Luke M. Perez

My name is Luke M. Perez. 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.

This microblog is a mix of personal and professional sharing. Mostly personal. Currently, I am working on a book manuscript, tentatively titled Liberating Faith: And None Shall Make Them Afraid: American Grand Strategy and the Origins of International Religious Freedom. More on that later.

I’ve published a few times (nothing special), but you can find them here:

• “International Religious Freedom in the Biden Administration”, January 13, 2021
• “A Brief Reflection on Sedition and Reconciliation”, January 12, 2021
• “Jacksonians, Progressives, & America’s Anti-Theology”, Providence Journal, April 24, 2018
• “The Destruction of Alderaan Was Not Justified”, Duck of Minerva November 3, 2015
• “Blindside–U.S. Foreign Policy”, RealClearPolitics October 13, 2015

For more information about my professional work, visit my website. You can also find me on Twitter and LinkedIn.