Ben Brist is a Master of Public Policy candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, specializing in International and Global Affairs. He previously served in the U.S. Army for seven years, leading small teams and large organizations of up to 150 people and worked on various military project across the United States and in the Middle East. His research focuses on the convergence of U.S. foreign policy, security policy in Eurasia, and the rapidly changing international system. His previous work focused on Soviet military history and the history of revolutionary and irregular war.