Andrew Kydd

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Education:

Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Chicago, 1996

M.A. in Political Science, University of Chicago, 1990

B.A. in Philosophy, Princeton University, 1987

Research Interests:

Armed Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Foreign Policy, Genocide, Political Violence, Terrorism Weapons of Mass Destruction

Biography:

Andrew Kydd received his Ph. D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago in 1996 and taught at the University of California, Riverside and Harvard University before joining the Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin in the fall of 2007. His interests center on the game theoretic analysis of international security issues such as proliferation, terrorism, trust and conflict resolution. He has published articles in the American Political Science Review, International Organization, World Politics, and International Security, among other journals. His book, Trust and Mistrust in International Relations, was published in 2005 by Princeton University Press and won the 2006 Conflict Processes Best Book Award.

Courses:

Undergraduate

PS 140: Introduction to International Relations

PS 345: Conflict Resolution

PS 347: Terrorism

PS 348: Analysis of International Relations

PS 377: Nuclear Weapons and World Politics

PS 529: The Arab-Israeli Conflict

Graduate

PS 835: Game Theory

PS 837: Game Theory and International Relations

PS 857: International Relations Field Seminar

PS 945: National Security Studies

PS 960: International Relations of East Asia