Ori Swed

Dr. Swed is an associate professor at the sociology department at Texas Tech University. He is the director of the Peace, War, and Social Conflict Laboratory (www.pwscl.com), which runs research projects in the field of security. He is the chief editor of Armed Forces & Society Swed studies world polities and organizations in the context of peace and conflict. His current research focuses on the recent global trend of the privatization of security, terrorism, and the cyber domain.