Co-edited by the Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM) at the University of Maryland (USA) and the Graduate Institute and published by Routledge, the forthcoming issue of the annual book series Peace and Conflict will be launched on 6 June at the Maison de la Paix in the presence of its three co-editors, Ravi Bhavnani, Professor of International Relations/Political Science at the Graduate Institute, David Backer, Associate Research Professor at the Department of Government and Politics of the University of Maryland, and Paul K. Huth, Director of CIDCM and Professor at the same department. Professor Bhavnani tells us more about this series.
What is Peace and Conflict?
The Peace and Conflict book series is an authoritative source of cutting-edge data and analysis about significant patterns, trends and relationships in domestic and international conflicts, in other types of political violence and societal upheaval, and in peacebuilding and justice activities to address these issues.
What are the history and purpose of the collaboration between CIDCM and the Graduate Institute?
This collaboration dates back to ties that were formed in the late 1990s, when David Backer and I wrote our first article for the Santa Fe Institute Working Paper Series, subsequently published in the Journal of Conflict Resolution. I have known Professor Huth since I was in graduate school at the University of Michigan, and we are involved in a number of collaborative research projects.
Can you present the contents of the coming issue?
The contents of the 2016 edition are divided into three sections. Based on thirteen chapters, “Global Patterns and Trends” provides an overview of recent advances in scholarly research on various aspects of conflict and peace, as well as chapters on armed conflict, violence against civilians, non-state armed actors, democracy and ethnic exclusion, terrorism, defense spending and arms production and procurement, peace agreements, state repression, foreign aid, and the results of the Peace & Conflict Instability Ledger, which ranks the status and progress of more than 160 countries based on their forecasted risk of future instability. The second section, “Special Feature”, spotlights work on measuring micro-level welfare effects of exposure to conflict. The third section, “Profiles”, has been enlarged to survey developments in instances of civil wars, peacekeeping missions, and international criminal justice proceedings that were active around the world during 2014.
The book is to be launched on 6 June at the Graduate Institute.
Yes, we – the three co-editors – will present it during a panel discussion entitled “Mapping Conflict, Violence and Upheaval”. We look forward to engaging with the discussants and the public on key findings related to this topic.
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