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HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES Belfer Center Establishes Program on Intrastate Conflict
The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Kennedy School of Government has established the Program on Intrastate Conflict, Conflict Prevention, and Conflict Resolution. The new program, which was announced in July, will analyze causes of ethnic, religious, and other intercommunal conflict, and will seek to identify practical ways to prevent and limit such conflict. Robert Rotberg, who teaches at the Kennedy School and is president of the World Peace Foundation (WPF), will become director of the Program on Intrastate Conflict. Rotberg taught political science and history at M.I.T., was academic vice president at Tufts University and president of Lafayette College, and is the author of numerous books and articles on African, Asian, and Caribbean politics and history. Rotberg and his associates are concerned currently with the consequences of the global proliferation of light weapons, the vulnerability of weak states, peace-building and peace-enforcement capabilities in Africa, and the role of truth commissions in conflict prevention and conflict resolution. The team has been active in a major peace-building project in Cyprus, and in understanding prospects for peace in Sri Lanka and democracy in Burma. Graham Allison, director of the Belfer Center, said that the new WPF Program adds significantly to the Belfer Center’s capability to undertake research and teaching on issues of vital concern to global order at the of the 20th century.
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