Intervening to Build Peace? Peacebuilding Strategies and Violence in War-to-Peace Transitions

Marie-Joëlle Zahar Associate Professor of Political Science Research Director, Francophone Peace Operations Network Centre for International Research and Studies Université de Montréal Zahar received her Ph.D. from McGill University and has been a research fellow at Stanford’s Center for International Security and Cooperation. She is co-editor with Stephen Saideman of Intra-State Conflict, Government and Security: Dilemmas of Deterrence and Assurance (Routledge 2008) and has published articles in the Journal of Peacebuilding and Development. A former consultant for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and adjunct faculty member at the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre, she served on the board of directors of the Canadian Political Science Association, on the executive committee of the Canadian Consortium on Human Security, and as research director of the Middle East Network at the Centre d’études et de recherches internationales of the Université de Montréal.