Jason K. Stearns is an American writer who worked for ten years in the Congo, including three years during the Second Congo War. He first traveled to the Congo in 2001 to work for a local human rights organization, Héritiers de la Justice, in Bukavu. He went on to work for the United Nations peacekeeping mission (MONUC). In 2008 Stearns was named by the UN Secretary General to lead a special UN investigation into the violence in the country.

Dancing in the Glory of Monsters
2025
ISBN 9781541706064
War That Doesn't Say Its Name
2021
ISBN 9780691224510
The New Makers of Modern Strategy: From the Ancient World to the Digital Age
2023
ISBN 9780691204383