Philip Cunliffe joined the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent in September 2009 as a lecturer in international conflict. He completed his doctorate at the Department of War Studies, King’s College London. He is currently completing a book entitled ‘The Legions of Peace: UN Peacekeepers and the Countries That Send Them.’

Educated at Somerville College, Oxford University, he graduated with a First in Politics, Philosophy and Economics in 2002.  He also holds an MScEcon in International Politics from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Philip has been awarded a number of academic prizes and scholarships, including a ‘+3’ award from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

Philip has written and published on questions of peacekeeping, intervention and sovereignty in international affairs. Philip also writes on current affairs, and is a regular contributor on Balkan politics to the Economist Intelligence Unit.