Publications
Books
Global Governance and Local Peace: Accountability and Performance in International Peacebuilding. Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Shortlisted for the 2020 Conflict Research Society Book of the Year
Shortlisted for the 2020 Chadwick F. Alger Prize of the International Organization Section, International Studies Association
One of the “Top Picks for Engaged Scholarship Reads of 2018” in Political Violence @ A Glance
Reviewed in Perspectives on Politics, International Peacekeeping, Foreign Affairs, H-Diplo/ISS Forum Roundtable, and Political Science Quarterly
See related pieces in The Monkey Cage, IPI Global Observatory, and The Monkey Cage
Applications to policy debates published by The Brookings Institution and The Center for Global Development
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Edited Books
A Liberal Peace? The Problems and Practices of Peacebuilding (edited with David Chandler, and Meera Sabaratnam). Zed Books Ltd., 2011.
Journal Articles
“Weapons of the Weak State: How Post-Conflict States Shape International Statebuilding” (with Aila Matanock). Review of International Organizations 19:469-513 (2024).
“Keeping or Building Peace? UN Peace Operations beyond the Security Dilemma” (with Jessica Di Salvatore). American Journal of Political Science 68(3): 907-926 (2024).
“Aiding War or Peace? The insiders’ view on aid to post-conflict transitions” (with Gabriele Spilker). Journal of Politics 83, no. 4 (2022).
Related blog posts in Journal of Politics Blog and on American University website.
“UN Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding: Progress and Paradox in Local Ownership.” Ethics in International Affairs 34, no. 3 (2020): 319–328. (Invited Special Issue: The United Nations at Seventy-Five: Looking Back to Look Forward).
“International Development NGOs and Bureaucratic Capacity: Facilitator or Destroyer?” (with Matthew DiGiuseppe, and Amanda Murdie). Political Research Quarterly 72, no. 1 (2019): 3-18. [Replication data]
“Is Prevention the Answer?” (with Charles Call). Dædalus 147, no. 1 (2018): 64-77.
“An Ontology of Peace: Landscapes of Conflict and Cooperation with Application to Colombia” (with Michael Findley, and Kyosuke Kikuta). International Studies Review 19, no. 1, (2017): 92-113. [Replication data]
“Ethics of Research in Conflict Environments.” Journal of Global Security Studies 2, no. 1 (2017): 89-101.
“Investing in International Security: Rising Powers and Organizational Choices” (with Stephanie Hofmann and Barbara Bravo De Moraes Mendes). Cambridge Review of International Affairs 29, no. 3 (2016): 831-851.
“(Dis)integration, Incoherence and Complexity in UN Post-conflict Interventions.” International Peacekeeping 15, no. 4 (2008): 556-569.
“The UN’s Reforms: Confronting Integration Barriers” (with Anja Kaspersen). International Peacekeeping 15, no. 4 (2008): 470-485.
“When Process Matters: The Potential Implications of Organizational Learning for Peacebuilding Success.” Journal of Peacebuilding and Development 4, no. 2 (2008): 20-32.
Book Reviews
“Review of The Frontlines of Peace: An Insider’s Guide to Changing the World.” H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable (2022).
“Book Review: International Relations, ‘Governance for Peace’ and ‘Incentivizing Peace’.” Perspectives on Politics 18, no. 3 (2020).
“Fostering Leadership to End Entrenched Violence.” Review of A Savage Order, by Rachel Kleinfeld. Texas National Security Review: Book Review Roundtable (2020).
“Review of Peaceland: Conflict Resolution and the Everyday Politics of International Intervention.” H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable 9, no. 5 (2016).
Book Chapters
“Bridging the Gap in International Relations” (with Jordan Tama), in Cameron Thies, ed. Handbook of International Relations. Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishers, 2023.
“Foreign Policy and Development” (with Shannon P. Carcelli), in Juliet Kaarbo and Cameron Thies, eds. Oxford Handbook of Foreign Policy Analysis. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021.
“Peacebuilding in Burundi and the Impact of the UN Peacebuilding Fund Portfolio, 2007–2013” (with Josiah Marineau, Tracy Dexter, Michael Findley, Stephanie Hofmann, and Daniel Walker), in Cedric de Coning and Eli Stamnes, eds. The 2015 Review of the UN’s Peacebuilding Architecture: Impact of the first 10 years? London: Palgrave, 2016.
“The Burundi Leadership Training Program” (with Peter Uvin), in Michael Lund, ed. Across the Lines of Conflict: Facilitating Cooperation to Build Peace. New York: Columbia University Press, 2015.
“Regional Humanitarian Organizations” (with Stephanie Hofmann), in Roger Mac Ginty and Jenny Peterson, eds. Handbook on Humanitarian Action. London: Routledge, 2015.
“Statebuilding” (with Jenny Peterson), in Roger Mac Ginty, ed. Handbook of Peacebuilding. London: Routledge, 2013.
“Routine Learning? How Peacebuilding Organizations Prevent Liberal Peace,” in Susanna Campbell, David Chandler, and Meera Sabaratnam, eds. A Liberal Peace? The Problems and Practices of Peacebuilding. Zed Books, Ltd., 2011.
“The Politics of Liberal Peace” (with David Chandler, and Meera Sabaratnam), in Susanna Campbell, David Chandler, and Meera Sabaratnam, eds. A Liberal Peace? The Problems and Practices of Peacebuilding. Zed Books, Ltd., 2011.
“Experiences in Prevention” (with Barnett Rubin), in Cases and Strategies for Preventive Action. New York: Twentieth Century Fund/ Council on Foreign Relations, pp. 1-21, 1998.
Policy Briefs and Evaluations
“How to Vaccinate Behind Enemy Lines” (with Jacob Kurtzer and Hilary Matfess). Foreign Affairs, May 15, 2022.
“Aid donors can aid peace, but can they help stop a return to war?” (with Gabriele Spilker). The Journal of Politics Blog, 2022.
“Implementing the Global Fragility Act: What Comes Next?” (with Corinne Graff). Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace, April 7, 2022.
“Innovation, Learning, and Accountability.” In Corinne Graff, ed. Addressing Fragility in a Global Pandemic: Elements of a Successful US Strategy. Peaceworks, No. 79. Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace. December 2020.
“Implementing the Global Fragility Act: From Policy to Strategy.” Washington DC: Mercy Corps, April 2020.
“Foreign Assistance Accountability in Fragile Environments” (with George Ingram). Washington DC: The Brookings Institution, January 29, 2020.
“Creating an Accountability Framework that Serves the Global Fragility Act’s Mission” (with Dan Honig, and Sarah Rose). Washington DC: The Center for Global Development, January 10, 2020.
“International Peacebuilding Really Can Build Peace – But Perhaps Not How You Expect.” The Monkey Cage Blog, Washington Post, December 11, 2018.
“Global Accountability and Local Peacebuilding” (with Deborah Avant, Eileen Donahoe, Karen Florini, Miles Kahler, Mark P. Lagon, Tim Maurer, Amol Mehra, Robert C. Orr, Jason Pielemeier, and Sarah Sewall). Innovations in Global Governance: Peacebuilding, Human Rights, Internet Governance and Cybersecurity, and Climate Change. Washington DC: Council on Foreign Relations, 2017.
“What Burundi’s crisis says about U.N. capacity to build peace.” The Monkey Cage Blog, Washington Post, May 18, 2015.
“Governing Globally, Acting Locally: Lessons from Burundi for International Peacebuilding Reform,” in Stephen Browne and Thomas G. Weiss, eds. Challenges for the UN Development System. New York: Future of The UN Development System, 2015.
“Improving Beneficiaries’ Feedback on UN Peacebuilding Fund Projects” (with Michael Findley and Daniel Norfolk). New York: UN Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO), 2015.
“Independent External Evaluation: UN Peacebuilding Fund Project Portfolio in Burundi” (with Tracy Dexter, Michael Findley, Stephanie Hofmann, Josiah Marineau, and Daniel Walker). New York: UN Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO), 2014.
“UNDP’s Role in Peacebuilding: Issues and Strategy” (with Lisa Schirch). New York: Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, UNDP, 2012.
“Catalytic Programming and the Peacebuilding Fund: A Concept Note for the UNPBF Advisory Group” (with Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church, Julia Doehrn, Philip Thomas, and Peter Woodrow). Prangins, Switzerland: PeaceNexus Foundation for the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund, 2010.
“The Peacebuilding Fund Projects in Burundi: Independent External Evaluation” (with Leonard Kayobera and Justine Nkurunziza). New York: Peacebuilding Support Office and Department of Peacekeeping Operations, 2010.
“The Challenge of Governance in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Countries: Supporting Leadership Development – A Global Review of Eight Leadership Development Interventions funded by the LICUS Trust Fund and Post-Conflict Fund” (with Kelly Hannum). Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2009.
“What is Successful Peacebuilding?” Baltimore: Catholic Relief Services, 2007.
“Integrated Missions Revisited: Synthesis of Findings” (with Anja Kaspersen, and Erin Weir). Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2007.
“A Framework for Improved Coordination: Lessons Learned from the International Development, Peacekeeping, Peacebuilding, Humanitarian, and Conflict Resolution Communities” (with Michael Hartnett). Washington, DC: National Defense University and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services, 2005.
“The Burundi Leadership Training Program: A Prospective Assessment” (with Peter Uvin). Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2004.
“Institutional Capacity Building for Conflict Sensitivity.” Conflict Sensitive Approaches to Development, Humanitarian Assistance and Peacebuilding: A Resource Pack. London: International Alert, 2004.
“A Framework for Responsible Aid to Burundi.” Brussels: International Crisis Group Africa Report No. 57, 2003.