Professor Joe Maiolo is an historian of international politics specialising in the origins of great wars, arms races and intelligence in the twentieth century. He holds BA and MA degrees from the University of Toronto in history and philosophy.

He completed his PhD in International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 19916. Before coming to King’s in September 2001, he held appointments at the universities of Leicester and Leeds.

In 2005-06 he was senior visiting research fellow at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, Oslo, and from 2014-19 he was Visiting Research Professor at the Norwegian Defence Intelligence School, Oslo. He is the editor of The Journal of Strategic Studies, and a member of the editorial board for Intelligence & National Security, and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.