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I am a researcher and author on  military interventions, peacekeeping, and European security and defense policy. I currently work as Assistant Professor at Northwestern University (USA), specializing in international relations. 
 I also serve as the co-chair of the War & Society Working Group at Northwestern's Buffett Institute. 

You will find my Northwestern profile here . Please also follow me on twitter @mephenke. 

MY AcADEMIC WORK

My current research focuses on military coalition-building, intervention decision-making and U.S. and European Grand Strategy.  

My academic work has been published or is forthcoming in International Security, Security Studies, International Studies Quarterly, International Peacekeeping, Providing for Peacekeeping, British Journal of Politics and International Relations, and Conflict Management and Peace Science among others. My book  “Constructing Allied Cooperation: Diplomacy, Payments and Power in Multilateral Military Coalitions” is forthcoming with Cornell University Press. 
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PHOTOGRAPHY

In my free time, I am an ardent traveler and photographer. Please visit the photography section of this website so see a small selection of photographs I have taken around the world.