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Luke M. Perez, Ph.D.
I am social science researcher. Broadly speaking, 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.I was previously affiliated with the Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture, and Society at The Ohio State University (c/o '07 Greek & Latin; Political Science), the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership, at Arizona State University, and the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy at Missouri. I completed my doctoral work at University of Texas at 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 an avionics maintainer.Those needing to contact me professionally may follow the icon links above. I will do my best to respond.