Paul MacDonald
Research Fellow, International Security Program
Contact:
Email: paul_macdonald@ksg.harvard.edu
Experience
Paul K. MacDonald received his Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University. His research examines the origin and administration of empires in international politics. His dissertation focused on the specific cases of British imperial rule in India, South Africa, and Nigeria during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His current research focuses on the determinants of successful military occupation and on comparative patterns of overseas military basing.
Spring 2008
"Correspondence: The Role of Hierarchy in International Politics"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 4, volume 32
By Paul MacDonald, Research Fellow, International Security Program and David A. Lake
Paul MacDonald responds to David Lake's Summer 2007 International Security article, "Escape from the State of Nature: Authority and Hierarchy in World Politics."
Summer 2001
"Start the Evolution without Us"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 1, volume 26
By Duncan S.A. Bell and Paul MacDonald, Research Fellow, International Security Program
We conclude with an exchange of letters between the authors and Bradley Thayer on the role of evolutionary theory in realist thought.
