Dr. Harold A. Trinkunas
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Biography
Harold Trinkunas is Chair and Associate Professor of the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School. His research and writing focus on Latin American politics, particularly democratization.
His recent publications include "The Crisis in Venezuelan Civil-Military Relations: from Punto Fijo to the Fifth Republic" in Latin American Research Review (Winter 2002); "Democratization as a Global Phenomenon and its Impact on Civil-Military Relations" in Democratization (December 2006) with Thomas Bruneau; and Crafting Civilian Control of the Military in Venezuela ( University of North Carolina Press, 2005). He is also co-editor with Jeanne Giraldo of Terrorism Financing and State Responses: A Comparative Perspective (Stanford University Press, 2007).
Dr. Trinkunas received a Ph.D. in Political Science from Stanford University in 1999, having previously completed an M.A. at the same institution in 1994. He received a B.S. in Economics and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania in 1991. He was a Stanford Ayacucho research fellow in Venezuela and Argentina (1994-95), and a MacArthur fellow at the Center for International Security and Arms Control in 1996.
Dr. Trinkunas also served as the field officer for the Carter Center electoral observation mission in Venezuela during the highly contested 1998 congressional and presidential elections. He continues to participate in electoral observation missions with the Carter Center.