Paul Rosenzweig

Senior Fellow at R Street Institute

Paul Rosenzweig is a Senior Fellow at the R Street Institute, specializing in cybersecurity, homeland security, national security, and tech policy.1 2 He is the founder of Red Branch Consulting PLLC, a homeland security consulting company.1 3 Rosenzweig formerly served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy in the Department of Homeland Security.1

Rosenzweig is also a Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University and an advisor to and former member of the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security.1 2 He is a Contributing Editor of the Lawfare blog and was a Carnegie Fellow in National Security Journalism at the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University in 2011.1

Education and Career

Rosenzweig holds a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School (cum laude), an M.S. in Chemical Oceanography from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego, and a B.A. from Haverford College.1 2 After law school, he clerked for the Honorable R. Lanier Anderson, III of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.1

Publications and Expertise

Rosenzweig is an accomplished author and lecturer. He has written several books, including:

"Cyber Warfare: How Conflicts in Cyberspace are Challenging America and Changing the World"1 2
"Winning the Long War: Lessons from the Cold War for Defeating Terrorism and Preserving Freedom" (co-authored with James Jay Carafano)1 2

He has also created video lecture series for The Great Courses on topics such as cybersecurity, surveillance, and investigating American presidents.1 2

Rosenzweig's expertise in cybersecurity and national security has made him a valuable contributor to various organizations and think tanks, including the Foreign Policy Research Institute and the National Security Institute.3 4