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About Brent M. Eastwood, PhD
Brent M. Eastwood, PhD, is a Fellow for Technology and Innovation at the R Street Institute, a think tank in Washington, DC. Prior to that, he was the Defense and National Security Editor of 1945. 1945 is a foreign policy and international relations web magazine also based in Washington, DC. He is the author of Humans, Machines, and Data: Future Trends in Warfare. Brent is also an Adjunct Professor at American University where he teaches courses on terrorism. He is a venture partner and defense and national security advisor for the Veteran Fund, a venture capital fund in Silicon Valley.
He was formerly a Professorial Lecturer at The George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs in Washington, DC. While teaching at the GWU Elliott School, Brent completed a legislative fellowship in the U.S. Senate where he advised U.S. Senator Tim Scott on Armed Services and Foreign Relations issues including conducting policy reviews on Russia, China, and Iran.
He was formerly Founder and CEO of GovBrain. GovBrain was a FinTech company that automatically predicted world events using machine learning and artificial intelligence.
Previously he was a foreign policy intelligence analyst at The Langley Intelligence Group Network, a digital geopolitical risk and private intelligence firm in the nation's capital.
He is the author of the book The Origins of Internet Video and the book Solutions for a 21st Century Economy. He also co-wrote the Economic Freedom Index 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 2012, he was selected by Market News International (MNI) for a competition to forecast U.S. leading economic indicators, and in 2013, he won a forecasting prize from MNI. Brent was awarded for once predicting the exact monthly U.S. job number during that year. 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" from PNM Resources and Wells Fargo for predicting a market bottom in the spring of 2009 and for predicting accurate levels for the DJIA and S&P 500 at the end of 2009.
Brent founded and led the political consultancy EastwoodNet, LLC from 2004 to 2009 and served as Policy Adviser, Speech Writer, Legislative Analyst, and General Consultant for numerous campaigns at the Presidential, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and Gubernatorial level. EastwoodNet was featured in the Wall Street Journal in October of 2009.
In 2008, Brent served on the event staff at the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis. He was an academic observer at the U.S. Department of State’s Middle East Peace Conference in Annapolis, Maryland in 2007. Brent was chosen to represent the U.S. at the 2006 NATO Summit "Young Leaders' Forum" in Riga, Latvia where he led a study group and gave foreign policy recommendations on the war in Afghanistan to the NATO Secretary-General.
Brent was also an Adjunct Professor at George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government where he taught graduate seminars in national security, governance, and public policy.
While in graduate school, Brent 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.
Brent has been featured or quoted in the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Newsweek, The Independent-UK, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Washington Examiner, Agence France Presse, Yahoo News, Voice of America, Newsmax, Times of India, Japan Times, The Times of Israel, World Finance, Yahoo Finance, France24, Federal Times, The EurAsian Times, Benzinga Financial News, FutureSource from the Atlantic Council, Foreign Direct Investment (fDi) Magazine, The Voice of Technology, Medium, New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan, and Communities Digital News.
He has also contributed several articles to the American Enterprise Institute, the Atlantic Council, the Jamestown Foundation, and the Foreign Policy Research Institute. His work has appeared in The National Interest, Business Insider, Warrior Maven, Real Clear World, and Real Clear Defense.
Brent is a frequent public speaker on numerous issues and topics such as international security, entrepreneurship, artificial intelligence, machine learning, management, and leadership. He has spoken to large audiences in New York City, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and Orlando.
He is a former U.S. Army Infantry officer and Distinguished Military Graduate with five years of 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 Washington, DC.
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International Relations
Critical Conversation About Global Terrorism with Brent M. Eastwood
Forecasting International Events
British Election: Can Data Science See Through the Fog of Terror Attacks?
Can Technology Fight Corruption in Violence-prone States?
Why Blockchain Could Build a Steel Curtain Against Public Corruption
Can Japanese Stock Rally Carry Through Japan's General Election?
How Companies Are Planning for East Asian Instability
Foreign PolicyIs Science the Key to the Middle East?
The Biggest Foreign Policy Question Facing the U.S.
Data Firms React to Iranian Presidential Showdown
Data Firms Weigh In On South Korean Presidential Race During Polling Blackout
The Prediction Game: Data Science Firms vs. Pollsters on the French Presidential Election
Poland's Economy Outperforms Its Quarrelsome Leaders
DiplomacyA Note on the New Face of Citizen Diplomacy
Citizen Diplomacy: A Very Democratic Idea
National SecurityReports from the Rand Corporation on Defense Acquisition
Five Policies that Shaped the Pentagon
Top 10 Artificial Intelligence Companies Disrupting the Defense Industry
Gene-Editing in China: Beneficial Science or Emerging Military Threat?
Economic PolicyPerils of Chasing Smokestacks - 2009, Buffalo News
Creative Class vs. Social Capital vs. Economic Freedom vs. U.S. Economic Growth
GovBrain: Oxymoron Or Brilliant Idea?
GovBrain Picked Among BBVA Fintech Awards Finalists
IMF and World Bank in Need of More Modern Forecasting Methods
Global Economics Research for the Langley Intelligence Group Network
Public PolicyWalk This Way - Walkable Communities and New Urbanism
Freedom, Social Capital, and the Creative Class
Cash In On Drones, Self-Driving Cars and Other Government Regulations with GovBrain
GovBrain's Trump Card: Only GovBrain Predicted the Rise of Trump
GovBrain Predictions: Hot and Cold Technology Trends for 2017
GovBrain's Brent M. Eastwood Predicted Trump Would Win the General Election on May 10
GovBrain CEO Brent M. Eastwood Talks About Predicting World Events
The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
How to Predict If a Corporation Becomes the Victim of a Cyber Intrusion
Can Japanese Stock Rally Carry Through Japan's General Election?