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 Democratic Republic of 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 a 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). I am currently writing a book based on this project, so feedback and suggestions on my preliminary research findings would be most welcome. Thanks!
Books
TED Talk on ending mass violence
Recent Media Contributions
Newspapers & Magazines
Quoted in:
Al Jazeera, Qatar (August 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
Global Focus, RFI, France (September 2017)
Social Media
Women in Foreign Policy (December 2016)
Upcoming Talks & Conferences
The Trouble with the Congo: Local Violence and the Failure of International Peacebuilding
Public lecture
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD, USA
Baltimore, MD, USA
Comments on "The Ideology of Failed States: Why Intervention Fails"
Panel
Columbia University
New York, NY, USA
New York, NY, USA