Eric Lorber works broadly in the area of coercive diplomacy and security studies. He has advised the Department of Defense on issues relating to export controls, emerging technologies, stability operations, and U.S. sanctions policy.

He is currently a member of the Project on Strategic Stability Evaluation at Georgia Tech/The Monterrey Institute and a fellow of the Bridging the Gap Project, a Duke-UC Berkeley-GWU initiative. He was previously the program fellow for the Duke University Program in American Grand Strategy and has previously participated in the Nuclear Scholars’ Initiative at CSIS and worked in the office of Multilateral and Nuclear Security Affairs at the State Department.

Eric has written on nuclear weapon opacity, the credibility of extended nuclear deterrence, the use of force against non-state actors, and civil-military relations in the United States. His most recent works include, “Turning a Blind Eye: Towards a Theory of Punishment in Civil-Military Relations,” (with Daniel Bessner) Armed Forces and Society (Forthcoming 2011) and “Coercive Diplomacy: Evaluating the Consequences of Financial Sanctions,” (with Peter Feaver) Legatum Institute, November 2010.

He is a fourth year PhD candidate in Political Science at Duke University and a JD candidate at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He is also a graduate of the War Studies Program, King’s College, London, as well as Columbia College, Columbia University