Brandon Tran

Project Maritime Intern

Brandon Tran is an International Affairs and Chinese double major at the United States Military Academy at West Point and was an exchange student at Fu Jen Catholic University in Taiwan. He has interned with the Center for Naval Analyses, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the Army War College, working on China and Indo-Pacific security issues. He has been published in The Diplomat, Asia Policy, the Jamestown Foundation’s China Brief, and more. Brandon was selected as a 2026 Rhodes Scholar and a 2025 Truman Scholar.  Upon graduation in 2026, Brandon will commission as a military intelligence officer.