Books By Cyrus Hodes - Author

Cyrus Hodes is a consultant focusing on country and geopolitical risks. He first worked in Afghanistan in 1998 with the NGO Solidarités, and has worked there since 2001 as a consultant for the private sector, governments, think tanks and international organisations. His special interests include conflict-affected states, counter-terrorism and international security. He studied at Sciences Po Paris, and received an MA in Defence and Geostrategy from the University of Paris II and a MPA from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. He is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Advanced Defense Studies in Washington DC, and has published various articles and book chapters on Afghanistan and the defence sector. Mark Sedra is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science of the University of Waterloo and a Research Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), both in Waterloo, Canada. His research focuses on post-conflict state-building, with an emphasis on