Borders, Territory and the Challenge of Conflict Resolution in Africa
Online
The Department of Political and International Studies at the School of Arts and Sciences invites you to the talk event as part of its Guest Speaker Series.
About the event
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Societies reeling from the devastating repercussions of armed conflict have to often deal with the pressing issues of postwar recovery, development, national security and conflict resolution. Lessons from Africa reveal the importance of conflict resolution across multiple political settings.
About the speaker
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Ian S. Spears
Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Guelph, Canada
Ian S. Spears’ research interests focus on the obstacles to the resolution of violent conflict.
He is the author of Believers, Skeptics and Failure in Conflict Resolution (Palgrave, 2019) and Civil War in African States: The Search for Security (Lynne Rienner, 2010). He is co-editor, with Paul Kingston, of States Within States: Incipient Political Entities in the Post-Cold War Era (Palgrave 2004). He has published book chapters as well as articles in scholarly journals including Global Change, Peace & Security, The Journal of Democracy, Third World Quarterly, Review of African Political Economy, African Security Review, African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review, The International Journal, and Civil Wars.