Guest Bio

Eric Rosand is the President of PVE Solutions, LLC and a Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in the UK.  He  has spent nearly two decades working in the field of international counterterrorism. This includes more than six years as a senior counterterrorism official in the Obama Administration’s Department of State. During this period he played a leading role in developing and building global support for a range of international institutions focused on countering terrorism and preventing violent extremism.  He has worked for NGO and think tanks and currently advises governments, multilateral organizations, and NGOs on developing innovative approaches to terrorism and violent extremism prevention.  His writings have appeared in a wide range of publications including the American Journal of International Law, Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, Just Security, Lawfare, Order from Chaos, Time, and War on the Rocks.  He holds a BA in history from Haverford College, a JD from Columbia University School of Law, and an LLM (Hons) in international law from Cambridge University.