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Sullivan
Patricia L. Sullivan
Director

Patricia L. Sullivan is Associate Professor in the Department of Public Policy and the Curriculum in Peace, War, and Defense at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Director of the Triangle Institute for Security Studies.

Dr. Sullivan’s research explores the utility of military force as a policy instrument; the effects of foreign military aid and assistance provided to both state and nonstate actors; and factors that affect leaders’ decisions to initiate, escalate, or terminate foreign military operations. Her research has been funded by the Carnegie Corporation, the National Science Foundation, the Smith Richardson Foundation, the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, and the Office of Naval Research. Her book, Who Wins? Predicting Strategic Success and Failure in Armed Conflict, was published by Oxford University Press in 2012.

Beardsley
Kyle Beardsley
Deputy Director

Kyle Beardsley is Professor in the Department of Political Science at Duke University, Deputy Director of the Triangle Institute of Security Studies, and co-director of the International Crisis Behavior data project.

His research focuses on the quantitative study of international conflict and peace processes. He is particularly interested in questions related to the role of third parties in shaping conflict dynamics, the links between armed conflict and gender power imbalances, the diffusion of armed conflict across space, and the impact of nuclear weapons on international crisis behavior.

Monica Harvey
Program Coordinator
Executive Board

 

William Boettcher
Political Science, North Carolina State University

Peter Feaver
Political Science, Duke University

Moses Khisa
Political Science, North Carolina State University

Wayne Lee
History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Rakesh Malhotra
Environmental, Earth, and Geospatial Sciences,  North Carolina Central University

John Mattingly
Nuclear Engineering, North Carolina State University

Jennifer Siegel
Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University

Erinn Whitaker
Peace, War, and Defense, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill