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Tanisha Fazal

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Tanisha Fazal is an American political scientist. She is Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, where she joined the faculty in 2017.[1] She was previously a professor at the University of Notre Dame and Columbia University.[1] She is the author of the books State Death: The Politics and Geography of Conquest, Occupation, and Annexation[2] and Wars of Law: Unintended Consequences in the Regulation of Armed Conflict.[1][3] Some of her notable research findings include that violent state death has been exceedingly rare since the end of World War II,[4] states rarely declare war,[3][5] and that improvements in battlefield medicine have led to dramatic reductions in battlefield deaths.[6][7][8] She was awarded a prestigious Andrew Carnegie Fellowship for 2021-2023.[9]

In 2001, she was awarded her PhD in Political Science from Stanford University.[1] Her dissertation advisors included Scott Sagan and Stephen Krasner.[10] She has an undergraduate degree from Harvard University. She was influenced by Louise Richardson.[3][10] She was a Postdoc at the John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, Cambridge, MA.

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  1. ^ a b c d "Vita". Tanisha M. Fazal. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  2. ^ "Interview - Tanisha Fazal". E-International Relations. 2014-06-30. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  3. ^ a b c "The Human Condition and the Laws of War: An Interview with Tanisha Fazal". Toynbee Prize Foundation. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  4. ^ "The State of Secession in International Politics". E-International Relations. 2016-09-23. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  5. ^ Beehner, Lionel (2014-07-24). "Is War Really on the Decline? And if so, Why?". Political Violence at a Glance. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  6. ^ "World War II was 75 years ago. But big wars can still happen". The Washington Post. 2020.
  7. ^ Laber, Jerrod (2019-07-05). "Liberal International Order?". Liberal Currents. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  8. ^ Braumoeller, Bear F. (2019). Only the Dead: The Persistence of War in the Modern Age. Oxford University Press. p. 252. ISBN 978-0-19-084953-5.
  9. ^ "Tanisha M. Fazal". Carnegie Corporation of New York. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  10. ^ a b Fazal, Tanisha M. (8 June 2021). "H-Diplo Essay 348- Tanisha M. Fazal on Learning the Scholar's Craft". H-Diplo | ISSF. Retrieved 2021-06-08.