Dr. Daniel Lake
Professor of Political Science
Director of the Institute for Ethics in Public Life
Dr. Lake joined the SUNY Plattsburgh department of Political Science in 2007, after visiting lecturer positions at Wayne State University, Sweet Briar College, and Denison University. Dr. Lake earned his Ph.D. from the University of California at San Diego, where he studied international relations and comparative politics with a specialization on international conflict and security. He teaches a variety of courses in international relations and comparative politics.
Dr. Lake wrote The Pursuit of Technological Superiority and the Shrinking American Military, published by Palgrave-MacMillan in 2019. This book analyzes the U.S. military’s
efforts to gain and maintain technological superiority and shows how these are having
the paradoxical effect of making the U.S. military more fragile even as it becomes
more capable. His other research interests include “gunboat diplomacy” and other forms
of military coercion, the impact of technological change on military organizations,
and how NATO members are responding to Trump administration foreign policy.
- Education
- Ph.D. in Political Science, University of California, San Diego
- M.A. in Political Science, University of California, San Diego
- B.A. in Political Science and Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, Madison
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