Hall Gardner (born January 10, 1954) is a professor of International Politics at the

American University of Paris The American University of Paris (AUP) is a private, independent, and accredited liberal arts university in Paris, France. Founded in 1962, the university is one of the oldest American institutions of higher education in Europe, and the first to ...

. He received his BA from

Colgate University Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York. The college was founded in 1819 as the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York and operated under that name until 1823, when it was renamed Hamilton Theologi ...

and his MA and PhD from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at the

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hem ...

. Primarily he studies the origins of war, focusing on its sources and impacts, both local and global and the ways in which such conflicts can be resolved. As a geo-strategist, his comparative historical approach combines theory and contemporary international affairs in dealing with topics such as

NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...

and the

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, post-

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

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and its effects on

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

and

Eurasia Eurasia (, ) is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia. Primarily in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres, it spans from the British Isles and the Iberian Peninsula in the west to the Japanese archipelago a ...

, and the international consequences of the “war on terrorism.”

Writing

In July 2008, Narcissus Press (Rhinebeck, NY) published ''The Wake-Up Blast'', Gardner’s first book of original poems. ''Barbecue Meltdown'', his second book of poetry published by Narcissus Press, is set to appear in 2009. He is working on several other poetry books and novels, including ''Dolphin Legends and the Man of War'', a long prose poem, and ''Tie Dyed in Blood'', a novel inspired by his time spent in China and Vietnam from 1988-1989. In 2018, Gardner started collaborating with

Wall Street International A wall is a structure and a surface that defines an area; carries a load; provides security, shelter, or soundproofing; or, is decorative. There are many kinds of walls, including: * Walls in buildings that form a fundamental part of the super ...

Magazine by publishing a feature article on the risks of America’s new nationalism.

Bibliography

* ''Averting Global War: Regional Challenges, Overextension, and Options for American Strategy'' (New York: Palgrave, 2007) * ''American Global Strategy and the "War on Terrorism"'' (Ashgate, 2005) * ''NATO and the European Union: New World New Europe New Threats'' (Ashgate, 2004), Editor and Contributor: Preface; Introduction; Chapter 2: “From Balance to Imbalance of Terror,” Chapter 8: “Toward New Euro-Atlantic, Euro-Mediterranean Security Communities”; Chapter 16: “Preclusive War with Iraq: Regional and Global Ramifications” * ''The New Transatlantic Agenda: Facing the Challenges of Global Governance'' (Ashgate, 2001), Hall Gardner and Radoslava Stefanova, eds. Contributor: Chapter 9, “Russia and China: The Risks of Uncoordinated Transatlantic Strategies” and “Conclusion” * ''Central and Southeastern Europe in Transition: Perspectives on Success and Failure Since 1989'' (Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, March 1999). General editor and contributor, “Chapter 10: The Genesis of NATO Enlargement and of War ‘over’ Kosovo” * ''Dangerous Crossroads: Europe, Russia, and the Future of NATO'' (Westport, CT: Praeger, 1997) * ''Surviving the Millennium: American Global Strategy, the Collapse of the Soviet Empire and the Question of Peace'' (Westport, CT and London: Praeger, 1994.) * ''NATO’s New Strategy and ESDI: European Security in the New Millennium'' (Maastricht, Cicero Foundation Press, 1999), eds., Marcel van Herpen; Hall Gardner. Contributor: “Toward Separate – but not Separable- European and Euro-Atlantic Commands” * ''The Wake Up Blast'' (New York: Narcissus Press, 2008)

References

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