Paul Staniland

Paul Staniland

Paul Staniland
Ph.D., MIT, 2010
Major Areas of Interest:

- Civil War
- Ethnic Politics
- South Asia
Selected Publications:

- “Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Insurgent Fratricide, Ethnic Defection, and the Rise of Pro- State Paramilitaries,” Journal of Conflict Resolution (forthcoming)
- “Caught in the Muddle: America’s Pakistan Policy,” Washington Quarterly, Volume 34, No. 1 (Winter 2011), pp. 133-148
- “Cities on Fire: Social Mobilization, State Policy, and Urban Insurgency,” Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 43, No. 12 (December 2010), pp. 1623-1649
- “Explaining Civil-Military Relations in Complex Political Environments: India and Pakistan in Comparative Perspective,” Security Studies, Vol. 17, No. 2 (April 2008), pp. 322-362
E-Mail: paul@uchicago.edu
Website: home.uchicago.edu/~paul
Phone: (773) 702-2370
Office: Pick 528
Office hours: T 2:00-4:00

Paul Staniland is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Chicago, where he co-directs the Program on International Security Policy. His research interests are in civil war, international security, and ethnic politics, primarily in South Asia. His current book project and related articles examine organizational cohesion and fragmentation in insurgent groups. Other work studies civil-military relations, pro-state paramilitarism in civil wars, Indian and Pakistani foreign and internal security policy, and the politics of insurgency and terrorism.

Staniland's work has been published in Civil Wars, Comparative Political Studies, Journal of Conflict Resolution, International Security, Security Studies, and the Washington Quarterly, among others. He teaches courses on civil war and military politics, with a focus on the developing world.