SAIS Faculty Research Forum: Daniel Serwer

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Join the Conflict Management Program and the Faculty Research Forum for a discussion with Daniel Serwer, director of conflict management and American foreign policy at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and scholar at the Middle East Institute.

Serwer's new book, From War to Peace in the Balkans, the Middle East and Ukraine, focuses on the origins, consequences, and aftermath of the 1995 and 1999 Western military interventions that led to the end of the most recent Balkan wars. Though challenging problems remain in Bosnia, Macedonia, Kosovo, and Serbia, the conflict prevention and state-building efforts thereafter were partly successful as countries of the region are on separate tracks towards European Union membership. This study highlights lessons that can be applied to the Middle East and Ukraine, where similar conflicts are likewise challenging sovereignty and territorial integrity. It is an accessible treatment of what makes war and how to make peace ideal for all readers interested in how violent international conflicts can be managed, informed by the experience of a practitioner.

This event is moderated by Kent E. Calder, vice dean for faculty affairs and international research cooperation and director of the Reischauer Center; Majda Ruge, fellow at the School of Advanced International Studies' Foreign Policy Institute, and David Kanin, adjunct lecturer at the School of Advanced International Studies, will provide commentary.