I am a Postdoctoral Fellow with the International Security Program at the Belfer Center at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. I am also a Lecturer for the MIT Political Science Department, where I received my PhD. In August, I start as an Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department at Georgia State University.
My research investigates strategy and statecraft on the brink of war. I have written extensively about two important-yet-neglected tools of statecraft, the red line and the fait accompli. I am developing a book manuscript, Red Lines in International Politics, that explores why some red lines are credible while others are not. I develop a theory explaining the strategies states use to erode and circumvent red lines without provoking war. I created a dataset of all "land grabs" since 1918, with Crimea the most recent. I use it to study the fait accompli as form of statecraft as well as the evolution of territorial conquest as the principal part of the decline of interstate war. I have an enduring research interest in the causes of war.
Email: Daniel_Altman@hks.harvard.edu
My research investigates strategy and statecraft on the brink of war. I have written extensively about two important-yet-neglected tools of statecraft, the red line and the fait accompli. I am developing a book manuscript, Red Lines in International Politics, that explores why some red lines are credible while others are not. I develop a theory explaining the strategies states use to erode and circumvent red lines without provoking war. I created a dataset of all "land grabs" since 1918, with Crimea the most recent. I use it to study the fait accompli as form of statecraft as well as the evolution of territorial conquest as the principal part of the decline of interstate war. I have an enduring research interest in the causes of war.
Email: Daniel_Altman@hks.harvard.edu
