ACDIS Associate Director

Education: Ph.D., University of Illinois, B.A., Duke University

Areas of Expertise

Regional security of South Asia; politics, political systems, and militancy in South Asia (especially India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh); Russian culture and society

Biography

Dr. Rosenstein joined the Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security (ACDIS) as Associate Director in 2001, with a stint as Acting Director in 2007-8. Under the guidance of the ACDIS faculty director, he is responsible for oversight and coordination of all aspects of the program’s research, teaching, and public engagement activities.

Rosenstein is the editor of the ACDIS Occasional Paper series and ACDIS Research Report series, and of the ACDIS bulletin, Swords and Ploughshares. Currently, Rosenstein assists the ACDIS director in administering the program’s “Science, Technology, and Security Policy” grant from the MacArthur Foundation. Previously, he managed multi-year institutional grant projects on South Asian security from the National Security Education Program (Department of Defense) and the Ford Foundation.

Rosenstein’s current research interests include regional security of South Asia; politics, political systems, and militancy in South Asia (especially India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh)

Rosenstein completed his Ph.D. in Slavic languages and literatures in 2002 at the University of Illinois. He received his B.A. in Russian, history, and French from Duke University in 1994 and his M.A. in Russian literature from the University of Illinois in 1996.

Selected Publications

Articles or Book Chapters:

"Superpower and the Imperilled Democracy," in Bangladesh: Treading the Taliban Trail, ed. Jaideep Saikia (New Delhi: Vision Books, 2006), pp. 25-53.

"At What Cost Security?," invited commentary on July 7, 2005 London bombings, SAPRA India Bulletin (New Delhi, August 2005), p. 15.

Editorial on South Asian security, Defense and Security Analysis 22:4 (December 2006).

"The Political Crisis of Bangladesh’s ‘Moderate Muslim Democracy,’" Illinois International Review no. 4 (January 2007).

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Books or Edited Collections:

Guest editor, special issue on South Asian security, Defense and Security Analysis 22:4 (December 2006).

Editor, The Future of Kashmir, Swords and Ploughshares 16:1 (winter 2007-8).

Editor, Can NATO Survive Afghanistan?, Swords and Ploughshares 16:2 (summer 2008).

Editor, US-EU-Russia: New Strategic Dynamics after Bush, Swords and Ploughshares 17:1 (winter 2008-9).

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Contact Information

Office

360 Armory Building

Mailing Address

ACDIS, 505 E. Armory Ave.
359 Armory
Champaign, IL 61820
MC-533

Phone

(217) 244-0218

Fax

(217) 244-5157

Email

rosenstn[AT]illinois[DOT]edu