Nick Cleveland-Stout is a junior research fellow in the Democratizing Foreign Policy program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Previously, he conducted research on U.S.-Brazil relations as a 2023 Fulbright fellow at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, with a particular focus on the influence of American think tanks in Brazil. Nick is also a former Marcellus Policy Fellow with the John Quincy Adams Society, where he authored “The Case for a ‘Green BRAC.'” His work has appeared in Responsible Statecraft, The Nation, The Intercept, The Brazilian Report, Inkstick, and The National Interest. Nick earned his Bachelor’s degree from Colorado College, where he studied political science.