Dr Christopher J Fuller BA, PGCE, PhD
Associate Professor of Modern U.S. Foreign Policy, Head of Admissions
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Associate Professor in Modern and Contemporary U.S. Foreign Policy, exploring security, insecurity, and technology.
It’s classified.
Brief biography
I specialize in U.S. foreign policy from 1945 to the present day. I have a particular interest in the “War on Terror” and wider U.S. counterterrorism practices, and wrote my first book, See It/Shoot It: The Secret History of the CIA’s Lethal Drone Program (Yale University Press, 2017), on this topic. I am also co-editor of a forthcoming volume, Fighting War as Crime and Crime as War: Normative Frameworks for National Security, which features both practitioners and scholars exploring ways in which legal architecture can be better leveraged to enhance counterterrorism efforts.
My current research project is titled ‘Net Gain? The Internet and American National (In)Security and examines the impact of computer networks on U.S. national security policy, from the theoretical discourse in the 1950s to the fallout of the election of Donald Trump in 2016. More broadly, my work explores the concept of a Pax Americana, and the extent to which this was established in the years following the end of the Second World War and is arguably in decline.
To help explore these topics which bridge traditional historical research with the study of contemporary affairs, and frequently fall under classification regimes, I specialise in the use of open source material supplemented by leaked documents, considering their utility as evidence, as well as the historical and ethical challenges their utilisation presents.
Qualifications
- BA, History, University of Cardiff 2000
- PGCE History, University of Chichester, 2001
- MRes History (Distinction), University of Southampton, 2010
- PhD History, University of Southampton, 2014
Appointments held
I have served as an advisor to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime on counterterrorism.
Academia.edu: https://soton.academia.edu/ChristopherFuller
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrChrisFuller