University of Manitoba - Centre for Defence and Security Studies - Andrew Latham
Andrew Latham
Andrew Latham received his B.A. and PhD from York University in Toronto, Canada.  He also holds an M.A. from Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada (where he earned the Best Thesis in International Relations Award).  Prior to arriving at Macalester in 1997, he was Assistant Director of the Centre for International and Security Studies, York University, Toronto; Nonproliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament Research Fellow, with the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade; Lecturer, Canadian Armed Forces School of Aerospace Studies, Winnipeg, Canada; Lecturer, Department of Political Studies, University of Manitoba (where he was earned a university-wide award for Teaching Excellence); and Research Associate, Centre for Defence and Security Studies, University of Manitoba, Canada. 

Since arriving at Macalester College in 1997, Professor Latham has taught courses such as Foundations of International Politics; Regional Conflict and Security (which has variously focused on Iraq; Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan; and the Indo-Pacific Region); War and Islam; War and Peace in the Middle East; The Global War on Terror; US Foreign and Defense Policy; International Security; Advanced International Theory; Chinese Foreign Policy; Medieval Political Thought; and Political Violence.

Professor Latham’s research interests include political violence, with a specific focus in recent years on political violence in late Medieval Latin Christendom.  He has published articles in a variety of journals, including European Journal of International Relations; International Studies Quarterly; Contemporary Security Policy; and International Journal.  His most recent book is entitled Theorizing Medieval Geopolitics: War and World Order in the Age of the Crusades. 

Beyond Macalester, he has served as a Senior Policy Associate with the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT); as a consultant to the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND); and as a member of several Canadian diplomatic delegations to international nonproliferation, arms control and disarmament negotiations.