I am an award-winning researcher and author on war and peace. I am an expert in peacebuilding, peacekeeping, international aid, and African civil wars, especially in the DR Congo. I am the author of the books Peaceland and The Trouble with the Congo, as well as 27 scholarly, policy, and news articles. I currently work as an Associate Professor of Political Science, specializing in international relations, at Barnard College, Columbia University (USA).
Here are the latest publications based on my new research project, “International Peacebuilding and Local Success”: articles in the International Studies Review, Foreign Affairs (here and here), and The Washington Post (here and here).
Books
TED Talk on ending mass violence
Recent Media Contributions
Newspapers & Magazines
Quoted in:
IRIN News, Switzerland (May 2017)
Op-Ed
“Three Flawed Ideas Are Hurting International Peacebuilding,” The Washington Post, USA (March 2017)
Television
Washington Forum, Voice of America, USA (October 2016)
Radio
Newsday, BBC World Service, UK (April 2017) (starts at 31’35)
Social Media
Women in Foreign Policy (December 2016)
Upcoming Talks & Conferences
Peaceland: Conflict Resolution and the Everyday Politics of International Intervention
Public lecture
New York University - Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
International Peacebuilding and Local Success
Seminar
New York University - Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates