Jacob N. Shapiro is a Research Fellow at CERP. He is a Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University and directs the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project. His research covers conflict, economic development, and security policy. In 2016, Dr Jacob received Karl Deutsch Award from the International Studies Association, given to a scholar younger than 40, or within 10 years of earning a PhD for his most significant contribution to the study of international relations. He is the author of The Terrorist’s Dilemma: Managing Violent Covert Organizations and co-author of Small Wars, Big Data: The Information Revolution in Modern Conflict. He is an Associate Editor of Journal of Conflict Resolution, World Politics, and Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, a Faculty Fellow of the Association for Analytic Learning about Islam and Muslim Societies (AALIMS), and an Associate Fellow of the Institute of Development and Economic Alternatives (IDEAS). Dr Jacob is also a distinguished Scientist at Giant Oak, Inc. His research has been published in a broad range of academic and policy journals as well as a number of edited volumes. He has conducted field research and large-scale policy evaluations in Afghanistan, Colombia, India, and Pakistan. Dr Jacob has a PhD in Political Science and an MA in Economics from Stanford University, and a BA in Political Science from the University of Michigan.