Dr. John C. Hulsman is an expert on foreign relations and political adviser. In 2008, he was Alfred von Oppenheim-Scholar at the Alfred von Oppenheim Center for European Issues of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) in Berlin. He focuses transatlantic and Middle East portfolios and his expertise is particularly centered on forging common transatlantic polices regarding Iran, Iraq, the War on Terror, and the Middle East Peace Process. Having given over 1250 interviews, Hulsman is a frequent commentator on foreign policy issues. He makes regular appearances with major media outlets such as ABC, CBS, Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, PBS, Comedy Central and the BBC. He also has written over 150 published articles on international relations for publications such as The Financial Times, The International Herald Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, Policy Review, Newsweek, USA Today, Christian Science Monitor, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Die Welt and Le Monde.

But he is far more than merely a distant commentator on global affairs. Having led 'The Hulsman Commission,' an important Track II effort to reach a common German-American position on the Iranian nuclear crisis, involving senior American and German parliamentarians and decision-makers, he has a real-world impact on the issues that he covers. In addition he has given over 880 high-level briefings at the invitation of the U.S. Department of State, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Council, the House International Relations Committee, and governments around the world. His expertise has led him to serve on a Council on Foreign Relations Task Force designed to assess the transatlantic schism as well as a recent Council on Foreign Relations Task Force on how to manage the situation in Iraq.

Prior to his tenure at the National Interest, Hulsman was a Senior Research Fellow in International Relations at the Heritage Foundation. Earlier, he was a fellow in European studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington. He has taught European Security Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), and world politics and U.S. foreign policy at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. He has delivered more than 230 speeches and papers at conferences sponsored by Harvard, Yale, Stanford, the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, the German Council on Foreign Relations, the French Army War College, the Aspen Institute, the German Marshall Fund, the European Parliament, NATO, and the Department of State. Hulsman has traveled extensively throughout Europe and the former Soviet Union, and lived in Scotland for seven years while earning his doctorate and master's degrees in modern history and international relations from the University of St. Andrews. While at St. Andrews, Hulsman debated at the international level, winning the St. Andrews Union Debating Championship.