Dr. Brian Shoup is Professor of Political Science and Public Administration where he teaches comparative politics and public policy. His primary research interests are identity politics and conflict and state and nation-building. He is the author of Conflict and Cooperation in Multi-Ethnic States: Institutional Incentives, Myths, and Counterbalancing and his research has appeared in…

Dr. Benjamin Tkach is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, where he teaches international relations.  He has collaborated with the National Defense University, Joint Special Operations University, and U.S. Department of Energy. His primary research agenda investigates government decentralization, security privatization, and non-state…