Paul Staniland

Paul Staniland

Associate Professor of Political Science and faculty chair of the Committee on International Relations (CIR)

Paul Staniland‘s research focuses on political violence, civil-military relations, and international security, with a focus on South Asia. He is the author of Networks of Rebellion: Explaining Insurgent Cohesion and Collapse (2014) and Armed Politics: Violence, Order, and the State in South Asia (2022), both from Cornell University Press, as well as articles in academic and policy outlets.

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