Tanisha M. Fazal is Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. Her scholarship focuses on sovereignty, international law, and armed conflict. She is the author of two award-winning books, Wars of Law: Unintended Consequences in the Regulation of Armed Conflict and State Death: The Politics and Geography of Conquest, Occupation, and Annexation and numerous articles in academic and policy journals. She is also a frequent commentator on international security issues. From 2021-2023, she was an Andrew Carnegie Fellow.