Navin Bapat is the Dowd Professor of Peace and War and the Chair of the Curriculum of Peace, War, and Defense at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. He received a B.A. in Political Science from the University … Read more

Mary-Rose Papandrea is the Samuel Ashe Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of North Carolina School of Law.  Professor Papandrea is a First Amendment and media law scholar with expertise in government secrecy and national security leaks, among … Read more

Shai Tamari is the Director of the Conflict Management Initiative and the Associate Director of the Center for Middle East & Islamic Studies at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill. In addition, he is a Professor of … Read more

Barbara Stephenson, a former U.S. ambassador, is the inaugural vice provost for global affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A global thinker and strategist, Stephenson brings academic experts together with foreign affairs practitioners and other stakeholders … Read more

Noor Ghazi is a Professor in Practice at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, department of Peace, War and Defense and a Cofounder of Archive Iraq. She holds a MA in Peace and Conflict Studies from The University of North … Read more

Joseph “Joe” Caddell is the Director of the TISS ICCAE in Intelligence and Security Studies, a Teaching Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Professor Emeritus of the National Intelligence University in Washington, … Read more

Samuel is a doctoral student in public policy (international development). His research interests include poverty, resource governance, resource-induced conflicts, and food security concerns, especially along the Nile Valley. Prior to UNC-Chapel Hill, Samuel co-founded Sawa Sawa Network, a multimedia initiative … Read more

Giovanny Rincon Alvarez is a Ph.D. student in Public Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). He holds a MA in Global Studies from UNC, a MA in Political Studies, and a BA in Political Science … Read more

John “Kip” DiEugenio is a 2020 Chief of Staff of the Air Force PhD Scholar. He is currently a PhD student in Military History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill advised by Joe Glatthaar, Wayne Lee, and … Read more

Brian Forester is an Army officer and political science Ph.D. candidate at the University of North Carolina. A scholar in the U.S. Army’s Advanced Strategic Planning and Policy Program, his research explores international military training and cooperation through the frameworks … Read more