David Hansen was born in Athens, Greece. He spent half of his life in Berlin, Germany and Boston, MA. He was initially a lawyer working with a US Law Firm. He then returned to Academia where he earned an MA and a PhD from Harvard University. He was Teaching Fellow in Political Science and Comparative Literature. He is now affiliated with Sigma Xi and the Australian Institute of International Affairs. He is specialized in Antitrust Law and Economics, Political Science, International Political Economy, International Affairs, Civil-Military Relations, and Philosophy of Science.