ALEXANDER B. DOWNES

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science

Duke University

301F Perkins Library
Durham, North Carolina 27708
(919) 660-4345
downes@duke.edu

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Alexander B. Downes (Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2004) is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Duke University. His principal research interests are the causes and effectiveness of civilian victimization in warfare, and the origins and consequences of foreign-imposed regime change. His book Targeting Civilians in War was recently published by Cornell University Press. It includes a statistical analysis of civilian victimization and civilian casualties in interstate wars, as well as case studies of particular instances of blockade, strategic bombing, counterinsurgency, and ethnic cleansing. Downes has published articles on civilian victimization in the journals International Security, Journal of Conflict Resolution, and Civil Wars. His previous work on the relative efficacy of partition versus negotiated settlements as solutions to ethnic civil wars has appeared in the journals Security Studies and SAIS Review. Downes spent the 2007/08 academic year as a fellow in the International Security Program at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs in Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.