Solutions to Violence features Mathew Evangelista. Matthew Evangelista is President White Professor of History and Political Science in the Department of Government at Cornell University. He teaches courses in international and comparative politics. His current teaching and research interests focus on the relationship between gender, nationalism, and war; ethical and legal issues in international affairs (particularly, just war theory and international humanitarian law); transnational relations; and separatist movements.

He is the author of five books, written and edited numerous articles and books including: The Chechen Wars (2002); Law, Ethics, and the War on Terror (2008); and Gender, Nationalism, and War (2011). He is the editor of Peace Studies, 4 vols. (2005), and co-editor of Do the Geneva Conventions Matter? (2017); The American Way of Bombing (2014); Partners or Rivals? European-American Relations after Iraq (2005); New Wars, New Laws? Applying the Laws of War in 21st Century Conflicts (2005); and Democracy and Security (2008).