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Luke M. Perez, Ph.D.

I am an Assistant Professor in the Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture, and Society at The Ohio State University (c/o '07 Greek & Latin; Political Science).Broadly speaking, my research examines American Grand Strategy, the ethics of war, and religion and international politics. I study strategic decision-making from the ancient world through the end of the Cold War. My research draws on the intellectual and strategic history of the West, and of American political thought. More narrowly, I study strategic leadership of (and in) the United States.My current book project shows how Cold War grand strategy played a critical role in the origin and development of international religious freedom. Other, smaller studies include the just war ethics in the cyber-domain, the overlap between natural law ethics and strategic studies, and survey research on U.S. foreign policy. My full CV is linked.Prior to joining Ohio State, I was an Assistant Professor at the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership, at Arizona State University, and a postdoctoral fellow at the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy at Missouri. I completed my doctoral work at UT-Austin. In addition to my professional work in academe, I worked at the Jack Miller Center and am a 12 year veteran of the Air National Guard where I served as a avionics maintainer.Those needing to contact me professionally may follow the icon links above, or connect with me at my faculty page.