Emile Simpson served in the British Army from 2006-12 as an infantry officer in the Royal Gurkha Rifles. He completed three tours in Southern Afghanistan, as well as service in Brunei, Nepal, and the Falkland Islands. He previously graduated in history at Oxford University, and subsequently returned as a Visiting Defence Fellow to the Oxford Changing Character of War Programme. He also holds a graduate diploma in English law. War From the Ground Up: Twenty- First-Century Combat as Politics is his first book. His main interests are history, politics, law, armed conflict, and frontier markets.

Emile Simpson

Emile Simpson is a research fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows. He was formerly a British Army officer.

Stories by Emile Simpson

Former U.S. President Barack Obama congratulates U.S. President Donald Trump after he took the oath of office on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

There’s Nothing Wrong With the Liberal Order That Can’t Be Fixed by What’s Right With It

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August 7, 2018, 3:01 PM

U.S. President Donald Trump walks to Marine One on December 21, 2017, in Washington, D.C. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

The Predictable Disaster of Trump’s Lonely Iran Strategy

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May 8, 2018, 1:27 PM

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) meets with Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders Summit in Hangzhou on September 4, 2016. / AFP / SPUTNIK / ALEXEI DRUZHININ (Photo credit should read ALEXEI DRUZHININ/AFP/Getty Images)

Theresa May Should Go After Putin’s Debt

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March 21, 2018, 9:56 AM

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at the opening session of the 19th Communist Party Congress in Beijing on Oct. 18, 2017. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

Globalization Has Created a Chinese Monster

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February 26, 2018, 3:13 PM

French President Emmanuel Macron attends a ceremony at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, west of London on Jan. 18. (Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images)

Macron the Conqueror

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January 18, 2018, 1:35 PM

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