Colin Fleming

Colin Fleming is a Research Fellow at the ESRC funded Scottish Centre on Constitutional Change at the University of Edinburgh, where he is Project Leader on Defence and Security policy relating to Scottish Independence or enhanced devolution. Colin is also part of separate research team, also funded by the ESRC, which examines the Politics of Monitoring on three case studies: immigration, climate change, and defence procurement.
Colin completed his PhD in International Relations from Royal Holloway, University of London in 2010, and held a Max Weber Fellowship at the European University Institute in Florence 2009-2010. Colin was also previously a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Edinburgh 2010-2012, and he holds an Honorary Fellowship in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Aberdeen. Colin’s research interests are in strategic and security studies, with a particular interest in the changing character of war debate, classical strategic thought, perceptions of victory and defeat, asymmetric war, transatlantic security and defence cooperation between states.

Research Interests : The Changing Character of War Debate, Strategic Thought, Perceptions of Victory and Defeat, Asymmetric War, Small States, Defence Cooperation, Transatlantic Security