International Peace-Making—Creating Post-Conflict Structures of Government

International Peace-Making—Creating Post-Conflict Structures of Government

The means by which ethno-religious conflicts are resolved must themselves be “peace-ful”. So arbitration must be neutral, i.e., international. And discussions must involve not just the combatants but also representatives of those in civil society who are not involved in the conflict. After much shuttle diplomacy perhaps, they must all come together to reach a settlement. In other words, they sh...

After the Peace : Women in Post - Conflict Reconstruction

In the past decade, many countries have embarked upon the difficult transition from armed conflict toward reconciliation and reconstruction. The international community's role in this transition has shifted from narrow humanitarian and relief activities to more comprehensive efforts to foster sustainable peace. At the same time, the community has shifted from a stepped approach from relief to d...

Post-conflict Countries: Aid Effectiveness and Permanent Peace

Kant's Perpetual Peace and World Government

In and Out of War and Peace: Transitional Models of International Conflict

Dyad-year data on international conflict are simultaneously qualitative and serially dependent. Extending Beck, Katz, and Tucker’s (1998) methodological contribution, I propose transitional models that deal with these two features of the data. These statistical models explicitly deal with the way a dyad’s particular history of peace or conflict structures current outcomes, consistent with impor...