Alexander Downes Session Overview

ALEXANDER DOWNES is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and co-Director of the Institute for Security and Conflict Studies at The George Washington University. Downes has written on a variety of subjects in international security, including civilian victimization, foreign-imposed regime change, military effectiveness, democracy, coercion, alliances, and solutions to civil wars. His first book, Targeting Civilians in War was published by Cornell University Press in 2008 and won the Joseph Lepgold Prize awarded by Georgetown University for the best book in international relations published that year. His second book, Catastrophic Success: Why Foreign-Imposed Regime Change Goes Wrong was published in 2021.