Professor Patrick Porter
Senior Associate Fellow; Professor of International Security and Strategy at the University of Birmingham
Biography
Patrick Porter is Professor of International Security and Strategy at the University of Birmingham.Â
His research interests are realism and foreign policy.
He has written five books. His latest book is How to Survive a Hostile World: Power, Politics and the Case for Realism. His book Blunder: Britain's War in Iraq was shortlisted for the British Army Military Book of the Year Prize, 2019. His most recent book is The False Promise of Liberal Order: Nostalgia, Delusion and the Rise of Trump. He also wrote The Global Village Myth: Distance, War and the Limits of Power and Military Orientalism: Eastern War through Western Eyes.
His work has appeared in journals including International Security, Security Studies, the Journal of Strategic Studies, International Affairs, the Washington Quarterly, The National Interest, The Spectator, Politico, The Critic, The New Statesman, Unherd, and the Australian Financial Review. He is a contributing editor at The Critic.