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Articles & Op-Eds |
| • | | ''African Information Revolution: A Balance Sheet''
by Ernest J. Wilson III, Kelvin Wong
1 February 2003
This paper provides a policy and institutional framework to describe and analyze the diffusion of information technology and the global information revolution (IR) in Sub-Saharan Africa and the major factors that influence this diffusion. We begin by... |
| • | | ''Future Uncertain''
by Andrew Blum, Ayse Betul Celik
1 June 2007
This article develops and analyzes a series of scenarios that represent potential futures of the on the Kurdish question in Turkey. Exploring such scenarios can provide a more thorough and nuanced understanding of Turkey's place in the region and opp... |
| • | | ''Leadership in the Digital Age''
by Ernest J. Wilson III
1 January 2004
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| • | | ''Mediating International Crises''
by Victor Asal, David Quinn, Kathleen (Young) Smarick, Jonathan Wilkenfeld
1 July 2003
This study focuses on mediation as a means for mitigating or at least minimizing the potentially turbulent and violent consequences of international crises. Two main research questions are explored: (1) Does mediation in general affect the dynamics a... |
| • | | ''Nonstate Actors, Terrorism, and Weapons of Mass Destruction''
by Victor Asal, Andrew Blum, Jonathan Wilkenfeld
1 July 2006
While the term "weapons of mass destruction" (WMD) is a relatively new one, the effort to stop
the spread of arms and weapons systems that can inflict mass harm is by no means new. Indeed,
efforts to stop the production and possible use of these mo... |
| • | | ''Organizing Foreign Policy: A Pragmatic Approach to the Information Revolution''
by Ernest J. Wilson III
5 January 1999
There is growing concern in Washington as well as in academic and policy circles about the effects of the Information Revolution on a wide variety of U.S. foreign and domestic interests. The main issue is: How should senior government officials conce... |
| • | | ''The Futures of Conflict: Exploring the Use of Comparative Scenarios in Track II Peacebuilding''
by Andrew Blum
1 August 2005
This paper develops a prototype for a new type of conflict analysis tool designed to be used as part of a Track II peacebuilding process. The tool, termed Conflict Analysis through the Structured Evaluation of Scenarios (CASES), provides information ... |
| • | | ''Trends in China's Transition Economy''
by Adam Segal, Ernest J. Wilson III
1 January 2003
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Books |
| • | | A Study of Crisis
by Michael Brecher, Jonathan Wilkenfeld
© 2000
The culmination of more than twenty years of research by Michael Brecher and Jonathan Wilkenfeld, this work analyzes crucial themes about crisis, conflict, and war, and presents systematic knowledge about more than 400 crises, 31 protracted conflicts... |
| • | | Bridging the Divide: Peacebuilding in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
by Edy Kaufman, Walid Salem, Juliette Verhoeven
© 2006
In the midst of the continuing violence of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, there are many who remain committed to moving forward on the road to peace. The Palestinian and Israeli contributors to this book, recognizing the great potential of civil s... |
| | | Crisis in Allende's Chile: New Perspectives
by Edy Kaufman
© 1988
This book takes a fresh look at the role the U.S. Government and the Chilean military played in the overthrow of the Allende government. It addresses four specific topics: the official and non-official United States intervention and other "actors" in... |
| • | | Democracy, Peace, and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
by Shukri Abed, Edy Kaufman, Robert L. Rothstein
© 1993
This important book tests the relevance for resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict of the assumption that democratic countries do not wage war against one another. In the process, the authors address two fundamental questions: Can Israel remain democrat... |
| | | Identity and Foreign Policy in the Middle East
by Michael N. Barnett, Shibley Telhami
© 2002
Shibley Telhami and Michael Barnett, together with experts on Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, and Syria, explore how the formation and transformation of national and state identities affect the foreign policy behavior of Middle Eastern states. Th... |
| | | Journeys Through Conflict: Narratives and Lessons
by Hayword R. Alker, Ted Robert Gurr, Kumar Rupesinghe
© 2001
Journeys Through Conflict is the story of the Conflict Early Warning Systems (CEWS) project of the International Social Science Research Council. It relates the history of the project, presents its empirically grounded approach to anticipating violen... |
| | | Love Letters
by Salma Haffar Al-Kuzbari, Suheil Bushrui
© 1999
Kahlik Gibran and May Ziadah knew one another solely from the letters they exchanged and from each other's work. Yet their correspondence endured a lifetime, as did their love.
This collection of letters, the first ever to appear in English, reve... |
| • | | Mediating International Crises
by Jonathan Wilkenfeld, Kathleen (Young) Smarick, David Quinn, Victor Asal
© 2005
International crises are dangerous episodes that can be destabilizing not only to the actors directly involved but to the entire international system. Crises can present overwhelming challenges to established institutions and belief systems and can c... |
| | | Minorities at Risk
by Ted Robert Gurr
© 1993
The turmoil in Yugoslavia, the rebellions of the Kurds and Shi'i's in Iraq, the ongoing struggle in South Africa -- ethnic conflict continues unabated in many areas of the world.
To help us understand the persistence of such conflict, this pioneer... |
| | | National Information Infrastructure Initiatives
by Brian Kahin, Ernest J. Wilson III
© 2000
Despite the global nature of the Information Revolution, most policies for information infrastructure are developed at the national level. These national policies reflect local economic, social, historical, and political circumstances and exhibit rem... |
| • | | Negotiating a Complex World (2nd ed.)
by Mark A. Boyer, Brigid Starkey, Jonathan Wilkenfeld
© 2005
Negotiating a Complex World (2nd ed.) introduces undergraduate students of international politics and foreign policy to the high stakes world of international negotiation. The book uses the analogy of a board game as an organizing technique and inclu... |
| | | Negotiating the Net in Africa: The Politics of Internet Diffusion
by Ernest J. Wilson III, Kelvin Wong
© 2006
Why do national patterns of Internet expansion differ so greatly throughout Africa? To what extent do politics trump technology? Who are the "information champions" in the various African states? Addressing these and related questions, Negotiating th... |
| | | Paths to State Repression
by Christian Davenport
© 2000
In the last ten years, there has been a resurgence of interest in repression and violence within states. "Paths to State Repression" improves our understanding of why states use political repression, highlighting its relationship to dissent and mass ... |
| • • | | Peace and Conflict 2008
by Joseph Hewitt, Jonathan Wilkenfeld, Ted Robert Gurr
© 2007
Peace and Conflict is a biennial publication that provides key data and documents trends in national and international conflicts ranging from isolated acts of terrorism to internal civil strife to full-fledged interstate war. Peace and Conflict 2008 ... |
| • • | | Peace and Conflict 2010
by Ted Robert Gurr, Joseph Hewitt, Jonathan Wilkenfeld
© 2009
Peace and Conflict is a biennial publication that provides key data and documents trends in national and international conflicts ranging from isolated acts of terrorism to internal civil strife to full-fledged intercountry war. A major trend it track... |
| | | Peoples Versus States
by Ted Robert Gurr
© 2000
Picking up where Minorities at Risk left off, Peoples Versus States offers an expanded and updated perspective on ethnic and nationalist conflict throughout the world, as well as efforts to manage it.
Ted Gurr surveys the behavior of 275 political... |
| • | | Preventive Measures
by John Davies, Ted Robert Gurr
© 1998
State failure, ethnopolitical war, genocide, famine, and refugee flows are variants of a type of complex political and humanitarian crisis, exemplified during the 1990s in places like Somalia, Bosnia, Liberia, and Afghanistan. The international conse... |
| • | | Second Track/Citizens' Diplomacy
by John Davies, Edy Kaufman
© 2002
Almost all current wars are primarily intra-state, involving complex societal conflicts with at least one party a non-state community. Second Track/Citizens' Diplomacy is broadly defined as facilitated dialogue to address conflict issues between unof... |
| • | | The Information Revolution and Developing Countries
by Ernest J. Wilson III
© 2004
In this book Ernest Wilson provides a clear, nuanced analysis of the major transformations resulting from the global information revolution. He shows that the information revolution is rooted in societal dynamics, political interests, and social stru... |
| • • • | | The Stakes: America and the Middle East
by Shibley Telhami
© 2003
In The Stakes: America and the Middle East, Shibley Telhami, one of America’s most in-demand commentators on the Middle East, provides a concise and penetrating analysis that explains Arab and Muslim attitudes toward the United States and shows why t... |
| | | The Wisdom of the Arabs
by Suheil Bushrui
© 2002
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| | | Third World War
by Monty G. Marshall
© 1999
By romanticizing the Cold War as a "long peace," we lose perspective on the full range of conflict dynamics that engulfed the lives and livelihoods of people in the Third World. Episodes of violence and human suffering have increased and spread, enco... |
| • • | | Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Resolution: Theory, Practice, and Annotated References
by Heather L. Beach, Jesse Hammer, Joseph Hewitt, Edy Kaufman, Anja Kurk, Joe A. Oppenheimer, Aaron T. Wolf
© 2000
Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Resolution provides a comprehensive review of the relevant literature on managing conflicts stemming from the quantity and quality problems of water around the world. So far, few comprehensive and interdisciplinary an... |
| | | Understanding the Contemporary Middle East
by Deborah J. Gerner, Jillian Schwedler
© 2004
Understanding the Contemporary Middle East is an interdisciplinary book designed for use both as a core text for "Introduction to the Middle East" courses and as a supplement in a variety of discipline-oriented curriculums. The geographical domain of... |
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Papers & Reports |
| • | | A Hierarchy of Protection? Intrastate Conflicts and The Role of Women
by Carola Weil
15 March 2003
A Hierarchy of Protection? Intrastate Conflicts and The Role of Women.
Transcript of Speech Presented by Carola Weil... |
| • | | Minority Participation in the Senior Ranks of Internationally-Oriented Professions
by Ernest J. Wilson III
1 February 2003
Evidence of the status of minorities in the upper echelons of American public and private life, as reflected in their shares of total positions in several leading sectors with strong international links. |
| • | | Negotiating the Net, Chapter 4: South Africa
by Ernest J. Wilson III, Kelvin Wong
1 April 2005
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| • | | Negotiating the Net, Chapter 7: Kenya
by Ernest J. Wilson III, Kelvin Wong
1 April 2005
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| • | | Negotiating the Net, Chapter 9: Ghana
by Ernest J. Wilson III, Kelvin Wong
1 April 2005
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| • • | | Peace and Conflict 2001
by Ted Robert Gurr, Deepa Khosla, Monty G. Marshall
1 January 2001
Peace and Conflict 2001 is the first publication from the Integrated Network for Societal Conflict Research (INSCR). This full-color, 40-page "global report card" details major trends in armed conflict, self-determination movements, and democracy thr... |
| • • | | Peace and Conflict 2003
by Ted Robert Gurr, Monty G. Marshall
11 February 2003
Peace and Conflict 2003 is the second edition in the Integrated Network for Societal Conflict Research (INSCR) Program's biennial global report series. This full-color, 72-page global report details major trends in armed conflict, self-determination ... |
| • • | | Peace and Conflict 2005
by Ted Robert Gurr, Monty G. Marshall
1 June 2005
Peace and Conflict 2005 is the third edition in the Integrated Network for Societal Conflict Research (INSCR) Program's biennial global report series. This full-color, 100-page global report details major trends in armed conflict, self-determination ... |
| • • | | State Failure Task Force Report: Phase III Findings
by Ted Robert Gurr, Barbara Harff, Monty G. Marshall
4 August 2003
PDF Format, 234 pages, color
By Jack A. Goldstone, Ted Robert Gurr, Barbara Harff, Marc A. Levy, Monty G. Marshall, Robert H. Bates, David L. Epstein, Colin H. Kahl, Pamela T. Surko, John C. Ulfelder, Jr., and Alan N. Unger, in consultation with M... |
| • | | Unholy Alliances?
by Lyubov Mincheva, Ted Robert Gurr
24 March 2006
Trans-state political terrorism is a strategy used in pursuit of ethnonational, religious or revolutionary objectives. International organized crime, in contrast, seeks material gain by smuggling weapons, drugs, consumer goods, and humans as well as ... |
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