About
Peter Leddy is a PhD candidate in the Department of International Relations at LSE. His academic interests are in mixed methods, combining GIS spatial data with qualitative fieldwork. He focuses on the history, culture, and politics of the Middle East, as well as armed resistance, revolution, irregular warfare, and the intersection of these issues with geopolitics, strategy, and US foreign policy choices.
Mr Leddy is a former career employee of the US Department of Defense, where he served multiple deployments to Iraq and throughout the Middle East in support of counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations. He last served at the US Embassy in Cairo, Egypt.
Mr Leddy received his BA in Political Science from Tulane University, an MA in International Affairs from the George Washington University, an MPS in Arabic Language from the University of Maryland and the University of Damascus (Syria), and an MA in Defense and Security Studies from the US Naval War College.
Research topic
Borderlands and the Causes of Insurgency