Robert Blair is an Associate Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs at Brown University. His research focuses on international intervention and the consolidation of state authority after civil war, with an emphasis on the rule of law and security institutions. He has conducted fieldwork on these and related topics in Colombia, Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire. He is co-founder and co-director of the Democratic Erosion Consortium, which spans more than 60 universities in the US, UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Israel, Turkey, Romania, South Korea, Australia, and the Philippines. His research is published or forthcoming in Science, Nature Human Behaviour, American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, British Journal of Political Science, Quarterly Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, World Politics, International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, and other venues. His book, Peacekeeping, Policing, and the Rule of Law after Civil War, was published in 2020 with Cambridge University Press. He has also worked in various capacities for the UN Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions, the US Central Intelligence Agency’s Political Instability Task Force, Freedom House and the Small Arms Survey. He holds a B.A. from Brown University and a Ph.D in political science from Yale University.
Robert Blair is an Associate Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs at Brown University. His research focuses on international intervention and the consolidation of state authority after civil war, with an emphasis on the rule of law and security institutions. He has conducted fieldwork on these and related topics in Colombia, Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire. He is co-founder and co-director of the Democratic Erosion Consortium, which spans more than 60 universities in the US, UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Israel, Turkey, Romania, South Korea, Australia, and the Philippines. His research is published or forthcoming in Science, Nature Human Behaviour, American Political Science Review, American…