Influencing Ripeness – Analyzing the Factors Necessary to Induce Successful Negotiations in Cases of Military Conflict
Final for professor Holger Schmidt’s class on quantitative conflict forecasting at the Elliott graduate school of international affairs at George Washington University.
Cyprus – Peacebuilding and Remediating Horizontal Inequalities.
Final part of a three-part series on Cyprus for Professor Tim Sisk, Josef Korbel School of International Studies – University of Denver.
Cyprus – Negotiation Analysis and Recommendations
This paper is the second part of a three-part series on the frozen conflict in Cyprus I am doing for Professor Tim Sisk’s class “Civil Wars and International Responses” at the Josef Korbel School. You can read it here.
Interview with author Gretchen Peters
Gretchen Peters is a Ph.D student at my graduate school, a friend and mentor and the author of an incredible book called “Seeds of Terror: How Heroin is Bankrolling the Taliban and Al-Qaeda.” This interview is composed of two parts and is available here.
Interview with Dean Tom Farer
What follows is an interview I did with Josef Korbel school Dean Tom Farer on his recent trip to Turkey and his views on issues involving Turkish security and Turkish-American relations. This piece was mentioned on Politico.com. Available here.
The October Crisis – A Canadian Response to Terror
An overview of the Canadian government’s response to the terrorism of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ). Available here.
The Saudi-Iran Proxy War in Yemen
Amidst all the recent talk about Iran’s nuclear program and Israel’s intentions towards Iran something potentially far more important has been developing between two worlds, the Arab and the Persian, with a history of long-standing enmity and distrust – a proxy war in the small, poor Arab state of Yemen involving Shiite forces backed by Iran and a Sunni-dominated government backed and armed by Saudi Arabia. Available here.
State vs. Individual Responsibility for Genocide
An overview of the case brought by Bosnia against Serbia in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) charging Serbia with violations of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide. Available here.
Always a Stranger – The Situation of the Mandaeans of Iraq
A research paper on the situation of the Mandaeans, a pacifist religious minority in Iraq and Iran who are followers of the Gnostic Gospels, since the 1991 invasion of Iraq. Contains portions of an interview with the first Mandaean family to marry in a Mandaean ceremony in the United States. Discusses conditions for the Mandaeans after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. Available here
Legality vs. Illegality of Iraq War
A lengthy overview of the issues surrounding the Iraq war and its legality or illegality under international law. Issues discussed include proportionality, Iraqi support of terrorism and others. Available here.
The Use of Forced Population Exchanges to Solve Conflicts based on Irredentism – A Case Study on Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
This is my undergraduate senior thesis at NYU on the effect of forced population exchanges, such as those mandated by the Treaty of Lausanne, on conflicts based on irredentism. Available here.