Dipali Mukhopadhyay 

She is an associate professor in the global policy area at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Her research focuses on the relationships between political violence, state-building, and governance during and after the war. She is currently serving as a senior expert on Afghanistan for the U.S. Institute of Peace. She is the author of Good Rebel Governance: Revolutionary Politics and Western Intervention in Syria (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming) with Kimberly Howe, and Warlords, Strongman Governors and the State in Afghanistan (Cambridge University Press, 2014). Her work has been published in several edited volumes as well as the British Journal of Political Science; Conflict, Security, and Development; Economics and Politics; Foreign Affairs; International Negotiation; and Perspectives on Politics. It has also been featured in media outlets including The Economist, Lawfare, The New York Times, and The Washington Post.