Alonso Gurmendi Dunkelberg is a Departmental Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Oxford, in association with Somerville College, as well as Visiting Professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He holds a Ph.D. from UCL Laws, an LL.M in International Legal Studies and a Certificate in Human Rights Law from Georgetown University and a law degree and LL.B from Universidad de Lima. His book, Conflicto Armado en el Perú: La Época del Terrorismo bajo el Derecho Internacional, was published by Universidad del Pacífico Press in 2019. His research focuses on the use of force, international humanitarian law, and the history of international law.