Hal delivers keynote addresses and other speaking engagements for academic and private-sector audiences, blending historical storytelling with practical strategic frameworks. He works with multinational corporations and trade associations, serves on advisory boards, and advises the US government—helping leaders anticipate disruption, manage geopolitical risk, and navigate a complex global landscape shaped by geopolitics and US foreign policy.
Advisory
Managing Director, Macro Advisory Partners
Speaking Engagements
February 15th, 2025
Advisory Topics
Global Risk
Helps financial leaders understand global hotspots amid shifting macroeconomics and rising geopolitical risk.
The New Cold War
As a leading authority on the US–China rivalry, Hal explains why the 2020s are a decade of maximum danger and how this competition will reshape global markets.
The Impact of AI
Applies a strategic lens to the AI arms race, identifying where AI will truly reshape global power and where hype outpaces reality.
The Second Trump Administration
Examines how a second Trump administration reshapes U.S. foreign policy and what it means for nations and firms navigating new ideological and trade challenges.
Navigating a New International Order
Explains the crumbling of the post-Cold War order and translates complex historical cycles into clear insights for multinationals, showing the impact on global trade and diplomacy.
Key Developments in the Middle East
Provides a post–October 2023 strategic assessment of the Middle East, analyzing how regional instability reverberates through the global economy and challenges U.S. power.
Russia’s War on Ukraine
Analyzes the war in Ukraine as a defining test of Eurasian stability, with lasting implications for NATO and the global balance of power.
Great Power Competition
Draws on 20th-century lessons to examine how successful grand strategy can sustain competition while preventing great-power war.
Trade and Geopolitics
Explains why the era of pure globalization is over and how trade, technology, and national security have become inseparable, offering a framework for navigating trade wars, sanctions, and economic coercion.
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