Jacob Shapiro

International relations expert and author

Washington, D.C., USA

About Jacob

Jacob Shapiro is an American international relations expert and author. He is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and has written extensively on topics such as terrorism, cybersecurity, and foreign policy. Shapiro has also served as a senior advisor to the US Department of State and has testified before Congress on several occasions.

Associated Podcasts

The Jacob Shapiro Podcast

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Geopolitical Cousins

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Recent Appearances

Firepower Is Not a Strategy

The Jacob Shapiro Podcast•Mar 19, 2026•24:45•host

Marko's Pain-Based Punitive Airpower Global Response Equation

Geopolitical Cousins•Mar 13, 2026•1:21:51•host

Jacob Shapiro

About Jacob

Associated Podcasts

The Jacob Shapiro Podcast

Geopolitical Cousins

Connect

Recent Appearances

Firepower Is Not a Strategy

Marko's Pain-Based Punitive Airpower Global Response Equation

Key Topics

An Imminent, Underreported War

Escape from Tel Aviv

They Don't Want the Smoke

Who's Running Tehran?

Epic Heat Check

Why Hormuz Matters

Thin Ice

The Iranian Leviathan Loses Its Head

Decapitation Strike

Healthy Climate Skepticism (?)

The Board of Peace (And Other Jokes)

The Cold War That Wasn’t

Takaichi's New Japan

Mailbag!

The New Rules

War With Iran

Bias (The Sequel)

Land, Debt, and Decline