkins SAIS
• Expertise: History, Cold War

Elizabeth Saunders

• Georgetown University, SFS
• Expertise: Leaders, presidency, politics of force

Nadia Schadlow

• Hudson Institute
• Expertise: Stability, reconstruction, Army

Kori Schake

• International Institute for Strategic Studies
• Expertise: Grand strategy, U.S.-European relations

Gary Schmitt

• American Enterprise Institute
• Expertise: National security, NATO, U.S. Constitution gschmitt@aei.org

Loren DeJonge Schulman

• Center for a New American Security
• Expertise: national security and defense reform

Todd Sechser

• University of Virginia
• Expertise: Nuclear weapons, coercion, military technology

Vance Serchuk

• KKR Global Institute
• Expertise: Geopolitics, American foreign policy

Stephen Sestanovich

• Columbia University SIPA
• Expertise: Russia, U.S. foreign policy

Laura Shepherd

• University of Sydney
• Expertise: Women, peace, and security

Eric Shibuya

• Marine Corps Command and Staff College
• Expertise: Terrorism, Asia, strategy

Joshua Shifrinson

• Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
• Expertise: Grand strategy, great power conflict

Jonathan (Yoni) Shimshoni

• MIT Security Studies Program
• Expertise: 21st cent. Societal warfare

Michael Singh

• Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• Expertise: Middle East Policy

Paul Steege

• Villanova University
• Expertise: German history

Jeremi Suri

• University of Texas at Austin
• Expertise: International relations, history, power, American foreign relations

Brian Taylor

• Syracuse University, Maxwell School
• Expertise: Russia, civil-military relations

Ashley Tellis

• The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Expertise: Asia policy, strategy

William Thompson

• Indiana University
• Expertise: Grand strategy, balancing

A. Treavor Thrall

• Cato Institute/George Mason University
• Expertise: Restraint

Joseph Torigian

• Council on Foreign Relations
• Expertise: Grand strategy, nuclear security

Robert Trager

• University of California Los Angeles
• Expertise: Coercion, diplomacy, IR theory

Paul Viotti

• Korbel School, University of Denver
• Expertise: International relations theory, hard power, national security

Stephen Walt

• Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
• Expertise: Alliances, grand strategy

C. Dale Walton

• Lindenwood University
• Expertise: Grand strategy, great power conflict, U.S. diplomatic history

Krista Weigand

• University of Tennessee Knoxville
• Expertise: Interstate conflict, conflict and dispute, strategy

Alexander Wendt

• The Ohio State University
• Expertise: International relations theory, constructivism

Stephen Wertheim

• Columbia University
• Expertise: US foreign relations and international order

William Wohlforth

• Dartmouth College
• Expertise: International security

Scott Wolford

• University of Texas at Austin
• Expertise: Game theory, International conflict

Adam Wunische

• Quincy Institute / George Washington University
• Expertise: military strategy, terrorism, foreign policy

Steve Yetiv

• Old Dominion University
• Expertise: American foreign policy, decision making, energy security

Sean Yom

• Temple University
• Expertise: Middle east, regimes, governance

Toshi Yoshihara

• Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
• Expertise: Naval power, U.S.-China relations

Micah Zenko

• McChrystal Group
• Expertise: Red teamming, strategic planning