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Risa Alexandra Brooks, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Political Science
Marquette University 540 N 15th
Street Wehr Physics Building Milwaukee, WI 53201 [email protected]
PRIMARY RESEARCH INTERESTS
International Security/Security Studies; Civil-Military Relations; Terrorism & Militant Organizations; Middle East Politics
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Political Science, University of California, San Diego, 2000.
B.A. International Relations (major)/Economics (minor), Mills College, Oakland, CA, 1991. Honors awarded at graduation.
PAST EMPLOYMENT AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2001-2010 Assistant Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University
2000-2001 Visiting Assistant Professor of Government, Mills College, Oakland, CA and Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University, Affiliated Scholar
1999-2000 Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University, Predoctoral fellow fall 1999; Postdoctoral Fellow winter and spring 2000 1997-1998 International Institute for Strategic Studies, London, U.K.,
Research Associate and contributor to Adelphi Paper Publication Series 1998 Summer Workshop in Military Operations and Strategy (SWAMOS),
Ithaca, NY, participant
1996-1997 John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, Harvard University, Pre-doctoral Affiliate
1995 Hoover Summer Institute on International Politics, Stanford University, participant
1993 Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, Summer Program, Ann Arbor, Michigan, participant
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HONORS AND AWARDS
2012 Awarded grant by National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), University of Maryland; funded by Department of
Homeland Security (July 2012-June 2013)
2012 Recipient of Marquette University’s Department of Political Science’s Plischke Award for Best Research Publication in 2011
2011 Awarded Summer Faculty Fellowship, Marquette University (for summer 2012) 2008 Awarded Northwestern University’s Department of Political Science’s R. Barry
Farrell Prize for excellence in teaching
2007-2008 Awarded Northwestern University Faculty Research Grant
2002 Elected to Term Membership at Council on Foreign Relations, New York, NY 2002-2004 Received grant from D.C. Searle and the Donors Trust for support of military
effectiveness workshops and book-project
1995-1997 Received Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, University of California Dissertation Fellowship (1995-1996); Fellowship Renewal (1996-1997)
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Shaping Strategy: The Civil-Military Politics of Strategic Assessment. Princeton University
Press, May 2008.
Creating Military Power: The Sources of Military Effectiveness (co-edited with Elizabeth
Stanley), Stanford University Press, April 2007. Refereed Journal Articles
“Abandoned at the Palace: Why the Tunisian Military Defected from the Ben Ali Regime in January 2011” Journal of Strategic Studies, forthcoming, 2013.
“Muslim ‘Homegrown’ Terrorism: How Serious is the Threat in the United States?”
International Security 36, no. 2 (Fall 2011), 7-47.
“Researching Democracy and Terrorism: How Political Access affects Militant Activity”
Security Studies 18:4 (December 2009), 756-788.
“Militaries and Political Activity in Democracies” Essay for inclusion in American
Civil-Military Relations: The Soldier and the State in a New Era edited by Suzanne
Nielson and Don Snider, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
“An Autocracy at War: Explaining Egypt’s (in)Effectiveness in the 1967 and 1973 Arab-Israeli Wars” Security Studies 15, no. 3 (July-September 2006): 396-430.
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“The Military and Homeland Security,” Public Administration and Management 10, no. 2 (2005), 130-152.
“Civil-military Relations” in Nora Bensahel and Daniel Byman, eds. Security Trends in the
Middle East and the Implications for the United States, RAND Corporation, 2004.
“Making Military Might: Why Do States Fail and Succeed: A Review Essay” International
Security 28, no. 2 (Fall 2003), 149-191. [reprinted in Do Democracies Win their Wars:
An International Security Reader, Michael E. Brown, Owen R. Coté, Sean Lynn-Jones
and Steven Miller, eds. MIT Press, June 2011.]
“Sanctions and Regime Type: What Works and When?” Security Studies 11, no. 4 (Summer 2002), 1-50.
“Liberalization and Militancy in the Arab World” Orbis 26:4 (Fall 2002), 611-621. Other Publications
Cato Unbound (Cato Institute’s monthly online magazine publication), Lead Essay on
“Homegrown Terrorism,” June 2012 edition.
“Homegrown Terror isn’t just Islamist,” CNN.com, May 3, 2012.
“The Exaggerated Threat of Muslim ‘Homegrown’ Terrorism in the United States,” Policy Brief, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, December 2011.
“Hussein regime left only dregs to lead army,” Chicago Tribune, June 27, 2004. “War’s aftermath can’t be an afterthought,” Chicago Tribune, October 27, 2002.
Political-military Relations and the Stability of Arab Regimes, Adelphi Paper, International
Institute for Strategic Studies, Oxford University Press: London, December, 1998.
WORKING PAPERS AND PROJECTS
Communities and Terrorist Violence: the Influence of Society on Militant Group Targeting
Practices (book manuscript, in progress).
“Tunisia in Transition: Prospects for Military Intervention in the Near-Term” (working paper).
“Thwarted Terrorist: Explaining the Limited Capabilities of Homegrown Terrorists in the United States” (working paper).
“Should We Stay or Should We Go: Explaining Patterns of Leadership Defection in the Arab Uprisings of 2011” (working paper).
“Civilians are in the Eye of the Beholder: How Militant Groups “Sell” their Messages to Societal Constituencies” (working paper).
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“Politics and the Military in the Contemporary United States” Command and General Staff College, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, March 14, 2013. Presenter on civil-military relations. “Norms and the Politics of Officership,” Naval War College Ethics Conference, Newport, Rhode
Island. Speaker and presenter at conference.
“Religion and Foreign Policy Summer Workshop,” July 17 & 18, 2012, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, July 18, 2012. Speaker on panel on “Extremism Here and Abroad.” “Homegrown Terrorism,” John J. McCloy Roundtable on Setting the National Security Agenda,
Council on Foreign Relations, New York, May 31, 2012. Sole seminar presenter and discussion leader.
“Evaluating the Homegrown Terrorism Threat” presenter on Panel I: The Homegrown Threat in the United States, Cato Institute conference, April 13, 2012.
“Civil-Military Relations and The Arab Revolts of 2011: Explaining Variation in the Responses of Militaries to Popular Protest,” Program in International Security Policy (PISP), University of Chicago, May 29, 2012.
“Civil-Military Relations and The Arab Revolts of 2011: Explaining Variation in the Responses of Militaries to Popular Protest,” D.F. Textor Lecture Series, Lehigh University
International Relations Department, April 25, 2012.
“Communities and Terrorist Violence: How Communal Ties Influence Militant Group Targeting Choices,” Institute for Security and Conflict Studies, George Washington University, December 12, 2011.
“Why Self-Starter Terrorists in the United States are Mostly Incapable of Launching Deadly Attacks.” Mershon Center, Ohio State University, May 23, 2011.
University of California, Berkeley, Monday International Relations Thought Series (mIRth), “Why do Terrorists Kill Civilians versus Soldiers? The Dilemmas of Terrorist Targeting.” October 25, 2010.
Stanford University, Social Science Research Seminar, Center for International Security and Cooperation, “Why do terrorists kill civilians versus soldiers?” October 28, 2010. University of Notre Dame, International Security Program (NDISP), “Assessing the Threat of
‘Homegrown’ Terrorism: Is the Conventional View Correct?” October 6, 2010. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Strategic Use of Force Working Group, “What is the
Threat Posed by Terrorist Safe Havens?” May 5, 2010.
Brown Bag Seminar Presentation, “Politics and the U.S. Military” National War College, Washington D.C., March 10, 2010.
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University of Chicago, Program in International Security Policy (PISP), “Societies and Terrorist Campaign Violence,” October 29, 2009.
Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) seminar series “Creating Military Power,” November 29, 2007.
University of California, Los Angeles, Comparative Politics Workshop, “From Militants to Democrats: How do political opportunities influence terrorist group strategy,” April 23, 2007.
University of Texas, Austin, International Affairs Specialization Colloquium, “The Civil-Military Politics of Strategic Assessment,” November 14, 2006.
University of Chicago, Program in International Security Policy (PISP), “Creating Military Power,” November 7, 2006.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Security Studies Program, “The Civil-Military Politics of Strategic Assessment,” April 5, 2006.
Stanford University, Social Science Research Seminar, Center for International Security and Cooperation, “Getting it Right (and Wrong): Civil-military politics and strategic assessment in comparative perspective,” October 13, 2004.
University of California, San Diego, “Civil-Military Relations and Strategic Assessment,” May 20, 2004.
Columbia University, International Politics Seminar (CUIPS), “Civil-Military Relations and Strategic Assessment,” March 8, 2004.
Harvard University, Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, “Civil-Military Relations, Strategic Assessment and War,” April 28, 2003.
University of Chicago, Program on Internal Political Economy and Security (PIPES), “Military Institutions, Strategic Assessment and War,” April 3, 2003.
Stanford University, Social Science Research Seminar, Center for International Security and Cooperation, “What Works, and When: Sanctions and Regime Type,” May 30, 2001. Stanford University, Social Science Research Seminar, Center for International Security and Cooperation, “Controlling the Military: Who Does it, How and When?” February 24, 2000.
Harvard University, “Endogenous Institutions and Grand Strategy,” Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, National Security Seminar, February 1997.
(SELECT )SMALL CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
“Engaging Islam and Muslims: Multidisciplinary Perspectives” Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Studies Conference, Marquette University, March 19-20, 2013. Speaker. “Carnegie Cult of the Irrelevant Project” February 27-March 1, Austin, Texas. Participant.
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National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), annual conference, September 20-21, 2013, Bethesda, Maryland. Participant.
Tobin Project, “Workshop on the National Intelligence Council Report: Global Trends 2030:
Alternative Worlds.” August 22 & 23, 2012, Boston, MA. Participant.
Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism and New America Foundation conference, “Cutting the Fuse: Moving beyond the War on Terror,” October 12, 2010. Moderator, breakout session on terrorism.
“War and Military Operations in the 21st: Civil-Military Implications” Conference by Triangle Institute of Security Studies, Department of War Studies, Kings College London, Curriculum in Peace, War and Defense, UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC-Chapel Hill Campus, April 8-9, 2010. Presentation on “What to Teach Undergraduates?”
Tobin Project Conference, “America & the World: Power through its Prudent Use,” panel moderator for “A Grand Strategy of Restraint,” December 4-6, 2009.
Inter-university Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, panel on “Exploring Civil-Military Principles in Contemporary National Security Affairs” October 24, 2009. Panel Discussant.
“Realism and the Next U.S. President: National Interests, Grand Strategy, and the Use of Force; A conference to celebrate, honor, and recognize the contributions of Professor Robert J. Art to International Relations, Security, and U.S. Policy.” Georgetown University, April 11, 2008. Presentation on “Terrorism and U.S. Policy.”
Chicago Project on Suicide Terrorism, (CPOST), University of Chicago, paper presented “Democracy and Terrorism: What are the Links?” September 28, 2007.
“American Civil-Military Relations: Fifty Years after The Soldier and the State,” presentation on “Political Strategies of the Military in Democracies,” United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, May 31-June 2, 2007.
“Measuring National Power” Rand Corporation and U.S. Government sponsored conference, Washington D.C., September 28-29, 2004. Participant.
“Junior Faculty Workshop,” Georgetown University, presentation on “Civil-Military Relations and Strategic Assessment,” October 23-24, 2003.
“North-South” Workshop (Collaboration between International Relations Faculty at University of Chicago and Northwestern University), presentation on “Military Institutions,
Strategic Assessment and War,” at Northwestern University Law School, May 2003. “New Faces in International Security Conference,” Triangle Institute for Security Studies (a
consortium of Duke University, UNC-Chapel Hill, and NCSU), paper presented on “Institutions at the International and Domestic Nexus: the political-military origins of military effectiveness, strategic integration and war,” Regal University Hotel, Durham, NC. September 21-23, 2000.
“Conference on the October 1973 War,” Middle East Institute, Washington D.C., Oct. 9-10, 1998. Participant.
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“Armed Forces and Society in the Middle East,” presentation for International Institute for Strategic Studies Conference, Beirut, Lebanon, September 27-29, 1998.
“A Crisis in Civilian Control? Contending Theories of American Civil-Military Relations,” Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, presentation on “Political-Military Relations, Endogenous Institutions and Grand Strategy: the political origins of oversight and policy coherence,” June 11-12, 1996.
DISCIPLINE WIDE CONFERENCES (SINCE 2006)
“Community Ties and Terrorist Targeting” paper presented at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association, San Diego, CA, April 1-4, 2012.
“Thwarted Terrorist: Explaining the Limited Capabilities of Homegrown Terrorists in the United States” paper presented at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association, San Diego, CA, April 1-4, 2012.
“Homegrown” Terrorism: How Serious is the Threat?” The American Political Science Association, Washington D.C, September 2-5, 2010.
“Societies and Terrorist Violence” paper presented at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, LA, February 17-20, 2010.
“Researching Terrorism: Some Steps Forward” paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, Canada, September 3-6, 2009.
“Roundtable: Shaping Strategy: Civil-Military Relations and Foreign Policy,” [panel organized by section chair to discuss Shaping Strategy], Midwest Political Science Association Meetings, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago IL, April 2, 2009.
“Political Strategies of the Military,” paper presented at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association, New York, NY, February 15-18, 2009.
“Military Effectiveness,” discussant for panel at the at the annual meetings of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, August 28-31, 2008.
“Social Support and Terrorist Strategy” paper presented at annual meetings of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, August 28-31, 2008.
“Society and the Terrorist: How does Social Support affect Militant Group Strategy,” paper presented at annual meetings of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, August 31-September 2, 2007.
“From Militants to Democrats: How do political opportunities influence terrorist group strategy,” paper presented at annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Chicago, IL, 28 February-3 March, 2007.
“The Sources of Military Effectiveness,” paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, August 31-September 3, 2006.
“Civil-military Signals: Assessing Resolve in Interstate Conflicts” paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, San Diego, CA, March 22-25, 2006.
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“Creating Military Power: the impact of social, cultural, institutional and global forces on military effectiveness,” paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, August 30-September 3, 2006.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Political Science Association International Studies Association
Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society Women in International Security
(SELECT)SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
Governing Board, International Security Studies Section, International Studies Association (2007-present); Book Award Committee
Academic Outreach Committee, Council on Foreign Relations (2004-2007)
Division Program Chair for 2010 APSA meetings, International History and Politics Section H-Diplo, International Security Studies Forum, Advisory Board
