Johns Hopkins UniversityEst. 1876
America’s First Research University
Henry Farrell
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute Professor of International Affairs
About
Henry Farrell is the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute Professor of International Affairs at SAIS, 2019 winner of the Friedrich Schiedel Prize for Politics and Technology, and Editor in Chief of the Monkey Cage blog at the Washington Post. Previously, he served as a Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University. He works on a variety of topics, including democracy, the politics of the internet, and international and comparative political economy. He is author of Of Privacy and Power: The Transatlantic Fight over Freedom and Security (with Abraham Newman, 2019) and The Political Economy of Trust: Interests, Institutions and Inter-Firm Cooperation (2009).
In the News
The Most Important Foreign Policy Speech in Years
Henry Farrell, The New York Times, January 27, 2026
Trump Is Breaking the Old Global Order; Allies Brace for Economic Risks
The Washington Post, January 25, 2026
Trump and Putin Share a Craving For Status. That’s Why They Both Want to Destroy Europe
The Guardian, December 23, 2025
China’s Rare Earth Restrictions Aim to Beat U.S. at Its Own Game
The New York Times, October 16, 2025
EU Pushes For ‘Independence’ From China and US – But Can It Get There?
South China Morning Post, June 7, 2025
Johns Hopkins Economist Recommends Asia Build More Ties as Trump Even More ‘Tariff-Pilled’ Than in First Administration
The Japan News, April 25, 2025