Newswise — Matthew Brashears, Cornell assistant professor of sociology, studies non-electronic social networks and how the flow of information influences social network structure. He currently studies ways to identify covert, terrorist social networks, particularly those that are preparing a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear attack.
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Sarah Kreps is a professor in the Cornell University Department of Government, and co-directs the Cornell Law School’s International Relations-International Law seminar series.
Her research focuses on issues of international security, particularly questions of conflict and cooperation, and nuclear proliferation. Current projects look at why states underestimate the cost of conflict; the ethics of conflict; and the political economy of war. Prior to graduate school, she served on active duty in the United States Air Force.
Her book, Coalitions of Convenience: United States Military Interventions after the Cold War, was published by Oxford University Press in 2011.
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Barry Strauss chairs the Department of History at Cornell University. Military history is among his interests, specifically battles and strategies. He sits on the editorial boards of MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History; Historically Speaking: The Bulletin of the Historical Society; and The International Journal of the Classical Tradition. His trade books include: The Spartacus War, New York: Simon and Schuster, 2009 and The Trojan War, A New History, Hutchinson/Random House, UK, 2007.
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