Lieutenant General (retired) Ben Hodges is the former Commanding General of US Army Europe (2014-2017). He is affiliated with the New Strategy Center in Bucharest, the Warsaw Security Forum in Warsaw, and GLOBSEC in Prague.
He serves on several civic advocacy Advisory Boards including Renew Democracy Initiative, Atlantik Bruecke, Arthur Burns Fellowship, Razom for Ukraine, Veterans Help Group, and Spirit of America. He consults for several companies on Europe, NATO, and the European Union, and he is co- author of the book, Future War and the Defence of Europe, published by Oxford University Press. General Hodges has a regular presence on US and international media. He offers insight and analysis on NATO, US and European security, the Russian War against Ukraine, the greater Black Sea and Baltic Sea Regions, the Israel-Hamas war, the Trump Administration policies and its implications for Transatlantic Security.
Until summer 2023 he was Senior Advisor to Human Rights First, a non-profit, nonpartisan international human rights organization based in the United States. Prior to joining Human Rights First, he held the Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) in Washington D.C.. From 2022 to the end of 2024 Ben Hodges served as NATO Senior Mentor for Logistics.
Lt Gen (R) Ben Hodges is a member of the Warsaw Security Forum’s International Advisory Council.