John Paul Dunne, BSc (Bristol), MA (Cantab), PhD (Edin), is Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Cape Town and Emeritus Professor of Economics at University of the West of England, Bristol. He has held positions at Middlesex University, University of Leeds, University of Cambridge, University of Warwick, and Birkbeck College, University of London. He is co-editor with Mike Brown of the online journal the Economics of Peace and Security Journal and has published widely on economics and security.