Alexander de la Paz

Alexander de la Paz

Affiliated Scholar

Pardee School of Global Studies
Boston University

Email: [email protected]
Website: Personal / faculty page

Biography

Alexander de la Paz is an Assistant Professor in the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. His research interests span the political and moral psychology of war, international law, and international ethics. His current research agenda concerns the problem of human shields in war

Selected publications

  • Article · 2023 Human Shields and the Gulf War International Studies Quarterly Uses new archival records to assess how Iraq's 1990 'human shields' shaped the Gulf War coalition's choices.
  • Article · 2022 The Genesis of Miracle Stories in Jihad International Studies Quarterly The first systematic study of where miracle stories (karamat) in jihad come from and who spreads them.

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