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Lana Obradovic, Ph.D.

Lana Obradovic, Ph.D.

  • Program Director, BOLD Institute
  • Associate Professor, Political Science

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lobradovic@unomaha.edu
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  • ASH 275E

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Background

Since 2019, Dr. Obradovic has also served as Principal Director of the BOLD Fellowship/Young Balkan Leaders Program, funded by the U.S. Embassies in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia. She has taught international relations and comparative politics for more than two decades at institutions including St. John’s University, Hunter College, Queens College in New York City, and Yonsei University in South Korea. Before joining the University of Nebraska at Omaha, she led Mercy University’s International Relations and Diplomacy Program in New York City.

 

Publications

She has written extensively on American foreign and national security policy, intelligence analysis, deterrence, gender and security, and regional dynamics in the Balkans and Northeast Asia. Dr. Obradovic’s recent work includes projects and reports for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on intelligence education and training, for NATO on cognitive warfare concept development, and for USSTRATCOM on Human Capital Strategy implementation. Dr. Obradovic is the author of Gender Integration in NATO Military Forces, which received the ERGOMAS 2015 Best Book in Civil-Military Relations Award in Tel Aviv. She is also the recipient of the UNO Global Engagement Award (2022), the Alumni Outstanding Teaching Award (2025), and the College of Arts and Sciences Research and Creative Activity Award (2026).
 
Her recent publications include “Russian Strategic Culture and Deterrence in the Arctic” in Space & Defense (with B. Valiant, 2025); “Closing the Tech Gap: Updating Cyber and Technology Curriculum for Homeland Security Professionals” in Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism (with D. House and M. Black, 2025); “Standardization of the Intelligence Analyst Workforce and Education: Are We There Yet?” in Journal of Security, Intelligence, and Resilience Education (with M. Black, 2024); “Behind the Curve: Technology Challenges Facing the Homeland Intelligence and Counterterrorism Workforce” in Journal of Cybersecurity (with D. House and M. Black, 2024); “Integrating Gender Perspective in Cognitive Warfare” in NATO OPEN (with J. Neathery-Castro, 2023); “Multi-Actor Deterrence: Defining the Concept” in Æther Journal of Strategic Airpower & Spacepower (with M. Black, 2022); and “Teaching Deterrence: A 21st-Century Update” in Journal of Political Science Education (with M. Black, 2020).

Education

Dr. Obradovic earned her B.A. degrees in Political Science and International Affairs from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, a Master of Arts in Government and Politics and a Graduate Certificate in International Law and Diplomacy from St. John’s University, and an M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Political Science from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

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Office Hours

Email to schedule:

Advising appointment or meeting.

Background

Since 2019, Dr. Obradovic has also served as Principal Director of the BOLD Fellowship/Young Balkan Leaders Program, funded by the U.S. Embassies in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia. She has taught international relations and comparative politics for more than two decades at institutions including St. John’s University, Hunter College, Queens College in New York City, and Yonsei University in South Korea. Before joining the University of Nebraska at Omaha, she led Mercy University’s International Relations and Diplomacy Program in New York City.

 

Publications

She has written extensively on American foreign and national security policy, intelligence analysis, deterrence, gender and security, and regional dynamics in the Balkans and Northeast Asia. Dr. Obradovic’s recent work includes projects and reports for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on intelligence education and training, for NATO on cognitive warfare concept development, and for USSTRATCOM on Human Capital Strategy implementation. Dr. Obradovic is the author of Gender Integration in NATO Military Forces, which received the ERGOMAS 2015 Best Book in Civil-Military Relations Award in Tel Aviv. She is also the recipient of the UNO Global Engagement Award (2022), the Alumni Outstanding Teaching Award (2025), and the College of Arts and Sciences Research and Creative Activity Award (2026).
 
Her recent publications include “Russian Strategic Culture and Deterrence in the Arctic” in Space & Defense (with B. Valiant, 2025); “Closing the Tech Gap: Updating Cyber and Technology Curriculum for Homeland Security Professionals” in Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism (with D. House and M. Black, 2025); “Standardization of the Intelligence Analyst Workforce and Education: Are We There Yet?” in Journal of Security, Intelligence, and Resilience Education (with M. Black, 2024); “Behind the Curve: Technology Challenges Facing the Homeland Intelligence and Counterterrorism Workforce” in Journal of Cybersecurity (with D. House and M. Black, 2024); “Integrating Gender Perspective in Cognitive Warfare” in NATO OPEN (with J. Neathery-Castro, 2023); “Multi-Actor Deterrence: Defining the Concept” in Æther Journal of Strategic Airpower & Spacepower (with M. Black, 2022); and “Teaching Deterrence: A 21st-Century Update” in Journal of Political Science Education (with M. Black, 2020).

Education

Dr. Obradovic earned her B.A. degrees in Political Science and International Affairs from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, a Master of Arts in Government and Politics and a Graduate Certificate in International Law and Diplomacy from St. John’s University, and an M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Political Science from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

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