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Past Event
Seminar

Enforcing Democracy? Assessing the Linkages between Peace Operations and Post-Conflict Democratization

Open to the Public

To what extent do countries engaged in military interventions use force in an effort to promote democracy?

Date: Time: - Location: Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

About

Throughout the post–Cold War era, scholars have debated the relative merits of peace enforcement and consensual peace operations. The relationships between these operations and post-conflict political orders, however, remain poorly understood. The speaker assesses these relationships in terms of path dependency, arguing that wartime elites are typically able to translate their initial advantages into durable political gains unless the international community decisively intervenes in the construction of new institutions for the post-conflict polity.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided.

Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.

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