CEO and Founder
I am a public scholar, educator, and strategic advisor who uses historical analysis to educate policy decision makers, strengthen democratic institutions, and bring historical scholarship to bear on public decision making.
I hold a Ph.D. in History from Rutgers University and an M.Sc. in Theory and History of International Relations from The London School of Economics, with a decade of teaching experience at Rutgers–Newark. My book, Keeping a Finger on the Button: Presidential Continuity and the Nuclear Age (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025), examines how Cold War nuclear anxieties shaped the 25th Amendment, identifies gaps that still threaten presidential continuity, democratic stability, and national security, and offers concrete reforms to address them.
My work on presidential continuity—including incapacity and succession—democratic governance, constitutional reform, and the president’s sole authority over nuclear weapons has led to interviews on national and international podcasts, radio programs, and public-affairs platforms, including Monocle Radio, LBC Radio, KALW/NPR affiliate programming, and iHeart Radio.
As CEO and Founder of Lubot Strategies, my work integrates institutional analysis, historical research, strategic leadership, and policy advising, and contributes to contemporary debates on executive power, democratic stability, and public policy. I advise nonprofits, government and civic leaders, multinational organizations, and universities on governance, public affairs, and organizational strategy, while using historical analysis to inform leadership, policy development, and decision-making. My work is grounded in public service and political experience, including roles in the White House, the U.S. Senate, U.S. congressional campaigns, and both the legislative and executive branches of state government, where I developed policy and translated policy priorities into institutional action. I also serve as Visiting Associate at the Eagleton Institute of Politics.
“Historians have to make a special effort and be unabashed about connecting historical knowledge and understanding to contemporary strategic and operational problems.” ~H.R. McMaster
