MICHAELBECKLEY
Michael Beckley is a tenured political science professor at Tufts University, a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and Director of the Asia Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.
His research develops new methods to measure national power and forecast the rise and fall of great powers, showing why some states dominate while others decline. His work has received multiple awards from the American Political Science Association and the International Studies Association and featured widely in popular media, including The Atlantic, The Economist, The Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, The New York Times, NPR, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal.
Previously, Michael was an International Security Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School and worked for the U.S. Department of Defense, the RAND Corporation, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He continues to advise offices within the U.S. Intelligence Community and the Department of Defense.
He holds a PhD in political science from Columbia University. His books include Unrivaled: Why America Will Remain the World’s Sole Superpower (2018) and Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict With China (2022), co-authored with Hal Brands.
