Education

2019 Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
George Mason University, VA: Policy Fellow/Affiliate Faculty (2016-2019), Visiting Researcher (2013-2014)
Johns Hopkins University, MD: Visiting Graduate Student (Mar. – Sep. 2012)

2009 Master of Arts in Political Science & Constitutional Law
Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg Center for American Studies, Germany

2008 Master of Arts in English Philology and Cultural Studies
Eötvös Loránd University, School of English and American Studies, Budapest, Hungary

2007 Bachelor and Master of Arts in American Studies (Politics, Public Policy & Law)
Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
Trinity College – Hartford, CT: Visiting student (2006-2007)

Fellowships

FES Foreign and National Security Policy Fellow, Friedrich Ebert Foundation USA, Washington, DC, 2021
• Produced 8 policy reports, briefs, and articles on U.S. foreign and national security policy, including U.S.-China
competition in Latin America, presidential war powers, and transatlantic security cooperation.
Schar Policy Fellow, George Mason University, Arlington, VA, 2016-2019
• Resident researcher in executive politics and national security at the Schar School of Policy and Government.
Presidency Research Group Fellow, American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, 2012
• Resident researcher at the American Political Science Association's Centennial Center, Washington, DC.

Professional Experience

Director, Chief Political and Security Consultant, Kantor Consulting, Ruhr Region, Germany, 2025-present
• Direct consulting engagements with U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) and the Colombian Armed Forces on
security threats, regional dynamics, and strategic challenges in Latin America.
• Produce tailored threat assessments, intelligence analyses, and policy reports for government and military clients to
inform senior-level decision-making and operational planning.
• Launched and operate a subscription-based political intelligence service delivering regular briefings on global
political and international security developments.
• Provide expert political and legal commentary to international media and policy outlets in English, Spanish, and
German.

Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin: John F. Kennedy Institute, 2026-present
• Teach a graduate seminar on U.S. national security policy that emphasizes emerging and irregular domains —
counterterrorism, cyber operations, drone warfare, and surveillance — and the legal frameworks and institutional
structures that govern them.

Defense Consultant, Colombian Armed Forces, Bogotá, Colombia, 2023-2025
• Counseled senior Colombian military leadership on border security, irregular migration, and the operational
implications of emerging technologies — drones, AI, and cyber — for Colombian national security.
• Produced in-depth threat assessments and strategic analyses to support senior-level operational planning and longrange
security policy.
• Designed and delivered training programs for active-duty personnel and senior officers on contemporary security
challenges, international humanitarian law, U.S. national security doctrine, and the legal frameworks governing the
use of force and unmanned systems.

Assistant Professor of International Relations, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia, 2020-2025
• Taught undergraduate and graduate courses in English and Spanish on U.S. politics, national security policy,
international humanitarian law, and contemporary armed conflicts.                                                                          • Supervised 20+ undergraduate and graduate theses to completion across topics including drone warfare, U.S.-Colombia relations, far-right movements, the New Cold War in the Western Hemisphere, and Latin American security.              • Directed 3 research seminars on U.S. foreign policy, the law of armed conflict, and the rise of illiberalism and its impact on international relations.

• Provided policy and legal counsel to Colombian judges, Colombian and U.S. military leadership, and diplomatic
officials on matters of international law and U.S. security policy.
• Contributed 60+ expert analyses to Colombian and international media including El Espectador, La Semana, Deutsche
Welle, the Economist, and Noticias Caracol.
• Organized 9+ expert panels and hosted 10+ guest lecturers including senior academics, military officials, and policy
practitioners.
• Led internationalization partnerships with 6+ U.S. and European universities.
• Recruited, trained, and supervised 8–10 teaching and research assistants per semester.
• Served as English-language editor of the university's political science journal Papel Político.
• Rated 5.8/6 by students for teaching quality across five years.
• Conducted structured admissions interviews for 200+ candidates, producing evaluative reports that informed final
admission decisions.

Internship Program Coordinator, EF Education First, Washington, DC, 2017-2018
• Built and administered a Washington, DC internship program from the ground up, placing 30+ students with political,
legal, cultural, and business organizations across the city.
• Managed the full placement lifecycle including candidate preparation, organizational liaison, placement
coordination, and performance tracking.

Editor-in-Chief of Spotlight Series, Friedrich Ebert Foundation USA | Canada, Washington, DC, 2017
• Edited and curated a policy article and interview series covering populism, democratic backsliding, presidential
power, separation of powers, and transatlantic security cooperation.
• Managed all editorial operations including manuscript solicitation, contributor relations, production timelines,
contracts, and an annual budget of $30,000.
• Reviewed and edited 50+ manuscripts and multimedia submissions; expanded the contributor network by recruiting
new partner organizations and independent writers.

Lecturer of International Relations and Law, EF Education First, Washington, DC, 2014-2018
• Taught courses on U.S. politics, constitutional law, and international relations to hundreds of international students,
including in the Diploma Program in International Relations.
• Ranked among the top 10 teachers across all EF East Coast campuses by student vote, 2015.

Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin: John F. Kennedy Institute, 2012-2013
• Taught undergraduate courses on U.S. domestic and foreign policy, constitutional law, and presidential power and
constraint at one of Europe's leading American studies institutions; organized panel discussions and academic
conferences.

Adjunct Lecturer of American Politics and TESL, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary, 2007-2008
• Taught courses on American politics, communications, and cultural studies at one of Central Europe's leading
universities.

GRANTS, AWARDS

Erasmus + International Credit Mobility teaching exchange grant, University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic,
December 2022.
FES Foreign and National Security Policy Fellowship awarded by the Friedrich Ebert Stifgung USA, Washington, DC, 2021.
Xook Research Grant awarded by the School of Political Science and International Relations to advance in the writing of
the textbook US Government and Politics for Students of International Relations, Fall Semester 2022.
Friedrich Ebert Foundation & Akademie für Soziale Demokratie Grant to attend Potsdam Summer University for the
next generation of social democratic leaders in Potsdam, Germany, July 2017.
Best teacher award, Student-ranked as one of top 10 teachers at all EF schools on the East Coast, 2015.
Doctoral Grant awarded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinshaft (DFG) and the Dahlem Resarch School to pursue a
Ph.D. in political science at the Graduate School of North American Studies of Freie Universität Berlin, 2010-2014.
Presidency Research Group Fellowship awarded by the Presidents and Executive Politics Chapter of the American
Political Science Association: Centennial Center, Washington, DC, 2012.
John F. Kennedy Research Grant awarded by the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies, Freie Universität
Berlin to conduct research for master’s thesis, August 2008.

Graduate courses

U.S. National Security in the 21st Century: Politics and Law in a Shifting Strategic Landscape, Freie Universität Berlin,
Summer 2026
US. National Security in a Global Context: 21st Century Challenges, Policies, and the Law, University of Hradec Kralove,
Czech Republic, December 2022.
Statistical Methods for Policy Analysis, George Mason University, Fall 2013.
The Separation of Church and State in the U.S., Eötvös Loránd University, Fall 2007.

Undergraduate courses

U.S. Politics and the Crisis of American Democracy, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2024-2025.
La política estadounidense y la crisis de la democracia en Estados Unidos, 2024-2025.
Gobierno y Política de EE.UU., Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2022-2025.
U.S. National Security Policy and Law, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2022-2025.

U.S. Government and Politics, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2020- 2024.
U.S. National Security Policy and Law, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2020-2022.
Introduction to Global Security: The Evolution of Armed Conflicts and Contemporary Security Challenges, 2024-2025.
Contemporary Armed Conflicts, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2020-2024.
Public International Law, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2020-2024.
The U.S. Presidency: Power and Constraint, Freie Universität Berlin, Fall 2012.
Politics and Communications, Eötvös Loránd University, Spring 2008.
Current Issues in the United States 2, Eötvös Loránd University, Spring 2008.
Current Issues in the United States 1, Eötvös Loránd University, Fall 2007.

Research Seminars

Adrift in an Illiberal Tide: Democratic Backsliding and its Impact on International Relations, 2024
The Changing Face of War: Technology, Civil Impact, and International Law, 2022-2023.
The U.S. in World Affairs: The Biden Transition, research seminar, Universidad Javeriana, 2021                                            The U.S. in World Affairs: 2020 U.S. Election Project, research seminar, Universidad Javeriana, 2020.

Thesis Supervision

María Antonia Mejía Liscano, El Impacto de la Transición del Plan Colombia al Plan Patriota (2002-2007) y la Intervención
de Estados Unidos en las Condiciones Operacionales que Dieron Lugar a las Ejecuciones Extrajudiciales en el Marco
del Conflicto Armado Interno Colombiano (The Impact of the Transition from Plan Colombia to Plan Patriota (2002–
2007) and U.S. Intervention on the Operational Conditions That Led to Extrajudicial Executions in the Context of
Colombia’s Internal Armed Conflict) – B.A. in IR, PUJ, March 2026.
Felipe Santofimio Nevares, Utilización de Sistemas Aéreos No Tripulados (sUAS) por Actores Estatales y No Estatales en
los Conflictos Armados Contemporáneos (2015-2025) (Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) by State and Non-
State Actors in Contemporary Armed Conflicts (2015-2025)) – B.A. in IR, PUJ, August 2025.
Leonardo Carreño Santamaría, Hacía la Zombificación del Migrante: Prácticas Deshumanizadoras Mediante la
Securitización de la Migración (Toward the Zombification of the Migrant: Dehumanizing Practices through the
Securitization of Migration) – B.A. in IR, PUJ, defended in July 2024.
Isabella Mijares, The limits of the US-Japan Security Alliance from 2016-2019: Differing threat perceptions and ensuing
points of friction – B.A. in IR, PUJ, defended in July 2024.
Isabella Cucalón, U.S. Humanitarian Assistance to Afghanistan: A National Security Strategy – B.A. in IR, PUJ, defended in
July 2024.
Diana Melendrez, Navigating the Dragon: Tracing the Evolution of U.S. Security Policy Toward China and the Emergence
of the Biden Doctrine – B.A. in IR, PUJ, defended in February 2024
Daniela Rueda Erazo, De la controversia a la normalización: el use de drones militares por parte de Estados Unidos y su
impacto sobre el derecho de los conflictos armados (From controversy to normalization: U.S. use of military drones
and its impact on the law of armed conflict) – B.A. in IR, PUJ, defended in August 2023
Santiago Muñoz Burbano, Dios, Patria, Familia: la obsesión de los populistas de extrema derecha con el género, el sexo y
la sexualidad (God, Country, Family: far-right populists' obsession with gender, sex and sexuality) – B.A. in IR, PUJ,
defended in July 2023
María Camila Remolina Quiroga, Make America Hateful Again: A review of former President Donald Trump’s
securitization rhetoric and its impact on Mexican migrants arriving in the United States – B.A. in IR, PUJ, defended in
July 2023
Daniela Vásquez Vélez, Las primera damas de Estados Unidos: ¿entes simbólicos o actrices de política exterior? (The first
ladies of the United States: symbolic agents or foreign policy actors?) – B.A. in IR, PUJ, defensed in May 2023
Eduard Santiago Rodriguez Mojica, Understanding the nature of targeted killings with drones: a point of ambiguity in
international law – Master’s in International Law, Universidad de los Andes, defended in December 2022. 

Laura Valentina Manchola Gutiérrez, El Nuevo Nacionalismo Blanco Ecléctico Y Transnacional: El Rol de las Mujeres y los
Hombres Homosexuales en la “Alt-Right” (The New Eclectic and Transnational White Nationalism: The Role of
Women and Gay Men in the "Alt-Right") – B.A. in IR, PUJ, defended in October 2022
Maria Camila Ramos Miranda, Un Gobierno para los blancos: Como Trump ayudó las franjas de la derecha a convertirse a
mainstream (A government for whites: How Trump helped right-wing fringes go mainstream) – B.A. in IR and PoliSci,
PUJ, defended in September 2022
Gabriel Posada Panero, Cooperation in War and Peace: The Internationalization of the Colombian Conflict in the 21st
Century – B.A. in IR, PUJ, defended in May 2022
Daniel Lozano Ariza, Las Voces Radicales que Buscan Ser Escuchadas: Proud Boys y Qanon en su Cruzada por Reclutar
Nuevos Seguidores (Radical Voices Seeking to Be Heard: Proud Boys and Qanon on a Crusade to Recruit New
Followers) – B.A. in IR, PUJ, defended in April 2022
Diego Alejandro Correa Ovalle, “Totally Under Control:” The Trump Administration’s Handling of the Coronavirus
Pandemic – B.A. in IR, PUJ, defended in October 2021
Carolina Dominguez Millan, Tortura Legal: El Nuevo Contexto de Estados Unidos Después del 11 de Septiembre (Legal
Torture: The New U.S. Context After 9/11) – B.A. in IR, PUJ, defended in August 2021
Gerardo Caneva Zárate, The United States’ Past Present and Future Involvement in the Strait of Hormuz - B.A. in IR, PUJ,
defended in August 2021
Sofía Pinzón Castaño, Emotions as a National Security Agenda Influence: How Trump’s 2016 Campaign Message Shaped
the U.S. National Security Agenda – B.A. in IR, PUJ, defended in April 2021
David Andrés Martínez Cruz, A Rogue Agency: the CIA’s post-9/11 rendition program and the lack of international and
domestic accountability – B.A. in IR, PUJ, defended in April 2021
María Alejandra Rojas Riaño, El Legado de Trump en el Sufrimiento de los Migrantes: Un Análisis de la Retórica y la
Políticas Xenófobas Durante la Administración Trump (Trump's Legacy of Migrant Suffering: An Analysis of
Xenophobic Rhetoric and Policy During the Trump Administration) – B.A. in IR, PUJ, defended in January 2021
Kevin Alexander Ramirez Nieto, Elecciones Bajo Fuego: Los Ciberataques de Rusia en las Elecciones Presidenciales de
EEUU 2016 y Ucrania 2014 (Elections Under Fire: Russia's Cyberattacks on the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election and
Ukraine 2014) – B.A. in IR, PUJ, defended in August 2020

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

"The Dynamic Role of Drones in Contemporary Conflicts: Changing Applications and Capabilities of Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles from the Global War on Terror to the Ukraine Conflict." Journal article in progress.
"El endurecimiento de las fronteras internacionales para proteger la soberanía nacional: el caso de Venezuela y
Colombia" (The Hardening of International Borders to Protect National Sovereignty: The Case of Venezuela and
Colombia). Journal article in progress.
"Between Idealism and Realism: The Challenges of Biden's Foreign Policy." Journal article in progress.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

"El papel dinámico de los drones en los conflictos contemporáneos" (The Dynamic Role of Drones in Contemporary
Conflicts). V Congreso Internacional de Inteligencia Estratégica, Bogotá, November 7, 2024.
"El debilitamiento del orden internacional basado en normas y su impacto en los derechos humanos" (The Weakening of
the Rules-Based International Order and Its Impact on Human Rights). XIV Seminario Internacional en Derechos
Humanos, Derecho Internacional Humanitario y Derecho Internacional de los Conflictos Armados, November 5,
2024.
"El Endurecimiento de las Fronteras: Estrategias de Seguridad para Proteger la Soberanía Nacional" (The Hardening of
Borders: Security Strategies to Protect National Sovereignty). IV Congreso Internacional de Inteligencia Estratégica,
Bogotá, November 7, 2023.
"Multidimensional Security in the Age of Artificial Intelligence." Escuela de Inteligencia y Contrainteligencia, Bogotá, May
5, 2023.
"Lawyering Executive Unilateralism: The Office of Legal Counsel's Auto-Interpretation of the President's Power to Protect
the National Security." Law and Society Chapter of the American Political Science Association, Corpus Christi, TX,
December 14, 2021.
"The Challenges of the Biden Presidency: Legal and Policy Issues in the Post-Trump Era." European Law Students'
Association, Liège, Belgium, April 29, 2021.
"Politics as Law: The Juridification of Executive Politics." International Summer Academy – Democratic Cultures, Past and
Present, Washington, DC, May 2012.
"Juridified Executive Unilateralism and the Conservative Legal Movement." Spring Academy, Heidelberg Center for
American Studies, Germany, March 2012.
"Clashing Cultural Values and the Jurisprudence of Minority Rights in Canada and the United States: The Development of Same-Sex Marriage." Tallinn, Estonia, 2007.

SELECTED PANELS & INVITED LECTURES

"How TCOs Exploit Emerging Technologies: Drones, AI, Cyber, and Beyond." Borderland Security Conference, FIU-UTEP, El Paso, TX, April 15, 2025.
"The Green Transition: Ensuring Sustainability, Equity, and Security." OECD – Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá,
May 6, 2025.
"Drones from the Global War on Terror to Colombia: New Technologies, New Actors, and the Limits of International
Humanitarian Law." Escuela Superior de Guerra, Bogotá, May 22, 2025.
"U.S. Presidential Elections." Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, November 5, 2024.
"What Is at Stake in Latin America? Perspectives on the 2024 U.S. Elections." FLACSO Ecuador, Quito, October 1, 2024.
"The Intersection of AI, Robotics and Human Rights: Opportunities and Challenges." Escuela Superior de Guerra, Bogotá,
September 12, 2024.
"America's Democratic Backsliding in the Age of the Polycrisis." Colegio Claremont Model UN, Bogotá, April 10, 2024.
"World Disorder and Current Affairs: The Role of Academia." Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, March 14, 2024.
"Looking Ahead to 2024: A Critical Election for U.S. Democracy and International Standing." Association of International
Affairs, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden, October 2, 2023.
"Rol de los actores extrarregionales en América Latina." Konrad Adenauer Stiftung & CRIES, Bogotá, November 2–4,
2022.
"The 2022 Mid-Term Election." Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, November 11, 2022.
Discussant, Conversation with Jeremy Corbyn. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, May 27, 2022.
Panel Chair, "Farewell Chancellor Merkel: What's Next for Germany?" Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, October
26, 2021.
Discussant, "Donald Trump's Impact on the U.S. Supreme Court and the Future of American Law," by Amanda Hollis-
Brusky (Pomona College). Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, May 19, 2021.
Panel Chair, "President Biden's First 100 Days." Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, May 14, 2021.

"Joe Biden's Latin America Policy: Expectations, Projections, Actions Taken." Centro Iberoamericano de Estudios
Internacionales, Bogotá, April 16, 2021.
Panel Chair, "U.S. Foreign Policy in the Post-Trump World." Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, December 3, 2020.
Panel Chair, "Presidential Election 2020." Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, November 2, 2020.
Panelist, "Presidential Election 2012." John F. Kennedy Institute, Freie Universität Berlin, November 2012.
"Presidential Leadership or Presidential Unilateralism?" Heidelberg Center for American Studies, Universität Heidelberg,
2012.
"The Failure of the Articles of Confederation?" Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, 2012.
"The Unitary Executive Theory at Work: The Bush Administration's Assertions of Executive Power after 9/11."
Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, 2011.
"Federalism and the Development of Liberal Democracy in the U.S." Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, 2011.

COMMISSIONED RESEARCH REPORTS

Kantor, Dorian B., and Felipe Santofimio Nevares. "Contested Skies Part II: Latin America's Evolving Criminal Innovations."
Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy, Florida International University, commissioned by U.S. Southern Command
(SOUTHCOM), Miami, March 2026.

Kantor, Dorian B., and Felipe Santofimio Nevares. "Contested Skies Part I: Drone Proliferation and Regulation in Latin
America." Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy, Florida International University, commissioned by U.S. Southern
Command (SOUTHCOM), Miami, February 2026.

Kantor, Dorian B., Gerardo Caneva Zárate, and Diana Meléndrez. "The Red Wave that Wasn't – Why the 2022 Midterm
Elections Broke the Mold." Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Bonn, January 2023. ISBN: 978-3-98628-233-2.

POLICY PAPERS & REPORTS

Kantor, Dorian B., and Felipe Santofimio Nevares. "Confronting Asymmetric Innovation: The Policy Challenge of Drone
Warfare." Policy Innovation Series, Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy, Florida International University, Miami,
October 2025.

”The New Cold War in the Western Hemisphere: The United States' China Challenge in Latin America." Friedrich Ebert
Foundation, Washington, DC, December 2021.

"The 2001 AUMF: The One-Way Ratchet that Irreversibly Expanded Presidential Power." Friedrich Ebert Foundation,
Washington, DC, December 2021.

"The Case for U.S. Vaccine Diplomacy in Latin America." Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Washington, DC, November 2021.

"Joe Biden's Immigration Policy: 'Trump Light'?" Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Washington, DC, October 2021.
"Two Questions Answered Before November 3rd: Will 2016 Repeat Itself? What Will Governability Be Like Over the Next
Four Years?" Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Washington, DC, November 2020.

BOOK CHAPTERS

"La política hacia Latinoamérica de la administración Biden: promesa y desempeño" (The Biden Administration's Latin
America Policy: Promise and Performance). In Reconfiguración del orden mundial: incertidumbres regionales y
locales, edited by Andrés Serbín, Eduardo Pastrana Buelvas, and Stefan Reith, 111–160. Bogotá: Konrad Adenauer
Stiftung, 2024. ISBN: 978-628-7708-08-2.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

"Trumpism Is Here to Stay, and the Next Radical Populist Will Be Even More Dangerous." Journal of International Politics
and Society, December 2020.
"A Palpable Fragmentation of Republican Elites: Why More and More Republicans Support Biden to Save the GOP."
Journal of International Politics and Society, August 2020.
"The Concerning Trend of U.S. Backsliding Aggravates Global Democratic Decline." Pax Lumina: A Quest for Peace and
Reconciliation, Vol. 5, No. 02, Kochi, India, March 2024.

OP-EDS & PUBLIC ANALYSIS

Kantor, Dorian B., Juan Diego Cubillos. “Del golfo Pérsico a América Latina: las repercusiones de la guerra en Irán” (From
the Persian Gulf to Latin America: The Repercussions of the Iran War). El Espectador, Bogotá, April 11, 2026.
Kantor, Dorian B., Felipe Santofimio, María Paula Martínez. “El espejismo del poder duro: los límites y riesgos de una
intervención de EE.UU. en Venezuela” (The Mirage of Hard Power: The Limits and Risks of U.S. Intervention in
Venezuela). El Espectador, Bogotá, November 15, 2025.
Kantor, Dorian B. ”Segundo mandato de Trump: una amenaza para la democracia y la estabilidad global" (Trump's Second
Term: A Threat to Democracy and Global Stability). El Espectador, Bogotá, December 29, 2024.
"Ucrania y Oriente Medio bajo Trump" (Ukraine and the Middle East under Trump). Revista Credencial, Vol. 456, Bogotá,
November 2024.
"Trump's Muslim Ban Makes Americans and the World Less Safe – An Analytical Brief of Washington v. Trump." Spotlight
Magazine, Washington, DC, February 2017.
"Spotlight Elections 2016: The LGBTQ Case Against Donald Trump." Spotlight Magazine, Washington, DC, November
2016.