Professor Brent M. Eastwood's Global Politics Page   

 
 

Teaching, Classes, and Research 

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Central New Mexico Community College

Understanding the Political World

George Mason University School of Public Policy

Governance and the Policy Process

National Policy Systems and Theory

National Security Management and Policy

West Virginia University

Intro to International Relations

U.S. Army Cadet Command Infantry Tactics and Leadership

Click to see writings from Professor Eastwood's Research Areas

Global Politics and Policy

Domestic Politics and Policy

Read about Professor Eastwood's latest book The Origins of Internet Video: How It Has Transformed Organizational Communication

Read Dr. Eastwood's profile in the Wall Street Journal.

Read about Dr. Eastwood's research on Richard Florida's Creative Class blog.


Dr. Eastwood Speaks on International Trade and Finance at the 2011 NAFTA Institute.


Dr. Eastwood
Discusses Economic Policy on KOB-TV.

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About Brent M. Eastwood                         brent@goeastwood.com

Dr. Brent M. Eastwood, PhD, is a government executive currently serving as Division Director of International Trade for the New Mexico Economic Development Department.

Dr. Eastwood is a domestic policy and international security expert.  He is the author of the 2009 book The Origins of Internet Video and the 2008 book Solutions for a 21st Century Economy. He also co-wrote the "Economic Freedom Index: 2008 Report" from the Pacific Research Institute and Forbes Magazine. Brent has been published in the academic journals Applied Research in Economic Development and American Foreign Policy Interests.

In 2011, Brent was named to the Wharton School Advisory Panel of Executives at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2010, he received the "New Mexico Best Economic Forecaster Award" by PNM and Wells Fargo. In 2008, Brent served as a floor whip for the John McCain for President Campaign at the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis. He has worked on numerous campaigns at the Presidential, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, state and local level. He ran for city council while a graduate student in 2005.

Brent represented George Mason University as an academic observer at the U.S. Department of State’s Middle East Peace Conference in Annapolis, Maryland in 2007.  He was chosen to represent the U.S. at the 2006 NATO Summit "Young Leaders' Forum" in Riga, Latvia where he gave foreign policy recommendations on the war in Afghanistan to the NATO Secretary-General. 

He is currently an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of New Mexico - University College. Brent was also an Adjunct Professor at George Mason University School of Public Policy where he taught graduate seminars in national security, governance, and public policy. 
 
He has been a contributor to The American, a national magazine from the American Enterprise Institute.  Brent has served as a Defense Analyst in Science and Technology for the RAND Corporation's National Defense Research Institute. He conducted strategic
policy, performed technical analysis, and co-authored two studies for the Under Secretary of Defense, Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (AT&L).
 
He is a former US Army Infantry officer and Distinguished Military Graduate with five years military experience. Brent has earned a PhD in Political Science/ Public Policy, an MA in Political Science/ International Relations, an MS in Journalism, and a BA in English. Brent lives with his wife and son in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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