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Residents of Grozny venture out to view the devastated city center, February 13, 1995.

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Seminar - Open to the Public

Preserving Peace? Decentralization and Separatist Struggles

Thu., Feb. 28, 2008 | 12:15pm - 2:00pm

Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

Decentralization or federalism has become a hotly debated alternative for managing intrastate conflicts. This talk presents an argument for understanding the differing capacity of decentralized states to contain the often violent struggles between ethnic and regional groups and the states in which they live.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.