Elizabeth Samson is an international lawyer, an Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Queens College-CUNY, an Associate Research Fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, and a former Visiting Fellow at the Hudson Institute. She holds a J.D. from Fordham Law School and an LL.M. in International & European Law from the University of Amsterdam. Ms. Samson has authored several peer-reviewed legal publications on topics of comparative international law and humanitarian law. Her writings have appeared in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Washington Times, and the New York Post.