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Eric B. Brown

Eric Brown is a senior research scientist at William & Mary’s Global Research Institute, where he writes and teaches on world politics, history, and strategy.  He is also director of research at the Gates Global Policy Center. At W&M, Brown teaches in the Global Scholars program on Asia and American Statecraft, and he is also faculty guide to the Geopolitics of Technology Initiative. From 2004-2024, Brown was a senior fellow at Hudson Institute, where he led studies on alternative futures, China, India, and the Middle East, and conducted research throughout Eurasia and parts of Africa on complex security, development, and diplomatic issues. In 2018, Brown was senior advisor to the congressionally mandated Task Force on Extremism in Fragile States.