Positions

Associate Professor, Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences

Contact Info

krishnana@ecu.edu

252-328-6156

Publications in VIVO

Co-author Network

Co-investigator Network

Armin Krishnan

member of

American Political Science Association 2009 - 2020
Midwestern Political Science Association 2015
International Association for Intelligence Educators 2009 - 2012

selected publications

article
- Havana Syndrome: A Case of Fifth Generation Warfare. Global Security & Intelligence Studies. 8:83-103. 2025
- The Weaponization of the USD and the Decline of the Dollar-Dominated Global Financial System. AUSTRAL: Brazilian Journal of Strategy and International Relations. 12:36-52. 2024
- Blockchain Empowers Social Resistance and Terrorism Through Decentralized Autonomous Organizations. Journal of Strategic Security. 13:41-58. 2020
- Controlling Partners and Proxies in Pro-Insurgency Paramilitary Operations: The Case of Syria. Intelligence and National Security. 1-17. 2019
- The Neglected Dimension of Ideology in Russia's Political Warfare Against the West. Global Security and Intelligence Studies. 4. 2019
- Targeting Individuals: Overcoming the Dilemmas of Secrecy. Contemporary Security Policy. 2. 2013
book
- Fifth Generation Warfare: Dominating the Human Domain. Routledge. 2024
- Why Paramilitary Operations Fail. Palgrave. 2017
chapter
- 15. Enforced Transparency: A Solution to Autonomous Weapons as Potentially Uncontrollable Weapons Similar to Bioweapons. Oxford University Press.
report
review
- "Book Review: Loch K. Johnson, The Third Option: Covert Action and American Foreign Policy" 2023
- "Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War by Samuel Moyn" 2022

presentations

presentation

principal investigator on

Visegrad in the 21st Century - Challenges and Opportunities for East Central European (ECE) States awarded by International Visegrad Fund 2017 - 2020
Visegrad University Studies Grant awarded by International Visegrad Fund 2016

professional service activities

MPSA Conference I will be a discussant in the MPSA panel "New World, New Challenges for International Security" 2023
Reviewer of Book for the Michigan War Studies Review I have reviewed the book by Samuel Moyn (2021), Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War, New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux. My review is to be published in the journal Michigan War Studies Review. 2021
Book Review for Political Science Quarterly I have reviewed the book by Adam Moore (2019), Empire's Labor: The Global Army That Supports U.S. Wars, Cornell University Press. My book review was published in December 2020 by Political Science Quaterly. 2020
East Carolina University NCSA Event I gave a one-hour lecture on Cyber Warfare in the context of the National Cyber Security Awareness month at ECU organized by ITCS on October 31, 2019 from 12pm to 1pm. 2019
ISSS-IS Conference at Denver I have chaired the panel on Cyber Conflict and I was a discussant on the panel on Hybrid Warfare. 2019
Panel Discussion I have moderated and participated in a panel on "Is War with iran Inevitable?" on September 26, 2019. 2019
US Army Special Ops Command Futures Forum I gave a teleconference presentation on "The Legality and Ethicality of Autonomous Weapons" in the context of the US Army SOCOM Futures Forum on March 12, 2019. 2018

education and training

M.A. in Intelligence and International Relations, University of Salford
Ph.D. in Security Studies, University of Salford

located in facility

Brewster A, R.119