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Candidate Michael Gregg frames research on conflict responses, military corruption and China implications
Summary
At a Hinckley Institute presentation, Michael Gregg outlined research on why insurgents alternately aid civilians or increase violence after natural disasters and on how corruption degrades military effectiveness — drawing implications for personalist regimes and the PLA.
Michael Gregg, a candidate for professor and department chair, told attendees at a Hinckley Institute of Politics presentation that his research focuses on what drives the outbreak and stabilization of conflict and how those forces shape combat and civilian outcomes. Gregg, who said he currently serves as associate chair for international studies at the University of North Texas, described two main research agendas: conflict management (mediation, peacekeeping and civilian protection) and contemporary security (corruption and military effectiveness).
Why insurgents sometimes aid civilians after natural disasters and other times exploit the chaos is a central puzzle in Gregg’s conflict-management work. "There…
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