Major Edwin “Ted” Powers is a national defense fellow and visiting scholar at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. He is a Marine officer, who recently served as the second-in-command of the Cornell University Navy and Marine Corps ROTC program. Previously he served with the 22d Marine Expeditionary Unit; the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Center; and 1st Battalion, 5th Marines. He deployed as part of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa (2020), Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (2014), and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (2012-13). In 2020, he was the First Lieutenant Travis Manion Marine Corps Officer Logistician of the Year. Ted earned a Bachelor of Arts in English and Communication from the University of Maryland and a Master of Science in Leadership from Michigan State University. He was a Distinguished Graduate at Expeditionary Warfare School.