NAJ Taylor is a doctoral researcher and tutor in the School of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Queensland. He also writes a weekly column for Al Jazeera.

Taylor’s primary research interests are arms control and global security, which he studies using a critical-constructivist framework and methods such as thought experiments, case studies and pop culture. Current projects include a three-year study of the practice of harm in modern warfare, and a two-year collaborative project exploring the prospects for a biological, nuclear and chemical weapons (WMD) free zone in the Middle East.

He holds both a Bachelor of Economics in Economic History and Master of International Studies with honours from the University of Sydney.

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Disclosures statement: NAJ Taylor is presently the recipient of a three-year Australian Postgraduate Award, funded by the Commonwealth government’s Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education. This full-time scholarship was awarded to enable research that is in the public interest and free of vested interests.