Erik Sand, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Strategic and Operational Research Department
Biography
Erik Sand is an assistant professor in the Strategic and Operational Research Department at the Naval War College’s Center for Naval Warfare Studies. He earned his Ph.D. in political science as part of Security Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Professor Sand is a Navy reserve surface warfare officer with nine years of active-duty service. His current book project explores why states share advanced military technology with other states. His other research interests include great power dynamics including deterrence, the political economy of security, bureaucratic politics and maritime issues.
Contact Information
Areas of Expertise
- Civil-Military Relations
- Deterrence
- Foreign Policy
- Geopolitics
- International Relations
- Maritime Strategy
- Military Technology
- National Security
- Nuclear
- WWII
Professional Highlights
Assistant Professor
American in the World Pre-Doctoral Fellow
Officer-in-Charge, Military Detachment, USNS TRENTON (T-EPF 5)
Lincoln Bloomfield Fellow
Staff, Secretary of the Navy Advisory Panel
Education
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021, Political Science (Security Studies)
M.E.M., Old Dominion University, 2015, Engineering Management
A.B., Harvard University, 2007, History
Research Contributions and Publications
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