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Paul K. Huth

Department of Government and Politics
3140 Tydings Hall
College Park, MD 20742
301- 314-8481 (office)
301-314-9256 (fax)
phuth@gvpt.umd.edu

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TEACHING FIELDS:

• International Relations Theory
• International Conflict and Security Affairs
• United States Foreign and Defense Policy

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Study of territorial disputes as a cause of international conflict and war in the 20th century.
• Study of the impact of international law on the resolution of international disputes.
• Study of how political institutions in democratic and non-democratic systems affect the escalation and resolution of international disputes.
• Study of the wartime consequences of armed conflict for civilian populations in the 20 th century with a particular focus on the mass killing and forced migration of civilian populations.
• Study of the longer-term public health consequences for countries that are involved in interstate and civil wars.
• Study of the domestic and international political determinants of varying levels of public health performance across countries.
• Study of the impact of international multilateral peace-building efforts in post-civil war countries with a focus on restoration of public health conditions.
• Study of when domestic political unrest affects the foreign policy choices of state leaders with empirical research on the Middle East and Imperial Japan.