T. V. Paul (McGill University)

T. V. Paul
Department of Political Science
McGill University
855 Sherbrooke St. West
Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T7, Canada

phones: 514-398-4820 (w); 
        514-694-5391 (h)
Fax:    514-398-1770
email:  t.paul@mcgill.ca

description of work:

Research & Teaching Areas: International Relations -- International Security;
War & Conflict; Nuclear Proliferation, South Asia.

PROFESSIONAL: 1/03 - Present:  James McGill Professor of International 
Relations, Department of Political Science, McGill University, Montreal, 
Canada; 7/00-12/02:  Professor,    Department of   Political Science, 
McGill University; 09/02 - 05/03:  Visiting Professor,   Department of 
National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School,  & Senior Visiting 
Associate, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of 
International Studies, California; 7/00-6/02: Director, University of 
Montreal-McGill Research Group in International Security; 6/95-6/00: 
Associate Professor; 9/91-5/95: Assistant Professor Political Science, 
McGill University; 9/97-6/98: Visiting Scholar, Center for International 
Affairs & Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, Harvard University; 
12/86-6/89: Teaching Associate, Political Science, UCLA.   

EDUCATION: Ph.D. 1991: Political Science, UCLA;  M.A. 1988: Political 
Science, UCLA; M.Phil. 1984: International Relations, JNU., New Delhi; 
B.A. 1977: Political Science, Kerala University, India.

PUBLICATIONS: Books: 
1.  The India-Pakistan Conflict: An Enduring Rivalry (editor), Cambridge 
University Press, 2005. 
2.  Balance of Power: Theory and Practice in the 21st Century (co-editor) 
Stanford University Press, 2004.
3.  The Nation-state in Question (co-editor) Princeton University Press, 
2003.
4.  India in the World Order: Searching for Major Power Status (with B. 
Nayar), Cambridge U. Press, 2003. 
5.  Power versus Prudence: Why Nations Forgo Nuclear Weapons, 
McGill-Queen's University   
            Press, 2000 -- Selected as an 'Outstanding Academic Title for 
2001' by Choice Magazine.
6.   International Order and the Future of World Politics (co-editor) 
Cambridge University Press, 1999, 
            2000 (twice), 2001, 2002 & 2003.
7.   The Absolute Weapon Revisited: Nuclear Arms and the Emerging 
International Order (co-editor),  
             University of Michigan Press, 1998, pb.2000.
8.   Asymmetric Conflicts: War Initiation by Weaker Powers, Cambridge 
University Press, 1994.

Selected Articles:
1. "Why Has the India-Pakistan Rivalry Been So Enduring?" Security 
Studies, Oct-Dec. 2006:600-30. 
2. "Soft Balancing in an Age of U.S. Primacy,"  International Security, 
Summer, 2005, 46-71. 
3. "Under Pressure? Globalization and the National Security State," (with 
N. Ripsman), Millennium, 33, 2005. 
4.  "Globalization and the National Security State: A Framework of 
Analysis," (with N. Ripsman) International  
           Studies Review, June, 2005. 
5. "Systemic Conditions and Security Cooperation: Explaining the 
Persistence of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation 
            Regime," Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 16(1), 
April 2003. 
6. "The Systemic Bases of India's Challenge to the Global Nuclear Order," 
Nonproliferation Review, Fall 1998. 
7. "Achieving Nuclear Non-Proliferation: The Role of Coercive Sanctions," 
International Journal, Summer 1996.
8. "Nuclear Taboo and War Initiation in Regional Conflicts," Journal of 
Conflict Resolution, Dec. 1995. 
    
Books under Preparation: 1. The Tradition of Non-use of Nuclear Weapons; 
2. Globalization and the Changing National Security State.

Honors/ Awards/Grants: Faculty of Arts 2005 Award for high Distinction in 
Research,  McGill University; James McGill Chair, 2003;  "Popular 
Professor," Maclean's Guide to Canadian Universities, 2005; Peace Scholar 
Award, U.S. Institute of Peace,1989; 3 SSHRC grants, 3 FQRSC grants; 1 
Rockefeller Foundation grant.