Hal Brands is the Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. A columnist for Bloomberg Opinion, he is also the author or editor of several books, including War in Ukraine: The Future of Conflict, Competition, and Cooperation; COVID-19 and World Order: Conflict, Strategy, and the Return of a Fractured World; The New Makers of Modern Strategy: From the Ancient World to the Digital Age; and The Twilight Struggle: What the Cold War Teaches Us about Great-Power Rivalry Today.