Bosnia

This comparative study of two post-conflict "islands of achievement" in failed or fragile states---Somaliland, and Brčko in northern Bosnia---shows that indigenously-driven participatory peacebuilding is less costly and more effective in concurrently building governance and reco…

This dissertation tells the story of Sarajevo during the Second World War. Beginning with a sketch of the city on the eve of war—when Muslims, Catholics, Orthodox Serbs, and Jews lived and worked together—it traces how these communities interacted with one another through variou…

This dissertation explores the nature of religious militancy---in particular, the mechanics of the decision that a potential militant makes to embrace or reject violence in pursuit of his or her aims. To situate this project, it is worth comparing it to the two general sets of a…

During the 1990s, observers noted that American responses to foreign humanitarian crises were inconsistent. This project examines the American choice to intervene in humanitarian crises through the lens of civil-military relations. Specifically, it tests the hypothesis that mili…

The peace agreements ending the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia partitioned the territory between the warring parties. It also made Bosnia an international protectorate, creating a complex government structure involving myriad interactions between different levels of domestic government…

Some of the most brutal and long-lasting civil wars of our times--Afghanistan, Bosnia, the DR Congo, and Lebanon among others--are associated with the rapid formation and disintegration of alliances among warring groups as well as with fragmentation within them. The resulting mu…