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Hall Gardner

Professor Emeritus of Political Science

  • Department: History and Politics
  • Graduate Program(s): International Affairs, International Affairs, Conflict Resolution and Civil Society Development, Diplomacy and International Law
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Hall Gardner is an international relations theorist, editorialist, TV commentator, poet and novelist. His many books on global politics, including Toward an Alternative Transatlantic Strategy (2021) in French and English; IR Theory, Historical Analogy and Major Power War (2019); Crimea, Global Rivalry and the Vengeance of History (2015); NATO Expansion and the U.S. Strategy in Asia (2013); and American Global Strategy and the 鈥淲ar on Terrorism鈥� (2005), blend a historical and theoretical approach with contemporary international affairs, concentrating on questions involving NATO and European Union enlargement, the collapse of the Soviet Union and its impact upon China and Eurasia in general, as well as the global ramifications of the 鈥渨ar on terrorism.鈥�

His book World War Trump (2018) forewarned of Trump鈥檚 January 6, 2021 coup attempt. His book, The Failure to Prevent World War I, explored the causes of the so-called 鈥淲ar to End all Wars鈥� form the French perspective. His first books, Surviving the Millennium (1994) and Dangerous Crossroads (1997) both forewarned of a dangerous Russian backlash, war with Ukraine, and the possibility of major power war if the U.S., NATO, and the European Union could not implement a new system of European Security that incorporated Russian security concerns. His later books Averting Global War (2007) outlined a strategy to prevent major power war, as have World War Trump and Toward an Alternative Transatlantic Strategy.

His editorials have appeared in the L.A. Times, The Hill, Other News, Open Democracy, among many others. He has been interviewed by Japanese Public Television (NHK): Global Debate Wisdom; Associated Press (AP), FRANCE 24, Deutsche Welle, Al Jazeera, Reuters, Radio France International (RFI), Bloomberg News, RFO 鈥淭outes les France,鈥� Voice of Russia, Russia Today, VOA-China, VOA-Iran, C-NBC TV News, BBC World News (radio), MacClean鈥檚 (Canada), Izvestia, O Globo (Brazil), Agence France Press, and EuroNews, among others.听

Gardner鈥檚 poems have been published in numerous anthologies, such as The Peace or Perish Crisis Anthology, Fire Readings, and the Paris Atlantic. His poem Vincent鈥檚 Room, and its translation into French, was chosen for National Translation Month (September 2021). His book of poems, The Wake-Up Blast (2008), represents 30 years of poetic protest. His first novel, Year of the Earth Serpent Changing Colors 鈥� that explores the social and geopolitical transformations taking place in China and the world at the time of the Chinese democracy and freedom movement in the Spring 1989 鈥� is to be published in late January 2023.



Education/Degrees

  • Ph.D., 1987. Johns Hopkins Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Washington D.C. Field: International Relations-Global Theory and History. Area Studies: Theories of Empire, European Politics and Economy, Soviet Foreign & Domestic Policy (Ph.D. Thesis Advisor: George Liska). SAIS Work-Study Scholarship. Honors: European History Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam.
  • M.A. 1982. Johns Hopkins Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Washington, D.C. Field: International Relations-Global Theory and History.
  • B.A. Colgate University 1977

News

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鈥淧andemic Pressure: The Coronavirus Is Antagonizing America鈥檚 Relationships鈥澨�The National Interest听(June 1, 2020),听听(the article will be published in French shortly

Recent Essays and Poetry:听

Hall Gardner's latest book, has just been published by Palgrave Macmillan.

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In September 2014, Hall Gardner engaged in Track II Diplomacy in Glion, Switzerland; discussions, involving government officials and academics from China, Japan, South Korea, Russia and the US, were organized by the Geneva Center for Security Policy.

His interview on conflict in the Far East appeared on the GCSP website.

In September, Gardner likewise participated in the New Policy Forum in combination the EPIC Congress, where he spoke on crisis in US-European-Russian relations.

In October, he took 吃瓜tv students to Corsica where they met with the Mayor of Bastia,听Gilles Simeoni, among听other Corsican political leaders, in addition to hearing a lecture at the University of Corsica Pascal Paoli on Corsican nationalism and the quest for autonomy.

In November, he took 吃瓜tv students to Washington DC where students visited differing think tanks, including Brookings, The Cato Institute, CSIS, Institute for Communitarian Studies, Institute for Policy Studies, the Nuclear Threat Initiative and the Kennan Institute at the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, among many other activities. Students heard Former US National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski speak on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, among other major American officials and foreign policy experts. They also met with Susan Eisenhower at the Eisenhower Institute in DC.

Gardner was also invited by Mikhail Gorbachev to speak with the New Policy Forum in Berlin on the 25th annivesary of the razing of the Berlin Wall. As he could not speak in Berlin due to the prescheduled 吃瓜tv study trip to think tanks in Washington DC, he wrote the听.

In late December, he was interviewed by Associated Press,听 RT, and Bloomberg on French domestic politics. He was also interviewed by听 Japanese public TV, NHK, on the show Global Wisdom: 鈥淎 Tumultuous 2014: Seeking for a New World Order鈥�. The rest of the Global Wisdom interviews are available here and here.

In January he was interviewed by Bloomberg TV, BBC radio (twice), Al Jazeera Arabic (top of the news, twice) and .

Publications

  • World War Trump: The Risks of America's New Nationalism听(Prometheus Books, March 2018).听
  • Crimea, Global Rivalry, and the Vengeance of History听(Palgrave: New York, 2015)
  • NATO Expansion and US Strategy in Asia (Palgrave: New York, 2013, forthcoming)
  • The Ashgate Research Companion to War: Origins and Prevention, primary editor with Oleg Kobtzeff (Ashgate: February 2012). Contributed chapters: 鈥楪eneral Introduction鈥�; 鈥楢lienation and the Causes and Prevention of War鈥�; 鈥楾he Failure to Prevent World War I鈥�; 鈥楻eflections on Polemology: Breaking the long cycles of wars of initial challenge and wars of revanche.鈥� , General Introduction: Polemology,
  • Averting Global War: Regional Challenges, Overextension, and Options for American Strategy (New York: Palgrave, 2007). Paperback version April 2010. Reviewed: Politique Am茅ricaine, No 10, Spring 2008.
  • American Global Strategy and the War on Terrorism (Ashgate, 2005; revised and updated, 2007). Reviewed: 鈥淪trategic Horizons鈥� The National Interest (Spring 2006); The International Spectator, no. 4, Oct. - Dec. 2005; Choice.
  • NATO and the European Union: New World New Europe New Threats (Ashgate, 2004), Editor and Contributor: Preface; Introduction; Chapter 2: 鈥淔rom Balance to Imbalance of Terror,鈥� Chapter 8: 鈥淭oward New Euro-Atlantic, Euro-Mediterranean Security Communities鈥�; Chapter 16: 鈥淧reclusive War with Iraq: Regional and Global Ramifications.鈥�
  • The New Transatlantic Agenda: Facing the Challenges of Global Governance, Ashgate, 2001. Hall Gardner and Radoslava Stefanova, eds. Reviewed in 脡tudes internationals. Contributor: Chapter 9, 鈥淩ussia and China: The Risks of Uncoordinated Transatlantic Strategies鈥� and 鈥淐onclusion.鈥�
  • Central and Southeastern Europe in Transition: Perspectives on Success and Failure Since 1989 (Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, March 1999). General editor and contributor, 鈥淐hapter 10: The Genesis of NATO Enlargement and of War 鈥榦ver鈥� Kosovo,鈥� March 2000. Chapter 10 was selected as 鈥渙ne of the best books or articles on NATO enlargement鈥� (out of 16 selected) by Questia librarians. (accessed 12 Aug 2006).
  • Dangerous Crossroads: Europe, Russia, and the Future of NATO (Praeger, 1997). Reviewed in Choice, Russian Review and the Slavic Review. Chapter 9 鈥淐ritique of Three Approaches to NATO Enlargement鈥� was selected as one of the 鈥渂est books or articles on NATO enlargement鈥� (out of 16 selected) by Questia. . (accessed 12 Aug 2006).
  • Surviving the Millennium: American Global Strategy, the Collapse of the Soviet Empire and the Question of Peace (Praeger, 1994). Obtained Lounsbery grant. Reviewed in Foreign Affairs and Slavic Review.
  • The Wake UP Blast (poems)
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Articles and Book Chapters
  • 鈥淧andemic Pressure: The Coronavirus Is Antagonizing America鈥檚 Relationships鈥澨�The National Interest听(June 1, 2020),听
  • 听鈥淭he G-7 Summit: Sovereigntism vs. Internationalism鈥� in听Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Diplomatist, Vol. 7, N. 9 (September 2019), see: 听
  • Gardner on Jervis and Gavin and Rovner and Labrosse,听'Chaos in the Liberal Order: the Trump Presidency and International Politics in Twenty-First Century,听see:听
  • 鈥淭he Geopolitical Convolutions of Fighting the Global War on Terror (GWOT)鈥� in听A New Global Agenda: Priorities, Practices, and Pathways of the International Community, edited by Diana Ayton-Shenker (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018).
  • 鈥淯kraine: A New Plan鈥澨�American Affairs,听Volume I, Number 2 (Summer 2017), see:听听; Translation: 鈥溌� Variations am茅ricaines听, V.1, N.30 (2018).
  • 鈥淔rom the Origins of World War I to Global Conflict Today: World War I, World War II, World War III???鈥澨�Florida听Political Chronicle, v.25, n.1 (2016-2017): p.12-32, see:听
  • 鈥淭he Russian Annexation of Crimea: Regional and Global Ramifications,鈥澨�European Politics and Society, edited by Nicolai Petro (2016), see: DOI: 10.1080/23745118.2016.1154190
  • 芦A Critical Response to NATO Rethink, Realign, React禄,听La Fondation pour la Recherche Strat茅gique (FRS)听(13 June 2016), see:听
  • 芦Hybrid Warfare: Iranian and Russian Versions of "Little Green Men" and Contemporary Conflict禄 (Rome: NATO Defense College, 2015), see:听听听Listed, Transatlantic Must-Reads (January 11, 2016) Hybrid Warfare article in Book: 芦禄 eds. Guillaume Lasconjarias, Jeffrey A Larsen. Introduction: General Philip M. Breedlove (Rome: NATO Defense College, 2015), see:听
  • 鈥淭he Impact of U.S. 鈥楻e-balancing鈥� to Asia on French Strategic Thinking鈥� in听Assessing Maritime Power in the Asia-Pacific:听Impact of American Strategic Re-Balance, editor, Greg Kennedy (London: Ashgate, 2015).
  • "From World War I to the Present: Comparative Hegemonic Rivalries and the Disintegration of World Order"听World Association of International Studies听(October 2015), see:听听鈥淭he 鈥楻eset鈥� that was Never 鈥楻eset鈥� in听NATO Watch Briefing Paper听No. 49 (3 April 2014), see:听
  • "Crimea: If and when, the Dust Settles: Beyond Kissinger's Principles"听Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), see:听
  • 鈥淏reaking the Cycle of Mutual Imprecations: the Magnitsky Act and Dima Yakovlev Law鈥� (in English and Russian), in听Russian International Affairs Council听(RIAC) (8 April 2013), see:听听
  • 鈥淩esetting the Reset Button with Russia: Toward a Euro-Atlantic Confederation鈥澨�Shadow NATO Conference III听(14-15 May 2012), see:听
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  • 鈥淭oward a Resolution of the Cyprus Dispute and the Euro Crisis: A Geo-economic Perspective鈥澨�Cicero
  • Foundation Great Debate Paper听No. 12/01 (January 2012), see:听
  • "Ukraine: A New Plan"听American Affairs听Volume I, Number 2 (Summer 2017): 166鈥�83.听
  • 鈥淏reaking the Cycle of Mutual Imprecations: The Magnitsky Act and Dima Yakovlev Law鈥� (in English and Russian) Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) (8 April 2013)
  • 鈥淩esetting the Reset Button with Russia: Toward a Euro-Atlantic Confederation鈥� Shadow NATO Conference III May 14-15, 2012, ,
  • 鈥淭oward a Resolution of the Cyprus Dispute and the Euro Crisis: A Geo-economic Perspective鈥� Cicero Foundation Great Debate Paper ,No. 12/01 (January 2012)
  • 鈥淭oward a Geo-Economic Resolution of the Euro Crisis,鈥� G8 Research Group at the University of Toronto听(G8RG):
  • 鈥淭oward a Euro-Atlantic Confederation: Practical Steps for the U.S., Russia and Europe to Coordinate听Security, Defense and Peacekeeping鈥� in Russia in Global Affairs (March 2011),听
  • 鈥淚nternational Relations and Terrorism鈥� Sage Encyclopedia of Terrorism (2011).
  • "Toward a New Strategic Vision for the Euro-Atlantic" NATOwatch Briefing Paper, No 15, 听 (December 13, 2010)
  • "Geopolitics and Geostrategy" in Oxford Bibliographies in New York: Oxford University Press, 2012,
  • "International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution" in Oxford Bibliographies in New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2012,
  • "Terrorism" in Oxford Bibliographies in New York: Oxford University Press, 2012,
  • 鈥淕lobal War on Terrorism鈥� in A Companion to American Military History, ed. James C. Bradford (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009).
Blogs

Based on his book, The Failure to Prevent World War I: The Unexpected Armageddon (Ashgate 2015)听Gardner has published a number of blogs on the origins of World War I on the website of the World Association of International Studies (WAIS). These include:

In addition, Gardner has made a number of comments on NATO on the WAIS website.

Conferences & Lectures

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  • IR Theory, Historical Analogy and Major Power War听(New York: Palgrave/Macmillan, 2019).听听听听听
  • World War Trump: The Risks of America鈥檚 New Nationalism听(New York: Prometheus Books, 2018)
  • Crimea, Global Rivalry and the Vengeance of History听(New York: Palgrave/Macmillan, 2015).
  • The Failure to Prevent World War I: The Unexpected Armageddon听(London: Ashgate, 2015).
  • NATO Expansion and the U.S. Strategy in Asia: Surmounting the Global Crisis听(New York: Palgrave/Macmillan 2013).听听听听听听听听听
  • The Ashgate Research Companion to War: Origins and Prevention, primary editor with co-editor Oleg Kobtzeff
  • Averting Global War:听Regional Challenges, Overextension and Options for American Strategy听(New York: Palgrave, 2007). Paperback version April 2010
  • American Global Strategy and the War on Terrorism听(London: Ashgate, 2005; revised and updated, 2007).
  • Alliance of Democracies or Euro-Atlantic Confederation? Toward an Alternative System of Global and Inter-Regional Governance, American University of Sharjah (March 4, 2013, )
  • 鈥淩eshaping the West - What Values and What Architectures for a Secure World鈥� Ambassadors to the Court of St. James鈥檚, Civitatis International, 鈥淩eshaping the West Policy鈥� Seminar (5 February 2013).听
  • 鈥淭he American Pivot toward the Asia-Pacific,鈥� 24th annual CIOR (NATO Reservists) Seminar 鈥淣ATO鈥橲 Challenges Following the Chicago Summit鈥� Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), Schloss Eichholz, Wesseling, Germany (January 29, 2013).听
  • 鈥淏eyond the Crisis in NATO-Russian relations鈥� Shadow NATO Summit sponsored by BASIC; Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; NATO Watch; and Strategy International at The Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University (Washington, DC; May 14-15, 2012)
  • The Future of American Foreign Policy: Neo-Conservatism or Neo-Isolationism? invited by the Munich Foreign Affairs Association in cooperation with the Bavarian-American Center, Amerika Haus, Munich (April 23, 2012).
  • 鈥淩esetting NATO-Russian Relations鈥� Keynote Address, NATO'S Partnerships 鈥� The Oberammergau Symposium, NATO School (19-20 January 2011) Oberammergau, Germany, invited by NATO Assistant Secretary General Dirk Brengelmann
  • "Toward a New Strategic Vision for the Euro-Atlantic" NATO Shadow Summit, 鈥淐ivil Society Perspectives on the Lisbon Summit and NATO鈥檚 New Strategic Concept鈥� (Brussels, November 16, 2010)
  • "International Perspectives on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Post-Apartheid South Africa" at the听conference History, Memory and Rapprochement of Cultures, held at UNESCO in Paris, 26 May 2010.
  • Obama's Foreign Policy: Surmounting Nightmarish Scenarios? Heidelberg Center for American Studies, University of Mannheim (April 22, 2010)
  • France鈥檚 Return to NATO鈥檚 Command- With Vital Interests in the Gulf, with the French Ambassador to Kuwait, Mr. Jean-Ren茅 Gehan, Kuwait University (March 1, 2010)
  • 鈥淣ATO: Toward a New Strategic Vision鈥� Conference: NATO in an Unbalanced World: An Evaluation of NATO鈥檚 Readjustments and Transformation, Schloss Eichholz, Wesseling, Germany, 3 February 2010
  • La Politique 脡trang猫re Am茅ricaine, Actualit茅 et Avernir Democraties, Palais du Luxembourg, 10 Octobre 2009.
  • NATO, the EU and the Struggle Against Violent Extremism, NATO School, Oberammergau, 9 February 2010
  • Keynote address, Regional Security Communities and the Insecurity-Security Dialectic, Conflict Research Society听and Conflict Analysis Research Centre, Kent University, Canterbury, UK, September 2009
  • Obama鈥檚 Security Policy, Institut des hautes 茅tudes de d茅fense nationale, Ecole Militaire June 2009
  • Toward a Euro-Atlantic Confederation (A Proposal for Kant, Hugo and Tolstoy to shake hands in听听 Kaliningrad, Paris, and Sebastopol), EastWest Institute, Brussels, on June 23, 2009 http://www.ewi.info/euro-atlantic-security-seminar-brussels-0
  • Obama鈥檚 Foreign Policy Options, Fondation pour la Recherche Strat茅gique, November 2008
  • From Clash to Concert of Civilizations, Aspen Institute (Paris Conference), November 2008
  • 鈥淪trategic Dilemmas of Human Rights Policy,鈥� World Political Forum, November 2008.

Affiliations

  • Member: World Association of International Studies, founded at Stanford University;
  • Member Advisory Boards: New Policy Forum (Mikhail Gorbachev); Cicero Foundation: Paris/ Maastricht; Journal, G茅ostrat茅giques; Online Bibliography, Oxford University Press; Other News: Voices Against the Tide; Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies

Research Areas

  • International relations
  • World Politics
  • European security: NATO-Russia relations
  • IR theory
  • Origins and Prevention听of War
  • Conflict management resolution
  • Politics, society and poetry
  • Global War on Terrorism

Awards, Fellowships and Grants

Civic Media Lab Grant (Fall 2020) to develop new course and write the book: "The Digital Revolution: Tools of Terror, War, and the Eyes of Big Brother"

Curriculum Vitae