Eric Terzuolo is a scholar-practitioner of international relations, currently teaching at American University’s School of International Service. As a US diplomat, he focused on transatlantic relations and international security and served as Minister-Counselor for Political Affairs at the US Embassy in Rome and as US representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. He holds a doctorate in East European history from Stanford University and his publications include NATO and Weapons of Mass Destruction and Crisis and Breakdown of Non-Democratic Regimes.