Carmen Chas is a Research Assistant at the Department of Politics, Languages & International Studies at the University of Bath and at Armament Research Services (ARES). She completed her PhD in International Relations at the University of Kent, and has previously worked as a Research Fellow at the University of East London, a Post Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University College London, and a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Kent. Her research has been published in Global Studies Quarterly and Jus Cogens: A Critical Journal of Philosophy of Law and Politics.