Michael Brenes serves as Co-Director of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy and Lecturer in History at Yale University. His research interests encompass United States foreign policy, political history, and political economy, reflecting his academic focus on the intersection of power, policy, and historical context.
Brenes is the author of "For Might and Right: Cold War Defense Spending and the Remaking of American Democracy," published in 2020. He also co-edited "Rethinking U.S.