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Hal Brands

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As seen in: Bloomberg Businessweek, The New York Times, Bloomberg News, Bloomberg Opinion, Business Insider, Cinco Días, The Economic Times, The Washington Post, Clarín Economia, Harvard University, The Atlantic and
JHU, AEI, Bloomberg Opinion. Author of new book, The Eurasian Century, www.amazon.com/Eurasian-Century-Making-Modern-World/dp/132403694X
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Trump’s Iran Blunder Shows Strategy Can Defeat Firepower

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By Hal Brands
| Political Economy with Jim Pethokoukis
The dust from major fights takes time to settle. Judging by the fighting that flared in recent days, the US-Iran war is not yet over. And the global implications of that conflict — its effects on world energy markets, the ways it has changed the balance of power in the Persian Gulf and beyond — will unfold for years to come. Yet one lesson is already apparent: There’s no substitute for strategy. Neglecting the fundamentals of that craft can doom even a superpower to disappointment and defeat.
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Trump's Iran Blunder Shows Strategy Can Defeat Firepower

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By Hal Brands
| Flipboard
Tehran had a plan to choke the global economy and survive. Trump had no real plan at all. July 12, 2026 at 4:00 AM UTC Hal Brands is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist and the Henry Kissinger Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies. The dust from major …
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A Taiwan Crisis Is Coming — and Xi May Not Wait

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By Hal Brands
| Political Economy with Jim Pethokoukis
Something ominous is happening in the western Pacific, and the US isn’t ready for it. Earlier this month, the Chinese Coast Guard contacted three ships in international waters near eastern Taiwan, demanding they identify their points of origin and destination. China didn’t stop these vessels. But it was asserting a right to police maritime traffic near Taiwan — and, perhaps, previewing a major crisis that could be just a year or two away.
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