A former MacArthur and ICGC fellow, she returned to the University of Minnesota—where she received her PhD—as a visiting scholar, affiliated with the ICGC and the Department of Political Science. Asli’s research focuses on international political theory, security studies, war and violence in social, political thought. She is especially interested in the ways in which political violence and the use of force transform in the contemporary era and how these transformations shape the structure of power in global politics.