Kirstin Brathwaite

Associate Professor

Case Hall Room S352

hasler@msu.edu

Biography

Professor Brathwaite earned an M.A. in Comparative Ethnic Conflict from Queens University, Belfast and an M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from the University of Notre Dame. She specializes in international relations and is interested in questions of nationalism, identity and military conflict. Her current research focuses on soldiers' motivation in combat as well as civil-military relations during counterinsurgency conflicts. She teaches a broad range of courses, including Introduction t

Publications

Brathwaite, K. "Symbols and Sacrifice in War: National Identity and the Will to Fight." (2025) Georgetown University Press

Brathwaite, Kirstin. Russias Urban Warfare Predictably Struggles: Fighting in cities is hard for any military. With Margarita Konaev, in Foreign Policy, April 4, 2022.

Brathwaite, Kirstin. U.S. Officials are Talking about Urban Warfare. Heres What Urban Warfare Really Involves, with Margarita Konaev, in the Monkey Cage, Washington Post, June 4, 2020.

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