Michael Boyle: Costs and Consequences of Drone Warfare

Talking Terror

Michael Boyle is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at La Salle University in Philadelphia. He was previously a Lecturer in International Relations and Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV) at the University of St. Andrews. He is also an alumnus of the Political Science Department at La Salle. His research interests are on terrorism and political violence, with particular reference to the strategic use of violence in insurgencies and civil wars. He has also published more broadly on security studies and American foreign policy. His writings have appeared in a range of scholarly journals and popular outlets, including regular columns for the Guardian (UK). His most recent book, Violence after War: Explaining Instability in Post-Conflict States, was published by Johns Hopkins University Press in March 2014. Research That Influenced Michael's Career Paul Wilkinson, Terrorism and the Liberal State (New York: NYU Press, 1977) Charles Tilly, The Politics of Collective Violence (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003). Stathis Kalyvas, The Logic of Violence in Civil Wars (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006). Some of Michael's Key Research Violence after War: Explaining Instability in Post-Conflict States (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014). “The Costs and Consequences of Drone Warfare” International Affairs 89:1 (2013) “Bargaining, Fear and Denial: Explaining Violence Against Civilians in Iraq 2004-2007,” Terrorism and Political Violence 21: 2 (2009), p. 261-287.