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 What Role for Ethnicity? Political Mobilization in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone and Liberia
Fodei Joseph Batty, Department of Political Science, Western Michigan University
Fodei Joseph Batty is seeking to identify the conditions for successful post-conflict democratization and, in particular, the conditions under which candidates and political parties emerge with wide cross-ethnic appeal in multiethnic societies using a comparative study of Sierra Leone and Liberia.
 Holding Fire: Security Force Allegiance During Nonviolent Uprisings
Anika Binnendijk, Fletcher School, Tufts University
Anika Binnendijk analyzes how the strategies employed by nonviolent activists have influenced decision-making within state security forces during moments of political crisis.
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Peace Scholar Successfully Defends Dissertation
Peace Scholar Ryan Burgess presented his research at a USIP meeting in March 2008. He also successfully defended his dissertation, A Psychosocial Analysis of Formal and Nonformal Education Approaches for Displaced, Violence-Affected Children in Columbia, at Columbia University on March 26, 2008.
Peace Scholars Give Presentation at Workshop
Peace Scholars Erin Kimball (Strategic Causes of Collective Action: Regional Peacekeeping in Africa), Ned Lazarus (Evaluating the North American Generation of Israeli-Palestinian Encounters) and Stacie Pettyjohn (Talking with Terrorists: American Policy Toward the ANC, PLO, Sinn Fein, and Hamas) presented their work at a USIP/JR Program and Johns Hopkins University/SAIS workshop on February 29, 2008.
Elections in the DRC: The Bemba Surprise
Tatiana Carayannis (Peace Scholar, 2005-2006) reveals the fractious nature of national politics as the Democratic Republic of Congo struggles to maintain peace after the surprising results of the 2006 elections in this February 2008 Special Report.
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