Ed Corcoran

Background

About Ed Corcoran

Edward Corcoran is a retired Army officer who ended his military career as a Strategic Analyst at the US Army War College where he chaired studies for the Office of the Deputy Chief of Operations. Prior to that, as a Soviet affairs specialist, he served on intelligence staffs and spent two years as a Liaison Officer to the Commander-in-Chief, Group of Soviet Forces, Germany. After his military career, Ed provided extensive support to Department of Energy activities on Operations Security and technology transfer issues, as well as serving as a core member of the Secretary's Safeguards and Security Task Force which evaluated security throughout the DOE complex. During this time he also served as the Rappoteur of the Defence of Europe Working Group of the Common Security Programme, based in Oxford, England, and had extensive discussions with European specialists on NATO defense issues. Subsequently, Ed ran an environmental engineering company in Budapest, Hungary, for ten years, focusing on industrial energy efficiency. Most recently he serves as a Senior Fellow on national security issues at GlobalSecurity.org and has actively worked with strategic assessments, including support to the Project on National Security Reform. Ed is also an active member of the Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce and has authored numerous professional writings and presentations on military and security issues. He is also a member of the National Advisory Board for the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues.