John Hulsman

Dr. John C. Hulsman is the President and Co-Founder of John C. Hulsman Enterprises, a prominent global political risk consulting firm, and a Life Member of the US Council on Foreign Relations. His most recent work, To Dare More Boldly; The Audacious Story of Political Risk, was published by Princeton University Press in April 2018.

For three years, Dr. Hulsman was the Senior Columnist for City AM, the newspaper of the city of London. Prior to this, John was a Senior Research Fellow at The Hague Centre of Strategic Studies, and served as the first Alfred von Oppenheim Scholar in Residence at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) in Berlin. Earlier, he was Senior Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, responsible for geopolitics, the study of terrorism and American foreign policy and a Fellow in US Foreign Policy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), two of the largest and most important think tanks helping to craft America’s foreign policy.

John holds a PhD in International Relations from St. Andrews University in Scotland and an M.A. (Hons) Degree in History with International Relations from St. Andrews.

September 2019 - January 2020

The Olympian View: Mapping The Global Strategic Topography

by John Hulsman

28 January 2020

John Hulsman

Recent Research

The Rise of the Populist International: European Dis-Integration Ahead?

POLICY COMPASS: US 2018 Mid-Terms: An Election That Settled Nothing

TRAVEL NOTES: American Mid-term elections: Verdict on the Trump Revolution

THE GEOPOLITICAL CORNER BY JOHN HULSMAN

Brexit Painfully Illuminates Europe’s Weakness, But Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel?

September 2019 - January 2020

The Olympian View: Mapping The Global Strategic Topography

Over Impeachment, The Democrats’ Hatred Is Backfiring

Macron Rolls The Dice Over French Economic Reform And The Leadership Of Europe

Amidst Economic Chaos, The Red Tide Recedes In South America

The Pivotal Brexit Election Could Change The Nature of the UK

The Syrian End Game And The New Rules Of The Multipolar World

Nobel Peace Prize To Ethiopia’s PM: A Launch-Pad To Prosperity And Stability In East Africa

Trump’s Impeachment Would Benefit No One … But Trump Himself

Geopolitical Corner - High Noon: The Brexit Crisis Reaches A Climax

June - September 2019

Argentina Hurtles Toward The Abyss

India Lights The Kashmiri Powder-Keg

A Revolutionary Premiership: Johnson and the Anglosphere

The West’s Folly In Libya May Come Back To Haunt It

Will Ramaphosa Deliver South Africa’s Economic Promise?

Despite Modi’s Chequered Record, India’s Star Is Rising

Beyond The Wishful Headlines, Europe’s Chronic Decline Gathers Pace

Geopolitical Corner by John Hulsman - Venezuela and the Iron Laws of Revolution

Geopolitical Corner by John Hulsman - Brexit: Ways to Get Unstuck

Geopolitical Corner by John Hulsman - Geopolitical Predictions For 2019

Geopolitical Corner - Protest of the Yellow Vests: Macron and Europe at the Brink

May's Intellectual Confusion Explains Her "Hotel California" Brexit

Geopolitical Corner by John Hulsman: The damage Merkel has wrought

Geopolitical Corner: The problem with Brexit is that absolutely no one is listening

Geopolitical Corner: Why A Real Russia-China Axis Will Never Happen

Ethiopia is the best political risk story you know nothing about

How The World Really Works (Part 4)

How The World Really Works (Part 3)

How The World Really Works (Part 2)

How The World Really Works (Part 1)

DISRUPTIVE IDEAS: The Return of the Fedual World?

Geopolitical Corner by John Hulsman: Trump re-ignites the Iranian Nuclear Crisis

Geopolitical Corner by John Hulsman: Understanding Putin's Game

The unholy trinity of Trump, Corbyn, and Mandelson point the way to a better Brexit