Edward Corcoran

Edward Corcoran is a retired U.S. Army officer who served as a strategic analyst at the U.S. Army War College, where he chaired studies for the Army Deputy Chief of Operations. Prior to that, as a Soviet affairs specialist, he served on intelligence staffs and spent two years as a liaison office to the commander-in-chief, Group of Soviet Forces, Germany. In his primary military specialty as a nuclear weapons officer, he served on overseas assignments with deport units. After his military career, he provided extensive support to Department of Energy, serving as a core member of the Secretary's Safeguards and Security Task Force evaluating security throughout the DOE complex. During this time, he also served as the rapporteur of the Defense of Europe Working Group based in Oxford, England, and had extensive discussions with European specialists on NATO defense issues. More recently, he has authored numerous professional writings and presentations on military and security issues.