Jonathan Leader Maynard is a Senior Lecturer in International Politics in the Department of Political Economy at King’s College London. From 2023-2025 he also served as a Parliamentary Academic Fellow advising the International Affairs Unit of the UK House of Commons. His core research focuses on the role of ideology in world politics, especially in mass atrocities, armed conflict, and political extremism. His first book, Ideology and Mass Killing: The Radicalized Security Politics of Genocides and Deadly Atrocities was published by Oxford University Press in 2022, and is also co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of Ideology and International Relations (Routledge, 2023). He has published in leading scholarly journals including the American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Peace Research, Ethics, the British Journal of Political Science, Terrorism and Political Violence, and Genocide Studies and Prevention, as well appearing in news media including the BBC, CBC, The Independent and The New Statesman.