The International Studies Association held a panel honoring the exceptional teaching of James T. Shotwell Professor Emeritus of International Relations Warner Schilling. The event was part of a larger effort by the organization to establish a precedent for honoring not only research, but teaching and mentoring in the field of security studies. Panel participants included […]
On February 4, Professor Alexander Cooley spoke with NPR about Kyrgyzstan’s plan to close its U.S. military base. According to Cooley, Kyrgyzstan’s decision likely involves President Obama’s decision to make Afghanistan a priority. Click here to listen to or read more.
Professor Kimberly Marten has been named a rotating associate editor of International Security, a leading publication in the field of contemporary security studies.
Senator George Mitchell was recently appointed as the Obama administration’s special envoy to the Middle East. Senator Mitchell is a Senior Research Scholar at the Center for International Conflict Resolution, an affiliate of the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies. In 2001, Mitchell led an international commission to investigate violence in the […]
Séverine Autesserre published an article entitled “Peacetime Violence—Post-Conflict Violence and Peace-Building Strategies” for the Program on States and Security, 2009 at www.statesandsecurity.org. Click here to read Professor Autessere’s synthesis.
Professor Kimberly Marten’s article, “Statebuilding and Force: The Proper Role of Foreign Militaries,” originally published in the Journal of Intervention and State-Building in 2007, was reprinted in Statebuilding and Intervention: Policies, Practices and Paradigms (Routledge, 2009).
Professor Tanisha Fazal received the Best Book Award from the Conflict Processes Section of the American Political Science Association for her book, State Death: The Politics and Geography of Conquest, Occupation, and Annexation (Princeton University Press, 2007). Her work was honored as “the best book in the field of conflict processes.” A graduate of Stanford […]
Professor Kimberly Marten published an article entitled “Correspondence: Misunderstanding Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas?,” a substantive response letter, in the Winter 2008/2009 issue of International Security. Click here to read this article.
Professor Pablo Pinto and Boliang Zhu published a working paper, entitled “Fortune Or Evil? The Effects of Inward Foreign Direct Investment on Corruption.” This paper is No. 10 in the Saltzman Working Paper Series. Click here to read this working paper.
V. Page Fortna, Institute member and associate professor in the department of political science, has published a new book entitled Does Peacekeeping Work? Shaping Belligerents’ Choices after Civil War (Princeton University Press, July 2008). The book examines the effectiveness of peacekeeping efforts through the systematic analysis of civil wars that have taken place since the […]
