Brent J. Steele is the Francis D. Wormuth Presidential Chair and Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah. He is the author of four books, including Alternative Accountabilities in Global Politics: The Scars of Violence (2012). He is the co-editor of six books, has edited four journal special issues or symposia, and has published numerous journal articles, most recently in the European Journal of International Relations and the Journal of Global Security Studies.