Justin Haner

Postdoctoral Research Associate in International and Public Affairs
Research Interests International Institutions, US Foreign Policy
Areas of Interest International Law, Security, UN Reform, Computational Text Analysis

Biography

Dr. Justin K. Haner is a political scientist and research fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University. From traditional security concerns to artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, his scholarship focuses on the transformative power that international law and organizations can have on solving complex security issues. Committed to ensuring his work resonates beyond the classroom, Justin is an outspoken advocate for United Nations reform with the Coalition for the UN We Need, Citizens for Global Solutions, and the ImPACT Coalition for UN Charter Reform. Justin is also a committed public servant with twelve years of combined experience in the military and local government. As a former Captain in the US Army Infantry, he led a mechanized rapid reaction force just south of the Korean DMZ and was selected to serve as Executive Officer to the United Nations Command Honor Guard.

Research

My published and ongoing research projects concern topics at the intersection of conflict, cooperation, and cutting-edge technology, including delineating the security implications of increasingly AI-enhanced weapons systems, testing the efficacy of various national and multilateral cybersecurity strategies, and demonstrating how the cumulative effects of international law and the treatymaking process can promote peace.

Publications

Haner, J.K., Knake, R.K. (2021) “Breaking Botnets: A Quantitative Analysis of Individual, Technical, Isolationist, and Multilateral Approaches to Cybersecurity”, Journal of Cybersecurity, Volume 7 (1). DOI: 10.1093/cybsec/tyab003

Haner, J.K., Garcia, D. (2019) “The Artificial Intelligence Arms Race: Trends and World Leaders in Autonomous Weapons Development”, Global Policy, Volume 10 (3), pp. 331-337. DOI: 10.1111/1758-5899.12713

Teaching

World Peace and its Discontents: A Seminar on the Causes of War and Pathways to Peace (Spring 2025)

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