Eric D. Patterson is an American political scientist whose work focuses on international relations, just war theory, and the intersection of religion and public policy.
[1] He serves as President & CEO of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation in Washington, DC.
[2] He worked for five years as Executive Vice President and President at the Religious Freedom Institute in Washington, DC, and previously served as Dean and Professor of the Robertson School of Government at Regent University in Virginia Beach, VA.[3] Before that he worked at Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs in Washington, DC.
[4] His government experience includes service as an Air National Guard commander, the White House Fellowship, and time as a William C. Foster Fellow working at the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs.
[1] His academic articles have appeared in Public Integrity, Journal of Military Ethics, Survival, International Studies Perspectives, International Journal of Religious Freedom, Democracy and Society, Journal of Human Security, International Journal of Applied Philosophy, International Politics, Foreign Policy Journal, International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence, Journal of Political Science, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, and Security Studies.