James M. Ludes is currently the Executive Director of the bipartisan Washington D.C. think tank American Security Project. His area of expertise includes foreign policy, climate change, and a wide range of national security issues.
Ludes is the editor of Iraq Uncensored (2009), and co-editor of Attacking Terrorism (2004) and Twenty-First Century Proliferation (2001).
A native of Manchester, Connecticut, Ludes received a bachelor’s degree in History and Modern Languages from Providence College and earned a Ph.D. in History from Georgetown University, where he completed his dissertation, A Consistency of Purpose: Political Warfare and the National Security Strategy of the Eisenhower Administration. Ludes is also a former Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and has also served as the Editor-in-Chief of National Security Studies Quarterly.
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