Hulsman, John C. 1967-

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Hulsman, John C. 1967-

PERSONAL:

Born 1967. Education: University of St. Andrews, M.A., 1990, Ph.D., 1996.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Culpeper, VA; Berlin, Germany. Office—German Council on Foreign Relations, Alfred von Oppenheim Centre for European Studies, Rauchstrasse 17/18, 10787 Berlin, Germany; The National Interest, The Nixon Center, 1615 L St., Ste. 1250, Washington, DC 20036. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

University of St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, tutor and graduate lecturer in world politics and U.S. foreign policy, 1992-95; Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington, DC, fellow in European studies, 1997; Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC, senior research fellow European affairs/senior foreign policy analyst, 1999-2006; Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Baltimore, MD, adjunct professor of European security studies, 2004; The National Interest, Washington, DC, contributing editor, 2005—; Alfred von Oppenheim-Centre for European Studies, Berlin, Germany, first Alfred von Oppenheim-Scholar, 2006—; frequent commentator on foreign policy for the U.S. Department of State, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Council, the House International Relations Committee, various foreign governments, and major television news networks.

MEMBER:

Council on Foreign Relations.

WRITINGS:

Paradigm for the New World Order, MacMillian (New York, NY), 1997.

(With Anatol Lieven) Ethical Realism: A Vision for America's Role in the World, Pantheon Books (New York, NY), 2006.

Contributor to journals and periodicals, including the Financial Times, International Herald Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Policy Review, Newsweek, USA Today, Christian Science Monitor, Die Welt, and Le Monde.

SIDELIGHTS:

John C. Hulsman is an expert on international relations and foreign policy. He serves as the first Alfred von Oppenheim Scholar at the Alfred von Oppenheim Centre for European Studies, a new area of the German Council of Foreign Relations in Berlin. He is also a contributing editor for the National Interest, operating out of Washington, DC. Prior to these appointments, Hulsman held several positions, including at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington, DC, where he was a fellow in European studies, and at the Heritage Foundation, also in Washington, DC, as senior research fellow European affairs/senior foreign policy analyst. Hulsman is a frequent commentator on foreign policy for the U.S. Department of State, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Council, the House International Relations Committee, and various foreign governments. He also serves as a commentator for major television networks and has appeared on news programs for the American Broadcasting Companies (ABC), Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), Fox News, Cable News Network (CNN), Microsoft-National Broadcasting Company (MSNBC), CNBC, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Comedy Central, and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). An intelligent, critical writer, Hulsman has contributed to numerous journals and periodicals, including the Financial Times, International Herald Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Policy Review, Newsweek, USA Today, Christian Science Monitor, Die Welt, and Le Monde. He is the author of Ethical Realism: A Vision for America's Role in the World, with Anatol Lieven.

Ethical Realism addresses U.S. foreign policy as the authors propose an enlightened approach that includes a more moral way of thinking with the traditional, realistic approach to the nation's interests, defining "moral" from the standpoint of the opponent, and not merely as whatever the United States determines to be right and just. The book focuses on general concepts and then ties them into modern political and economic issues, such as the war in Iraq and potential escalations with Iran and Korea. In an interview for Morning Edition, Hulsman clarified their stance: "That doesn't mean we see the United States as anything less than the first among equals for the foreseeable future. It does mean it's imperative you work with allies and it's important to have humility at the basis of what you do." Hulsman himself understands the importance of choosing when to cooperate and when to take a stand, as a disagreement with a Heritage Foundation director, followed by a tight-lipped approach to this book, led to his abrupt departure from the foundation. The result, however, is an intelligent volume. Christian Century reviewer Charles Strohmer dubbed it "a real find."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Atlantic Monthly, November, 2006, review of Ethical Realism: A Vision for America's Role in the World, p. 124.

Christian Century, March 20, 2007, Charles Strohmer, review of Ethical Realism, p. 39; May 1, 2007, Robin Lovin, review of Ethical Realism, p. 25.

Conscience, winter, 2006, review of Ethical Realism, p. 48.

Internet Bookwatch, April, 2007, review of Ethical Realism.

Middle East Policy, spring, 2007, Jack Snyder, review of Ethical Realism, p. 173.

Morning Edition, November 30, 2006, "Authors Urge ‘Ethical Realism’ in Foreign Policy."

National Catholic Reporter, October 5, 2007, Tom Roberts, "A Quest for a New Foreign Policy," p. 6.

New Republic, August 28, 2006, Spencer Ackerman, "Reality Bites: The Purging of a War Critic," p. 14.

Reference & Research Book News, February, 2007, review of Ethical Realism.

SAIS Review, winter-spring, 2007, Medlir Mema, "Morality and Realism: A Match Made in Heaven?," p. 171.

Spectator, November 11, 2006, Allister Heath, "The Neocons Are Just Utopians on Steroids."