Timothy Sisk

Books

Bargaining with Bullets: Violence, Negotiation, and International Mediation in Civil War. Ms. under review at a major scholarly press, November 2007.

War-to-Democracy Transitions: Dilemmas of Peacebuilding, edited with Anna Jarstad. Forthcoming Cambridge University Press, 2008.

The Dilemmas of Statebuilding:Confronting the Contradictions of Postwar Peace Operations, edited with Roland Paris. Forthcoming, Routledge 2008.

Democracy, Conflict, and Human Security: Pursuing Peace in the 21st Century, with Judith Large. Stockholm: International IDEA (Institute for Democracy and Election Assistance), 2006. (Peer–reviewed). (Under translation into Arabic, Russian, Spanish, and Behasa).

Democracy at the Local Level: The International IDEA Handbook on Representation, Participation, Conflict Management and Governance. International IDEA (Institute for Democracy and Election Assistance, Stockholm), 2001. (Tranlated to Russian, Spanish, and Behasa). (Peer-reviewed).

Elections and Conflict Management in Africa. Co-edited with Andrew Reynolds. United States Institute of Peace Press, 1998. (Peer reviewed).

Power Sharing and International Mediation in Ethnic Conflicts. Published jointly by the United States Institute of Peace and the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict. United States Institute of Peace Press, 1996. (Peer reviewed).

Democratization in South Africa: The Elusive Social Contract. Princeton University Press, 1995. (Choice Outstanding Academic Books of 1995.)

Islam and Democracy: Religion, Politics, and Power in the Middle East. United States Institute of Peace Press, 1992.

Chapters in Edited Volumes
“Peacebuilding as Democratization: Findings and Implications,” concluding chapter in War-to-Democracy Transitions: Dilemmas of Peacebuilding, edited with Anna Jarstad, forthcoming Cambridge University Press, 2008.

“Pathway of the Political: Electoral Processes and Statebuilding after Civil War,” in Roland Paris and Timothy D. Sisk, eds., The Dilemmas of Statebuilding: Confronting the Contradictions of Postwar Peace Operations, forthcoming Routledge 2008. “Introduction: Statebuilding in Civil War: Rethink, Reinvest, or Retreat” and “Conclusion” in The Dilemmas of Statebuilding.

“Political Violence and Peace Accords: Searching for the Silver Lining” in John Darby, ed. Violence and Reconstruction. Notre Dame University Press, 2006.

“Power Sharing” in Harald Barrios and Christoph Stefes, eds. Einfurhing in die Comparative Politics. München: Oldernbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 2006.

“Power-Sharing as an Interim Step in Peace Building: Lessons from South Africa for Other Societies,” with Christoph Stefes in Phil Roeder and Donald Rothchild, eds., Sustainable Peace: Power and Democracy After Civil Wars, Cornell University Press 2005.

“Peacemaking in Civil Wars: Obstacles, Options and Opportunities” in Ulrich Scheckener and Stefan Wolff, eds. Managing and Settling Ethnic Conflicts: Perspectives on Successes and Failures in Europe, Africa, and Asia. London: Hurst & Company, 2004.

“Power Sharing after Civil Wars: Matching Problems to Solutions,” in John Darby and Roger MacGinty, eds. Contemporary Peace Making: Conflict, Violence and Peace Processes. London: Palgrave-MacMillan, 2003. (Revised for 2nd edition, 2006).

“South Africa,” in John Darby, et al. Effects of Violence on Peace Processes, Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press, 2002.

“Democratization and Peacebuilding: Perils and Promises” in Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson, and Pamela Aall, eds. Turbulent Peace.: The Challenges of Managing International Conflict. Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press, 2001.

“Violence: Intrastate Conflicts,” in Managing Global Issues: Lessons Learned, P.J. Simmons and Chantal de Jonge Oudraat, eds. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2001.

“Peacemaking Processes: Preventing Recurring Violence in Ethnic Conflicts,” in Preventive Negotiation: Avoiding Conflict Escalation, I. William Zartman, ed. London: Blackwell, 2001.

“Deeply Divided and Failed States: Democratization in Unfavorable Circumstances,” in Freedom in the World, 1998-1999. New York: Freedom House, 2000.

“Democratization in Africa: South Africa and Nigeria” in Comparative Politics, Michael Sodaro, ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000. (Revised for 3rd edition, 2006).

“Power-Sharing Democracy: An Overview,” in Peter Harris and Ben Reilly, eds. Democracy and Deep-Rooted Conflict:: Options for Negotiators, Stockholm: International IDEA, 1998.

“Power Sharing in Multiethnic Societies: Principal Approaches and Practices,” in Gail W. Lapidus with Svetlana Tsalik, eds. Preventing Deadly Conflict: Strategies and Institutions, A Report of the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict, 1998.
“Ending Africa's Civil Conflicts: A User's Guide,” in Out of Conflict -- From War to Peace in Africa, Peter Vale and Gunnar Sørbø, eds. Uppsala, Sweden: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 1998.

“South Africa;” “Angola;” and “Congo Crisis, 1960-2,” in the Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations, Bruce W. Jentleson and Gaddis Smith, eds., Oxford University Press, 1997.

“Promoting Conflict Management in Uncertain Times: U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Africa,” with Donald Rothchild, in Eagle Adrift: American Foreign Policy at the End of the Century, Robert J. Lieber, ed. New York: Longman, 1996.

“Institutional Capacity Building for African Conflict Management,” in The United States and African Conflict Resolution, David R. Smock and Chester A. Crocker, eds. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Institute of Peace Press, 1995.

“A Cathartic Experience: A U.S. Perspective of South Africa's 1994 Election,” in Election '94 South Africa: An Analysis of the Campaign, Results and Future Prospects, Andrew Reynolds, ed. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994.

Journal Articles

“Elite Predation: The Common Element in Causes-of-Conflict Analysis” prepared for submission at a major scholarly journal, 2007.

“Elections between Voice and Violence: Theoretical Insights and Assessment Indicators,” prepared for submission to a major scholarly journal, 2007.

“Custodians of Peace: UN SRSG Roles in Intneraitonal Mediation,” prepared for submission to a major scholarly journal, 2007.

“Electoral System Choice in South Africa: Implications for Intergroup Moderation,” Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 1 (2) (July 1995): 178-204.

“South Africa's National Peace Accord: A Research Note,” Peace and Change 19 (1) (January 1994): 50-70.

“Perspectives on South Africa's Transition: Implications for Democratic Consolidation,” Politikon (The South African Journal of Political Science) 21 (1) (June 1994): 66-75.

“The Violence-Negotiation Nexus: South Africa in Transition and the Politics of Uncertainty,” Negotiation Journal 9 (1) (January 1993): 77-94.

“Choosing an Electoral System: South Africa Seeks New Ground Rules,” Journal of Democracy 4 (1) (January 1993): 79-91.

“Divided We Stand? Institutional Choices for in Divided Societies: Designs for Democracy,” Southeastern Political Review XX (1) (Spring 1992): 1-28.

“South Africa’s Constitutional Choices: Points and Counterpoints,” Politikon (The South African Journal of Political Science) 18 (2) (June 1991): 102-113.

“White Politics in South Africa: Polarization Under Pressure” Africa Today 36 (1) (January 1989): 29-40.

Other Publications (Policy Papers, Occasional Papers)

“Managing Contractions: The Inherent Dilemmas of Postwar Statebuilding,” International Peace Academy Policy Report, November 2007.

Review of Terrence Lyons’ Demilitarizing Politics: Elections on the Uncertain Road to Peace, Perspectives (American Political Science Association), forthcoming 2007.

China-US Relations in the New Global Context: Improving Multilateral Cooperation among Today’s Leading States (with Tom Farer and Suisheng Zhao), Center for China-U.S. Cooperation, University of Denver (Policy Report), June 2006.

“Democracy in Situations of Deep-Rooted Conflict,” in International IDEA, Ten Years of Supporting Democracy Worldwide. Stockholm: International IDEA, 2005.

Democracy and Peacebuilding at the Local Level: Lessons Learned. Stockholm: International IDEA, Fall 2005) (with Paul Risley). (Peer-reviewed Occasional Paper)

Democracy at the Local Level in East and Southern Africa: Profiles in Governance. Stockholm, International IDEA, 2004.

“Negotiating Democracy in South Africa: Conclusions for Constitution Making as Conflict Management,” report to the U.S. Institute of Peace Constitution-making Working Group.

“Peacemaking in Civil Wars: Obstacles, Options, and Opportunities,” Occasional Paper #20 of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, 2001.

“Digital Democracy in the 21st Century City,” International IDEA News, Autumn 2001.

“Competing Claims: Self Determination and Security in the United Nations, “an International Peace Academy Policy Brief, April 2001 (with Simon Chesterman and Tom Farer).

New Approaches to Negotiation and Mediation: Findings from USIP-Sponsored Research, Peaceworks (U.S. Institute of Peace occasional paper series), 2000.

“Zaire's Crises of War and Governance,” A United States Institute of Peace Special Report, 1997.

“Future U.S. Engagement in Africa: Opportunities and Obstacles for Conflict Management,” A United States Institute of Peace Special Report, July 1996.

“Gewalt und Gespraeche: die Süd-Afrikanische Erfahrung” (Violence and Negotiation: The South African Experience), der Überblick (Quarterly publication of the German Union of Ecumenical Development Organizations, Hamburg)(4) (December 1995): 22-24.

“The International Response to Conflict in Africa: The Bergen Workshop 1995,” with Richard Joseph. A report of the Christian Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway.

“The U.S. Contribution to Conflict Prevention, Management, and Resolution in Africa,” A United States Institute of Peace Special Report, November 1994.

Regular reporter for the Washington Report on Africa, 1989-1993.

Panels, Papers & Presentations (Recent and Selected)

“Political Parties, Power Sharing, and Peacebuilding,” Symposium on “Political Parties in Conflict-Prone Societies,” Clingendael (Netherlands Institute for International Relations), October 25, 2006.

“The Nobel Peace Prize: From Henry Kissinger to Mother Teresa,” Inaugural Lecture of the 2006-2007 Univeristy of Denver Bridges to the Future series on “The Pursuit of Peace,” September 14, 2006.

“Evaluating the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission,” Symposium at the Geneva Institute for International Studies, May 24, 2006.

“Elections and Conflict Management: Lessons Learned,” International IDEA 10th Anniversary Event, Stockholm, February 2005.

“Resusitating Failed States,” and “Governance and Security,” Geneva Centre for Security Policy International Training Program, April 2005.

“Power Sharing: Lessons Learned for Policy Makers,” Geneva Centre for Security Policy International Training Program, April 2004.

“Africa: A Continent on the Brink?” University of Denver VIVA! (Adult Extension) Program, Denver, September 2003

“Conducting a Comprehensive Local Democracy Asssessment,” Leadership for Local Democracy: A Project of International IDEA and the African Union of Local Authorities, Cape Town, August 2003.

“Bombing Baghdad? Evaluating the Debate on War in Iraq” University of Denver Provost’s Lecture, February 2003.

“Power Sharing and Peacemaking,” Geneva Centre for Security Policy International Training Program, November 2002.

External Examiner, Doctoral Dissertation of Anna Jarstad at the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Uppsala, Sweden, October 2001.

“Comparing Contemporary Peace Processes: Options and Opportunities,” Joan B. Kroc Institute of International Peace, Notre Dame University, October 2001.

Discussant, Panel on Power-Sharing and Peacemaking, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting San Francisco, September 2001.

“Civil Wars: International Intervention in Intrastate Conflicts,” Social Science Foundation Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, September 2000.

“The Violence-Negotiation Nexus: Findings from Comparative Research,” International Society for the Study of European Ideas (ISSEI) World Congress, Bergen, Norway, August 2000.

“Autonomy and Power-Sharing in Ethnic Conflicts,” Department of State (Policy Planning) seminar on Autonomy, October 1998.

“Power Sharing and Autonomy in Ethnically Divided Societies,” Senior Seminar in Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution, United Nations Institute for Training and Research, Geneva, April 1998.

“Conflict Management in Civil Wars: The Challenge of the Post-Cold War Era.” Keynote address at the Westheimer Peace Symposium, Wilmington College, Wilmington, Ohio, October 1997.

“Democratization in DROC (Democratic Republic of the Congo): Options and Recommendations for a Policy of Reciprocal Commitment,” U.S. Department of State Experts Meeting on DROC Transition, September 1997.

“Beyond UN Peacekeeping: Changing International Responses to Intrastate Conflicts,” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 1997. (Panel organizer and chair: "Conflict Management in Civil Wars").

“International Intervention in Ethnic Conflicts,” Program on International Conflict Resolution, Harvard University, December 1996.

“Incentives and Pressures in Shaping Political Institutions: Preventive Diplomacy and Power Sharing,” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, August 1996.

“Power Sharing in Divided Societies,” Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict Moscow Forum, Moscow, August 1996.

“Democracy in Divided Societies: Problems and Prospects,” Center for International Security and Arms Control, Stanford University, April 1996.

“Ethnic Diversity and Public Policy in Divided Societies,” Keynote speech at the MacArthur Consortium seminar on Ethnic Diversity and Public Policy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, April 1996.

“The Violence-Negotiation Nexus,” Department of Political Science, University of Uppsala, Sweden, November 1995.

“Comparing Contemporary Peace Processes,” Christian Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway, and "Power Sharing and Conflict Management in Divided Societies," International Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Oslo, Norway, October 1995.