Brian Klaas
American political scientist and journalist (born 1986) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brian Paul Klaas (born 29 June 1986) is an American political scientist, a contributing writer at The Atlantic,[1] and an associate professor in global politics at University College London.
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| Born | June 29, 1986 Golden Valley, Minnesota, U.S. |
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| Subjects | Democratization, Chaos theory, American Politics |
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He co-authored How to Rig an Election (2018) and authored Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us (2021) and Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters (2024). Klaas was recently named one of the 25 top thinkers globally for 2025 by Prospect magazine.[2]
Early life and education
Klaas was born in Golden Valley, Minnesota.[3][dead link] He earned a BA (Summa cum laude) from Carleton College (2008), where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He earned an MPhil degree in political science[when?] from St. Antony's College, University of Oxford.[citation needed] He subsequently completed[when?] his DPhil in political science at New College, University of Oxford.[citation needed]
Career
After completing his DPhil, he was a Fellow in Comparative Politics at the London School of Economics. Klaas has been an associate professor in global politics at University College London since.[when?] In 2010, he was policy director and deputy campaign manager for Mark Dayton's successful bid for governor of Minnesota in 2010.[3]
Klaas has been a frequent commentator in the media on US foreign policy and democratization. His articles have been published in The New York Times in 2015,[4] The Financial Times,[5] Foreign Affairs in 2016,[6] Foreign Policy,[7] the Los Angeles Times in 2017,[8] and The Guardian in 2016,[9] He appears regularly on MSNBC,[10] CNBC,[11] BBC,[12] CNN[13] and other outlets.
Publications
- The Despot's Accomplice: How the West is Aiding and Abetting the Decline of Democracy, Hurst, 2016, ISBN 978-1849046879[14]
- The Despot's Apprentice: Donald Trump's Attack on Democracy, Skyhorse Publishing, 2017, ISBN 978-1510735859[15][16]
- How to Rig an Election, Yale University Press, 2018, ISBN 978-0300204438[17]
- Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us, Scribner, 2021, ISBN 978-1982154097
- Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters, Scribner, 2024, ISBN 9781668006528
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