The Benson-Bertsch Center for International Trade and Security in the School of Public and International Affairs invites you to the

2026-2027 Global Decisions Lecture Series

covering pressing issues in national and international security.

“Reimagining and Revitalizing American Power”

presented by

Eric Brown

Senior Director of Research, Robert M. Gates Global Policy Center
Co-Director, Robert M. Gates Initiative in American Statecraft at William & Mary

WHEN

Wednesday, September 16, 2026
5:00 PM

WHERE

Baldwin Hall
Punaro Room (480)
355 S. Jackson Street
Athens, GA

Register

Eric Brown is the Senior Director of Research at the Robert M. Gates Global Policy Center as well as the Co-Director of the Robert M. Gates Initiative in American Statecraft at William & Mary. Brown spent two decades as a senior fellow at Hudson Institute, leading research on China, India, the Middle East, and alternative geopolitical futures. He has conducted field research across Eurasia and Africa on security, development, and diplomacy. Brown also serves on the governing board of the American University of Iraq at Sulaimani.