FEATURED
BIO
T.V. PAUL is James McGill Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He served as President of the International Studies Association (ISA) during 2016-17. Paul specializes in International Relations, especially International Security and South Asia.
He received his undergraduate education from Kerala University, India; MPhil in International Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Paul is the author or editor of 18 books, six of them through Cambridge University Press. He has also published nearly 60 journal articles and book chapters and has lectured at universities and research institutions internationally.
In December 2009, Paul’s Book, The Tradition of Non-use of Nuclear Weapons was selected for inclusion in the Peace Prize Laureate Exhibition honoring President Barack Obama by the Nobel Peace Center, Oslo.
In May 2005 Paul became the recipient of the High Distinction in Research Award by McGill’s Faculty of Arts. During 2009-12 he served as the Director (Founding) of the McGill University/Université de Montreal Centre for International Peace and Security Studies (CIPSS). He has held visiting positions at Nanyang Technological University, Singapor, Diplomatic Academy, Vienna; UC Berkeley; East-West Center, Honolulu; the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Harvard University (1997-98), and as the KPS Menon Visiting Chair for Diplomacy (2011) and Erudite Fellow (2016) at the MG University, Kottayam, India.
Books:
- Restraining Great Powers: Soft Balancing from Empires to the Global Era
- The Warrior State: Pakistan in the Contemporary World
- Globalization and the National Security State (with N. Ripsman)
- The Tradition of Non-use of Nuclear Weapons
- India in the World Order: Searching for Major Power Status
- Power versus Prudence: Why Nations Forgo Nuclear Weapons
- Asymmetric Conflicts: War Initiation by Weaker Powers