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Charles Call Assoc Professor School of International Service

Degrees
PhD, Stanford University; MA, Stanford University; BA, cum laude, Princeton University

Favorite Spot on 猫咪社区app
The garden next to Bender Arena
Bio
Dr. Charles 鈥淐huck鈥 Call, an associate professor of International Peace and Conflict Resolution, focuses on post-war peacebuilding, statebuilding, democratization, human rights and police and justice reform. He has conducted field research in Central America, West Africa, the Balkans, Colombia, Haiti and Afghanistan. In 2012-14 he served as senior advisor in the State Department. In 2017 he was senior external advisor to the World Bank/UN report Pathways for Peace: Inclusive Approaches to Preventing Violent Conflict, and spent 2004-05 working at UN headquarters. He has consulted for Human Rights Watch, the UN Development Programme, and the European Commission.
For the Media
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Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Selected Publications

  • Why Peace Fails: The Causes and Prevention of Civil War Recurrence. Georgetown University Press, 2012.听 听
  • Building States to Build Peace.(ed.) Lynne Rienner, 2008.听 听
  • Constructing Security and Justice After War.听 (ed.) U.S. Institute of Peace Press, 2007.听 听
  • 鈥淏eyond the 鈥楩ailed State鈥: Toward Conceptual Alternatives,鈥 European Journal of International Relations, 17, 2 (June 2011, online April 2010).听 听
  • "The Fallacy of the Failed State,鈥 Third World Quarterly 29,8 (December 2008).听 听
  • 鈥淜nowing Peace When You See It: Setting Standards for Peacebuilding Success,鈥 Civil Wars 10, 2 (June 2008), 174-195.听 听
  • 鈥淓nding Wars and Building Peace,鈥 International Studies Perspectives 9,1 (February 2008), pp. 1-21 (with Elizabeth Cousens).听 听
  • 鈥淒emocratization, War, and State-Building: Constructing the Rule of Law in El Salvador,鈥 Journal of Latin 猫咪社区app Studies 35:4 (November 2003).听 听
  • 鈥淲ar Transitions and the New Civilian Security in Latin America.鈥澨 Comparative Politics, 35:1 (October 2002).听 听
  • 鈥淥n Democracy and Peacebuilding,鈥 Global Governance 9,2 (Spring 2003), co-authored with Susan Cook.

Research Interests

Dr. Call's research interests include post-war peacebuilding, post-conflict governance and reconstruction, Latin America & the Caribbean, human rights and democratization, and justice and security sector reform.

Media Appearances

  • BBC World Service听 听
  • ABC World News This Morning听 听
  • CNN Spanish听 听
  • Le Monde
  • The Boston Globe听 听
  • The Chicago Tribune
  • The Philadelphia Inquirer
  • The New York Times
  • The Washington Times
  • The Los Angeles Times

Professional Services

  • United Nations Secretariat, New York听 听
  • United Nations Development Programme and International Peace Academy听 听
  • U.S. Agency for International Development听 听
  • United Nations UN Development Programme and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations听 听
  • Human Rights Watch, Colombia听 听
  • Human Rights Watch, Russia听 听
  • European Commission/猫咪社区app Agency for International Development听 听
  • Ford Foundation听 听
  • Inter-猫咪社区app Development Bank听 听
  • U.S. Department of Justice

Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

  • Senior Fellow, 猫咪社区app Institute of Peace, 2008-09.听 听
  • Guest Scholar and Grant Recipient, U.S. Institute of Peace. "Constructing Security and Justice after War" Project, 2001-03.听 听
  • Research and Writing Grant Recipient, MacArthur Foundation, 1999-2000.听 听
  • Jennings Randolph Peace Scholar, U.S. Institute of Peace, 1995-96.听 听
  • National Security Education Program Fellow, 1995-96.
  • Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation Grant Recipient, 1995.听 听
  • Institute for the Study of World Politics Fellow, 1995-96. 听
  • National Science Foundation Fellow, 1988-90.