I am the Dowd Professor in the Study of Peace and War and the Chair of the Curriculum in Peace, War, and Defense at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I have been a professor in UNC’s Department of Political Science since 2005, where I teach courses in international relations and methodology.
My research has largely focused on the study of conflict processes, particularly the role of third parties in international and civil conflicts. Click here and here for discussions of my work on military intervention. My book with Mark Crescenzi, Market Power Politics: War, Institutions and Strategic Delay in World Politics, explores how economic competition drives territorial conflict between countries. We are currently working on a follow-up book that investigates the market power politics of critical minerals and the green economy.
Winner of the 2022 Hedley Bull Prize in International Relations from the European Consortium for Political Research