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Andrew Cheatham serves as a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at King's College London's Department of War Studies within the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy. He leads conflict and technology initiatives at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) and has deployed with the United Nations across Iraq, Libya, Tunisia, Somalia, and New York.
His academic background includes:
- Juris Doctor from City University of New York School of Law
- Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Boston University
- Master of Arts in War Studies with Distinction from King's College London
Research centers on Law of Armed Conflict challenges amid AI-driven warfare, with emphasis on civilian protection, real-time harm mitigation, and war crimes accountability. His work integrates Global South perspectives into security governance frameworks and analyzes strategic engagement with middle powers and the Non-Aligned Movement.
Recent publications examine technological disruption's impact on global order, UN reform imperatives, and private-sector peacebuilding in multipolar contexts. Themes consistently address eroding legal safeguards for civilians and institutional resilience across 30+ conflict-affected countries.
As Chief Counsel of Pragmatic Panic Legal and Social Services, he directs the Reimagining Civilian Protection and Accountability initiative, developing field-tested harm mitigation strategies while training next-generation security practitioners through frontline research translation.
