Andrew Gibson
Postdoctoral Fellow
Andrew P. Gibson is an America and the World Consortium Postdoctoral Fellow at the Hamilton School for Classical and Civic Education. His research explores the history of political and international thought, specializing in the realist, republican, and reason-of-state traditions. Prior to joining AWC, he was a Lecturer in Georgetown’s Department of Government, a Hans J. Morgenthau Fellow at the Notre Dame International Security Center, and a Doctoral Research Fellow at the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C.
Current Project
Gibson’s first book, The Atlantic Machiavellians, examines how twentieth-century historians and strategists turned to Niccolò Machiavelli as a prism for understanding the geopolitical crises of their age. From the First World War to the Vietnam War, figures such as Friedrich Meinecke, Hans Baron, Felix Gilbert, and J. G. A. Pocock reinterpreted Machiavelli’s legacy to confront questions of power, ethics, and international order. The book reveals how Machiavelli became a contested figure—a “realist” in international relations, a “republican” in political theory, and an intellectual ally to the United States during the Cold War. The project was awarded the Cosmos Scholars Prize from the Cosmos Club Foundation.
Education
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Ph.D. in Government (with distinction), Georgetown University, 2024
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M.A. in Government, Georgetown University, 2020
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M.A. in Social Science, University of Chicago, 2017
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B.A. in Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy (with honors), Michigan State University, 2016
Publications - Books
