ARTHUR HERMAN, Ph.D, is Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute and Senior Fellow at the Civitas Institute at the University of Texas-Austin. He brings 35 years of experience as Pulitzer Prize Finalist historian and biographer, New York Times bestselling author, defense and tech policy analyst, and national security official.
He is the author of ten books, including the New York Time/Washington Post bestseller How the Scots Invented the Modern World; the Pulitzer Prize Finalist Gandhi and Churchill; and Freedom’s Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II, which The Economist named one of the Best Books of 2012 and which has been on the recommended reading list of Secretaries of Defense, Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, key members of Congress, and across the defense industry, since its publication.
Two of his books, The Cave and The Light: Plato, Aristotle, and the Struggle for the Soul of Western Civilization (2013) and 1917: Lenin, Wilson, and the Birth of the New World Disorder (2017), have been finalists for Conservative Book of the Year at the prestigious Intercollegiate Studies Institute.
He has served on the National Security Council as Senior Advisor to the National Security Advisor (2020-21), and was Senior Technical Writer for the Congressionally appointed Commission on Pentagon budget reform (2022-24).
Dr. Herman is also co-founder and director of Hudson’s Quantum Alliance Initiative, and has published multiple reports on quantum computing and quantum cryptography, which have influenced key legislation in Congress as well as helped to set global technical standards in the quantum sector.
His writings on quantum, AI, and other advanced technologies have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Commentary, National Review, The Hill, Nikkei Asia Review, Korea Business Herald, and Forbes.com, along with his many essays on defense and defense industrial policy.
Born and raised in Wisconsin with a Ph.D. in history from the Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Herman and his wife, Beth, an essayist and school docent at the National Gallery of Art, live in the Washington, DC area.
Whether advising the highest levels of government or writing for national audiences, Dr. Herman has dedicated his career to helping others see the deepest sources shaping history and geopolitics. His work bridges the worlds of classical thought and modern innovation, revealing how enduring ideas continue to guide strategy, leadership, and civilization itself.
With an unmatched ability to distill complex topics into clear, compelling narratives, Dr. Herman brings both scholarship and statesmanship to the conversation—offering not just commentary, but clarity in our age of uncertainty.
As the global balance of power shifts and new technologies reshape every aspect of life, Dr. Herman remains a vital voice at the intersection of history, policy, and innovation. His current work focuses on the future of national resilience, the ethics and applications of advanced technology, and the restoration of America’s industrial strength.
He truly believes ‘the past is prologue‘. The past may be his passion—but the future is where his work truly points.
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