Peter Campbell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Political Science | Baylor University
Waco, TX, UNITED STATES
Expert in international security, civil-military relations, policy relevance, grand strategy, "just war" tradition & cyber warfare
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Biography
Peter Campbell, Ph.D., is associate professor of political science in Baylor University’s College of Arts & Sciences. He is the author of two books: “Military Realism: The Logic and Limits of Force and Innovation in the U.S. Army” and “Farewell to the Marshal Statesman: The Decline of Military Experience Among Politicians and its Consequences.”
Campbell studies international security, civil-military relations, strategy and national security decision-making, international relations scholarship and policy relevance, insurgency and counterinsurgency, the just war tradition, unconventional warfare and advanced military technology, military culture, and the effects of cyber capabilities on conflict escalation.
Areas of Expertise (4)
Just War Theory
International Relations
International Security
Counterinsurgency
Education (3)
University of Notre Dame: Ph.D., Political Science
King’s College London, United Kingdom: M.A., War Studies
University of Winnipeg, Canada: B.A.H., Philosophy
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Media Appearances (7)
Issues in the News: Determining Proportional Responses Following Deadly Attacks
Voice of America online
2024-02-02
AUDIO: Baylor political science professor Peter Campbell, Ph.D., who studies international security including just war theory, joins Voice of America to discuss how leaders determine a proportional response to an attack that effectively responds but doesn’t unnecessarily escalate the situation.
Issues in the News: Determining Proportional Responses Following Deadly Attacks
Voice of America online
2024-02-02
AUDIO: Baylor political science professor Peter Campbell, Ph.D., who studies international security including just war theory, joins Voice of America to discuss how leaders determine a proportional response to an attack that effectively responds but doesn’t unnecessarily escalate the situation.
Hamilton’s warning: Trump and threats to democracy in America
Washington Examiner online
2022-12-16
In this column, Peter Campbell, associate professor of political science, writes about Alexander Hamilton, who warned that thwarting the political desires of a significant portion of the public could pose a grave threat to democracy.
FLASHPOINT UKRAINE: Departing Europe, Biden affirms support for Ukraine
Voice of America online
2022-03-26
AUDIO: Baylor international relations expert Peter Campbell, Ph.D., joins the Voice of America program Flashpoint Ukraine to discuss the war in Ukraine one month into the conflict and the recent NATO, G-7 and European Council meetings. Dr. Campbell’s interview begins at the 8:30 mark.
Ukraine-born professor to Baylor University crowd: Prepare for long war
Waco Tribune-Herald online
2022-03-16
Sergiy Kudelia, Ph.D., associate professor of political science, who visited his native Ukraine just weeks ago, shared a sobering prediction with a Baylor crowd anxious to know how the Russian invasion of the nation would end. Also quoted are Baylor political scientist Peter Campbell, Ph.D., a specialist on international security and international relations, and history professor Julie deGraffenried, Ph.D., who focuses on modern Russia and the USSR.
Blame Biden, Not the Military
City Journal online
2021-09-23
Peter Campbell, Ph.D., associate professor of political science and international security scholar, penned a column for City Journal, in which he discusses who deserves scrutiny following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
ESSAY: Ulysses S. Grant’s Civil War Memoir and Strategy
Classics of Strategy and Diplomacy online
2021-02-14
Grant’s memoir should be ranked among the classics of strategy. It is seemingly inexhaustible, and I do not claim to have wrung out all of its insights here. Grant’s memoir makes it clear that strategy played a key role in his military decision-making. For Grant, strategic concerns sometimes outweighed the more traditional military concerns with supply and logistics. At the same time, Grant knew when a slavish adherence to policy was harmful to the overall strategic aim, as when he paroled the prisoners at Vicksburg. His memoir also makes clear that Grant was exceptionally gifted at reading people and assessing their character for strengths and weakness.
Research Grants (5)
Carnegie Policy Relevance Project
Carnegie Corporation of New York
2015 - 2017 $462,482 - $30,000 to Baylor for summer salary and additional funds for Baylor student researchers
General and Mrs. Matthew B. Ridgway Military History Scholar
US Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, PA
2012 - 2013 $1000
Moody Research Grant
Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library
2012 - 2013 Austin, TX ($2,400)
Professional Development Award, Zahm Research Travel Grant
The Graduate School, University of Notre Dame
2012 - 2013 ($3,000) – For research Kennedy Library
Graduate Student Research Award
The Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, University of Notre Dame
2012 - 2013 ($2,000) – For research National Archives, D.C.
Articles (3)
Generals in Cyberspace: Liability or Asset
OrbisForthcoming Spring 2018
Nukes, Guerrillas, and Kennedy’s Army: A Theoretical Reassessment
Journal of Global Security StudiesUnder revise and resubmit at peer-reviewed international security journal
The Origins and Implications of Military Autonomy
The Review of PoliticsUnder review at peer-reviewed political science journal
