Michael Miklaucic is Oswaldo Aranha Chair Professor at the University of São Paulo and Lecturer at the University of Chicago. He is also Senior Fellow at Irregular Warfare Center. His most recent U.S. government posting (2009–2024) was Senior Fellow and Editor-in-Chief of PRISM Journal at National Defense University where he edited seven books and 41 issues of PRISM. He has served in various positions at the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Department of State.

His publications have appeared in The Financial Times, The Diplomat, The Hill, Real Clear Defense, and others. His latest book Human, Machine, War: How the Mind-Tech Nexus Will Win Future Wars was published by Air University Press in April 2025.

He studied at the University of California, the London School of Economics, and the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies. He sits on several academic and professional advisory boards.