Fields of Concentration:

Comparative Politics: Africa and the Middle East; Failed States; Islamic Movements

International Relations: United Nations; Peace Operations; Conflict Management

International Political Economy: Post-Conflict Development Assistance; Non-Profit Sector

U.S. Foreign Policy: Policy in the Horn of Africa; War on Terrorism

Language Proficiency:

Advanced written and spoken French

Basic spoken Swedish

Basic written and spoken Italian

PUBLICATIONS

Monographs:

(co-authors Mark Bradbury and Roland Marchal) Somalia Human Development Report 2001

Nairobi: UNDP, December 2001.
(co-author Roland Marchal). Somalia: Human Development Report 1998. Nairobi: UNDP, October 1998. 

(with Lou Ortmayer). Key Decisions in the Somalia Intervention. Pew Case Studies in  International Affairs. Washington DC: Georgetown University, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, 1995.

Articles:

“State Collapse in Somalia: Second Thoughts.” Review of African Political Economy (forthcoming 2003).

“The Security Paradox of Failed States.” National Strategy Forum Review (forthcoming 2003).

“The History of Somali Bantu Identity.” Les Annales d’Ethiopie (forthcoming 2003).

“Somalia: In the Crosshairs of the War on Terrorism.” Current History  vol. 101, no. 655 (May 2002), pp. 210-18.

“Somalia: Next Up in the War on Terrorism?” CSIS Africa Notes  no. 6 (January 2002), pp. 1-9.

“Political Islam in Somalia.” Nouveux Mondes (Geneva) (January 2002). Updated and reprinted in Middle East Policy vol. 9, no. 1 (March 2002), pp. 109-123.

(co-author John Prendergast).  “Conflict and Crisis in the Horn of Africa.” Current History vol. 98, no. 628 (May 1999), pp. 213-217.

“African War Crimes and Africa’s Children of War.” New Routes vol.4, no. 4 (1999), pp. 3-9.

“Complex Emergencies, State Collapse, and National Security.”  National Security Studies             Quarterly vol. 4, no. 4 (Autumn 1998), pp.53-62.

“Somalia: Political Order in a Stateless Society.” Current History vol. 97, no.619 (May 1998), 
pp. 220-224.

“US Foreign Assistance to Somalia: Phoenix from the Ashes?” Middle East Policy vol. 5, no. 1             (January 1997), pp. 124-149.

“Conflict, Chaos, and the Social Sciences in Humanitarian Intervention.” Anthropology in         Action vol. 3, no. 3 (Winter 1996) pp. 29-32.

“International Peacebuilding and the Dynamics of Local and National Reconciliation in Somalia.” International Peacekeeping 3, 1 (Spring 1996), pp. 42-67.

“Putting It Back Together Again.” New Routes: A Journal of Peace Research and Action vol. 1,             no. 3 (March 1996), pp. 18-21.

“Einfrieren, vermitteln, Staatszerfall stoppen?” Der Uberblick (Hamburg) vol. 31, no. 2 (June             1995),  pp. 71-73.

(co-author John Prendergast). “Prospects for Governance and Economic Survival in Post-Intervention Somalia.” CSIS Africa Notes no.172 (May 1995), pp. 1-10. Reprinted in Der Uberblick vol. 31, no. 2 (June 1995), pp. 41-44; reprinted in Trocaire Development Review 1995 (Ireland) pp. 47-62; and reprinted in John Prendergast, Crisis Response: Humanitarian Band-Aids in Sudan and Somalia (London: Pluto Press, 1997), pp. 91-107.

(co-author John Prendergast). “Somalia: The Stateless State.” Africa Report (May-June 1995),             pp.22-25.

“Conflict, Peacebuilding and International Aid: The State of the Debate.”  Life and Peace Review             (Sweden) vol. 9, no. 2 (May 1995), pp. 10-13.

“Getting Out Versus Getting Through: U.S. and U.N. Policies in Somalia.” Middle East Policy 3,             1 (Spring 1994), pp. 146-62.

(co-author Terrence Lyons). "What Are the Lessons To Be Learned From Somalia?” CSIS Africa             Notes no. 144 (January 1993), pp. 1-12.

(co-authors  Mark DeLancey and December Green).  “African Politics at American Colleges and             Universities: Topics, Approaches and Readings.”  The American Political Science             Teacher vol. 2, no. 2 (Spring 1989), pp. 1-5.           

(co-author Charles W. Kegley, Jr.).  “The Compliant Foreign Policy of the Dependent State Revisited: Empirical Linkages and Lessons from the Case of Somalia.” Comparative Political Studies, vol. 21, no. 3 (October 1988), pp. 315-46.

(co-author John Creed).  “The Rise of Saudi Regional Power and the Foreign Policies of                     Northeast African States.”  Northeast African Studies, vol. 8, nos. 2-3 (1987), pp. 1-22.

Chapters in Edited Volumes:

“Prevention.” In The Responsibility to Protect: Research, Bibliography, Background.

Supplementary Volume to the Report of the International Commission on Intervention

and State Sovereignty, 27-46. Ottawa, Canada: International Development Research

Centre, December 2001.

“Evaluation of the War-Torn Societies Project in Puntland.” In Rebuilding Somalia: Issues and

Possibilities for Puntland, Annex 1, 303-370. London: Haan Associates, 2001.

(co-author Lou Ortmayer). “Somalia: Misread Crises and Missed Opportunities.” In Preventive Diplomacy in the Post-Cold War World: Opportunities Missed, Opportunities Seized, and Lessons to be Learned, edited by Bruce Jentleson, 211-237. New York: Carnegie Endowment, 1999.

“Traditional Conflict Management in Contemporary African Crises: Theory and Praxis from the Somali Experience.” In Traditional Cures for Modern Conflicts: African Conflict Medicine, edited by I. William Zartman, 183-199.  Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publications, 1999.

“International Peacebuilding and the Dynamics of Local and National Peacebuilding in Somalia.” In Learning from Somalia: The Lessons of Armed Humanitarian Intervention, ed. by Walter Clarke and Jeffrey Herbst, 42-63. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1997.

“From Feast to Famine: Land and the State in Somalia's Lower Jubba Valley.” In The Struggle for Land in Southern Somalia: The War Behind the War, ed. by Catherine Besteman and Lee V. Cassanelli,  133-154. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1996.

(co-author Kathryn Craven). "Land Alienation and the Imposition of State Farms in the Lower             Jubba Valley. The Struggle for Land in Southern Somalia: The War Behind the War, ed.             by Catherine Besteman and Lee V. Cassanelli,  155-178. Boulder, CO: Westview Press,   1996.

"Political and Social Change." In Handbook of Political Science Research on Sub-Saharan Africa: Trends from the 1960s to the 1990s, ed. by Mark W. DeLancey, 9-40.  Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992.

Annotated Bibliographies:

(co-compilers Mark DeLancey, Sheila Elliott, December Green, Mohamed Haji Muktar, and Peter Schraeder).  Somalia. Oxford: Clio Press Bibliographic Series, 1988.

Entries in Reference Works:

(co-author Jacob Darling). “Senegal.”  In World Encyclopedia of Political Systems and Parties, 970-77. New York: Facts on File, 1999.

“Somalia.” 1996 State of World Conflict Report. Atlanta: The Carter Center, 1996, 26-27.

"Siyad Barre." In Political Leaders of Contemporary Africa South of the Sahara: A Biographical  Dictionary, compiled by Harvey Glickman, 28-33.  Westport, CT:  
Greenwood Press,   1992.

"Gabon." World Encyclopedia of Political Systems and Parties. New York: Facts on File, 1986.

Editorials, Magazine Articles, and Other Non-academic Writing:

“Somalia and the Crossroads of American Foreign Policy.” Foreign Policy in Focus (www.fpic.org) (January 2002); reprinted as an op-ed in The Charlotte Observer 
January 21, 2002.

“Warlordism and the War on Terrorism.” Commentary, Foreign Policy in Focus (www.fpif.org) (December 2001); reprinted as an op-ed in the Durham Sun-Herald, December 23, 2001.

“Beneath the Surface of Paper States.” UNESCO Courier (February 2001).

 (co-author Jean -Jacques Graisse). “Aide internationale et famine en Somalie.” Op-ed, Le Soir (Brussels) (Jan. 21 1999), p.2. Reprinted  in Le Monde (Paris).

“Good Governance and Foreign Assistance.”The Horn of Africa Bulletin vol. 9, no. 4 (July-    August 1997), pp.1, 36.

(co-author John Prendergast). "A Post-Intervention Policy toward Somalia." The Horn of Africa             Bulletin vol. 7,  no.1  (Jan-Feb 1995),  p.15.

"Understanding the UN's Failure in Somalia." Life and Peace Review (Sweden), vol. 8, no.   4 (December 1994), p.24.

"Critique of the 'Report by the Secretary-General Concerning the Situation in Somalia, 17           September 1994.'" Washington DC: Somalia Task Force discussion paper #1,  
September 1994.

"The Betrayal of the Somalis." Editorial, The Horn of Africa Bulletin vol. 6, no. 4, Aug-Sept.    1994, p. 1.

"A Second Look at U.N.'s Actions in Somalia." Op-ed, Christian Science Monitor, July 16, 1993,  p. 19.

"The Road to Redemption in Somalia." Op-ed, The Chicago Tribune, December 21, 1992, p. 17.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Recent Consultations and Commissioned Reports:

“State Collapse, Protracted Conflict, and Lawlessness in Somalia.” Paper commissioned by and presented to the US Department of State, October 2002.

“Impact Assessment in Post-Conflict Assistance: The State of the Art and State of the Debate.”Discussion Paper and Presentation for War-Torn Societies Project International, Jongny Switzerland, October 2002.

“Somalia Situation Analysis.” Monthly reports commissioned by UNHCR (2002-).

“Evaluation of the War-Torn Societies Project in Somaliland.” Written as an external evaluator. WSPI, Geneva (September 2002).

(co-authors Matt Bryden, John Prendergast, and Gayle Smith). “Somalia: Combating Terrorism in a Failed State.” Brussels: International Crisis Group (May 2002).

“Assessing Non-State Actors.” Paper Commissioned by the Stanley Foundation for the “UN on the Ground” Project, New York (April 24, 2002).

“Le minace del radicalismo islamico: tipologia e valutazione.” Paper presented for the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Giornata di riflessione sulla Somalia,” Rome, Italy (February 15, 2002).

Witness, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Africa Sub-Committee Hearings,  Washington DC (February 6, 2002).

“Relief and Protection: The Role of Non-State Actors.” Paper Commissioned by the Stanley Foundation for the “UN on the Ground” Project, New York (Feb. 5, 2002).

Lead Consultant and Author, “UNDP in Post-Conflict Settings: Flexibility and Innovation in Changing Environments – Best Practices from the Field.” UNDP Crisis and Post-Conflict Evaluation Programme, January-April 2002.  Included fieldwork in Kosovo, Macedonia, and Lebanon.

“Local Governance and Provision of Social Services: Lessons from Somalia.” Paper commissioned for the “Learning from Experience for Afghanistan: Second Lessons Learned Workshop,” UN Development Program, New York, February 5, 2002.

Consultant to the UN on Organizational Planning in Post-War Afghanistan, New York, December 2001.

“Somalia Situation Analysis.” Presentation for “Conference on Somalia,” US Department of State and National Intelligence Council, Washington DC, December 6, 2001.

Co-author of  UNDP Somalia Human Development Report 2001 Nairobi: UNDP, 2001.

“Preventive Strategies.” Paper Commissioned by the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, February 2001.

“Somalia Situation Analysis.” Report Commissioned by the UN High Commission for Refugees, Centre for Documentation and Research, October 2000.

“Evaluation of the War-Torn Societies Project in Puntland, Somalia.” Written as an external evaluator for WSP, May 2000.

Gedo Region. United Nations Development Office for Somalia,  “Studies on Governance” Series no. 5. Nairobi: UNDOS, December 1999.

Middle Jubba Region. United Nations Development Office for Somalia,  “Studies on Governance” Series no. 6. Nairobi: UNDOS, December 1999.

Hiran Region.  United Nations Development Office for Somalia, “Studies on Governance” Series no. 7. Nairobi: UNDOS, December 1999.

“Political Analysis: Saakow and Southern Somalia, 1999” and “Prospects and Possibilities for Assistance Programs in Saakow District.” Reports commissioned by Swedish Church Relief, June 1999.

Consultant to the Swedish Covenant Church on peacebuilding measures in Congo-Brazzaville, April 1999.

“Somalia Assessment.” Presentation commissioned by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), Stockholm, April 1999.

“Urban Operations and the International Security Environment.” Presentation for the Conference “The Role of Aerospace Power in Joint Urban Operations,” US Air Force, Hurlburt Field, Florida, March 1999.

“Political and Security Assessment of Southern Somalia: Implications for Emergency Response.” Report to the United Nations Development Office for Somalia, 
December 1998.

Participant,  “Emerging Issues in National Security” workshop, Department of Defense National             Security Education Program, Washington DC, April 17, 1998.

Awdal Region. United Nations Development Office for Somalia, “Studies on Governance” Series no.2. Nairobi: UNDOS, December 1997.

Consultant to the United Nations Development Programme, for the drafting of a Revised UN             Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for Somalia, Nairobi, December 1997.

 “Observations on the UNOPS/Somali Rural Rehabilitation Programme, South West Project.”             Report for the United Nations Development Office for Somalia, August 1997.

Consultant to the United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs, New York and Nairobi,                for the formulation of a one-year strategic plan of action for the UN Consolidated Inter-    agency Appeal for Somalia, July-August 1996.

Rapporteur,  “A Comprehensive Seminar on Lessons Learned from United Nations                         Assistance Mission for Rwanda,” United Nations, Princeton NJ, May 15-16 1996.

Expert Witness, Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board workshop on Somali refugees,             Toronto Canada, February 14-15, 1996.

Expert Witness in the Canadian Commission of Inquiry to Somalia, Ottawa, Canada, September-October 1995.

Participant and Rapporteur,  “A Comprehensive Seminar on Lessons Learned from United Nations Operation in Somalia,” United Nations, Princeton NJ, Sept. 13-15, 1995.

“Local Politics and Structures of Authority in the Collapsed State of Somalia.” Study               commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme and the London School of Economics, "Somalia: Alternative Constitutional Models" Project, London, 
March 3-4,      1995.

Seminar Instructor for  "Non-governmental Organizations and Conflict Resolution" Training Program, Life and Peace Institute, Sando Sweden, February 22, 1995.  

Participant in the Collaborative for Development Action, Harvard University, "Non-governmental Peacebuilding: Lessons from Successes" Project, Cambridge MA, Feb. 15-16 1995. 

Consultant to the U.S. Institute of  Peace,  "The Role of  Third Party Mediators," Conflict             Management Training Program, Washington DC, October 22-23 1994.

Consultant to the United Nations, on policy options in Rwanda; in Princeton NJ, 
October 3-5 1994.

"Lower Jubba Strategy." Policy paper produced as a consultant to the United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM), based on a one month study in Mogadishu and Kismaayo     Somalia, June 1993.

"Political Reconciliation and Economic Reconstruction in Somalia: Policy Issues and                   Recommendations." Policy paper presented as a consultant to the U.S. State Department, January 15, 1993.

"U.S. Policy and the Somali Crisis: Humanitarian Relief Operations and Peace-Keeping Forces. "Policy paper presented as a consultant to the U.S. State Department, 
October 6, 1992.

Consultant to the United Nations, Secretary-General's Special Representative to Somalia, on U.N. policy toward the Somali crisis; in Uppsala, Sweden, August 21-23, 1992, and London, December 19-20, 1992.

"Report on an Emergency Needs Assessment of the Lower Jubba Region  (Kismaayo, Jamaame, and Jilib Districts), Somalia."  Nairobi: World Concern, July 1991. Produced as a consultant to World Concern and the International Committee of  the Red Cross; the report was based on a ten day survey of famine conditions in the interior of southern Somalia.

Principal advisor to the "Refugee Resource Project," Cairo, Egypt,  February-July 1991.

Responsibilities included the researching and writing of the grant proposal -- a $15,000 six month project funded by the Ford Foundation, to research a range of issues related to refugee outreach programs in Egypt; and subsequent consultations with the three-person research team.

"The Social and Economic History of Somalia's Lower Jubba Valley: Lessons for Contemporary Development Planning."  Interim Report for the Jubba Environmental and Socioeconomic Studies (JESS), USAID and Somali Ministry of National Planning, April 1989.

TEACHING, CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Teaching Experience  (number of times taught since 1989; most recent year taught):

Introductory-level courses:

Introduction to Comparative Politics  (10; 2001)

Upper-level undergraduate courses:       

Politics of Development  (8; 2001) 

Politics of Africa  (7; 2003)

Politics of the Middle East  (7; 2002)

International Organization  (4; 2000)

International Political Economy  (3; 1997)

Contemporary National Security  (1; 2002)

Philanthropy and the Non-Profit Sector  (3; 2003)

C  Seminars:

Humanitarianism and War  (3; 2003)

Emerging Issues in National Security  (1; 2000)

South African Politics  (1; 1996)

Recent Campus, Community, and Professional Presentations:

“The Arab-Israeli Conflict.” Myers Park Presbyterian Church, May 2002.

“Expanding the War on Terrorism.” Davidson United Methodist Church, April 26, 2002.

“Political and Ethical Dimensions of an Expanded War on Terrorism.” Wedgewood BaptistChurch, Charlotte NC, January 9, 2002.

“Political Islam in the Horn of Africa.” Presentation at the Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington DC, December 5, 2001.

Co-presenter on “Africa, Islam, and Terrorism” workshop at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington DC, November 26 2001.

 “The Nature of Contemporary Warfare.” Talk for the Discover Davidson program, October 21, 2001.

Teleconference Panelist for the “Kenya” workshop series, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington DC, October 17, 2001.

 “The Attack on America: Explaining Why.”  Dean Rusk Lecture Series, Davidson College, September 21, 2001.

“Teaching about the War on Terrorism.” Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System Social Studies   Workshop, Charlotte, September 2001. 

“The Nature of Terrorism.” Davidson College Community Forum, September 11, 2001.

“Hunger and Emergency Response in Conflict Zones.” Bread for the World Bi-Annual Conference, Washington DC,  June 25, 2001.

“Conflict Prevention in Africa.” Charlotte World Affairs Council, Great Decisions Series, April 2001.

 “Principles and Guidelines for Service Learning Projects.” Talk given for the Service Learning Workshop, March 2001.

“Contemporary Eritrea.” Talk to the Davidson Model UN group, February 2001.

“The Role of Research in the Davidson Classroom.” Presidential Weekend, Davidson College, February 2001.

Recent Media Interviews:

WBTV-Charlotte, interviewed in a feature on the tenth anniversary of the intervention into Somalia,  December 26, 2002.

WFAE Radio-Charlotte, feature story on teaching national security after September 11, aired May 9, 2002.

WBT Radio-Charlotte, occasional political analyst on Middle East Affairs, 2002.

CNN, on-air interview, January 20, 2002.

Public Radio International, guest on “To the Point” talk show, January 10, 2002.

Public Radio International, interviewed for “Beyond the Headlines” new show, January 9, 2002.

MSNBC, “Hardball with Chris Matthews,” on-air interview on the war on terrorism, January 3, 2002.

National Public Radio KNOW-St. Paul, guest for a call-in talk show on Somalia and the war on terrorism, January 8, 2002.

Public Radio International, interviewed for the “One World” news show, January 8, 2002.

MSNBC, “Hardball with Chris Matthews” on-air interview on the war on terrorism, December 11, 2001.

National Public Radio-Boston, interview aired on Public Radio International,  on expansion of the war on terrorism into Somalia, December 3, 2001.

BBC -- multiple interviews; interview aired on “Five Live Global” BBC World Service, December 2, 2001, and January 5, 2002.

Voice of America -- interviewed on air on Islamic politics in Somalia, October 17, 2001.

Radio France International -- multiple interviews aired on Somalia, November-December 2001.

C-Span -- Carnegie Endowment workshop on Africa, Islam and Terrorism, two hours on air, November 26, 2001.

Canadian Broadcast Corporation – interviewed, November 2001.

UK – Channel 4 Documentary – “Islam and the West”, interviewed December 2001.

Recent Campus and Community Activities and Positions:

 Board Member and Executive Committee Member, Ada Jenkins Community Center, Davidson NC, 2000-2001.

Outreach Committee, St. Alban’s Church, 2000-2001.

Professional Affairs Committee, 1999-2002 (Chairman, 2000-01).

Director, Davidson in Washington Program, Summer 2000.

Chairman, Ethnic Diversity Committee, 1999-2000.

Finance, Personnel and Development Advisory Council, 1997-98.

Co-Coordinator, Sexual Misconduct Task Force, 1998.

REFERENCES

Names furnished  upon request