Michael Desch
Professor of Political Science
Office: 407 Decio Faculty Hall
Phone: 574-631-2792
Email: mdesch@nd.edu
Areas of Expertise
International relations, international security, political theory and international relations, and American foreign and defense policies.
Desch is the author of “Power and Military Effectiveness: The Fallacy of Democratic Triumphalism,” a term he coined to describe an emerging belief among scholars and policymakers “that democracies are uniquely virtuous and capable in international affairs.” He says those who embrace this idea tend to assume democracies won’t go to war with each other. "Recently, a variation of this argument has attracted lots of attention: the belief that when democracies go to war with non-democracies, they are more likely to win those wars,” he said. He also is the author of “When the Third World Matters: Latin America and U.S. Grand Strategy” and “Civilian Control of the Military: The Changing Security Environment.” Desch currently is researching the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and exploring when and how social science theory affects U.S. national security policy.
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