Erik Schechter is founder of Red Phantom Public Relations.
A defense and security affairs specialist, Erik Schechter has written for such publications as Aerospace America, C4ISR Journal, Monocle, Training & Simulation Journal and The Jerusalem Post. He previously worked as a PR professional for Spector & Associates, handling defense and hi-tech industry clients and covering security-related issues for the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. Besides covering advances in military technology and tactics, he has written on issues involving International Humanitarian Law, such as the post-disengagement status of the Gaza Strip and controversial interrogation methods used on suspected terrorists. He has reported from northern Iraq and Guantanamo Bay.
Featured Work
FEB 28, 2011 • Article
WikiLeaks: An Overview, Part II
Did WikiLeaks really spark the unrest in Tunisia, as Assange and many pundits claim? No, writes Erik Schechter; but it has certainly influenced politics in ...
JAN 28, 2011 • Article
WikiLeaks: An Overview, Part I
The U.S. government is in an awkward position. How does it legally distinguish between WikiLeaks and the traditional media? Is Julian Assange, in fact, ...
DEC 14, 2010 • Article
Suicide Terror and the Preoccupation with Occupation
According to Robert Pape, suicide bombers the world over are not motivated by religion; they are all secular nationalists resisting foreign occupation. Is there really ...
AUG 19, 2010 • Article
Should We Stop the Next Genocide?
Should the United States, as the world's greatest military power, use its might to prevent the next outbreak of ethnic violence from turning into a ...
JUN 28, 2010 • Article
Legal Scholars Weigh in on Gaza Blockade, Flotilla Deaths
Putting aside overheated rhetoric and pseudo-legal analyses, security affairs writer Erik Schechter asks a group of international law experts about the blockade of the Gaza ...