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Please list the countries and/or regions in which you have direct and significant expertise: Turkey, Central Asia

What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?: Associate Professor, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)

Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise?: Peacebuilding, Democratization, Civil Society

What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?: Diasporas and Conflict

If appropriate feel free to list several of your publications: "Remapping the Boundaries of 'State' and 'National Identity:' Incorporating Diasporas into IR Theorizing." (with Madeleine Demetriou). Forthcoming in European Journal of International Relations.

"People across Borders: International Migration and National Security" forthcoming in International Security 31 (1) Summer 2006.

"Global Liberalism vs. Political Islam: Competing Ideological Frameworks in International Politics," International Studies Review 7 (4) December 2005: 547-569.

"Globalization, Transnational Political Mobilization, and Networks of Violence," Cambridge Review of International Affairs 18 (1), April 2005: 35-53.

"Democratization and the Domestic Sources of Foreign Policy: Turkey in the 1974 Cyprus Crisis," Political Science Quarterly, v. 116, n. 2 (Summer 2001): 277-303.

At 4:35am on May 24th, 2008, Raviv Schwartz said…: Hi again Fiona,
Thanks for your reply. My own researching of these areas has been sporadic over the past few years. The work I've done in which you might take partciular interest would be the following:

Schwartz, Raviv (2008). The Philanthropic Interface between Diaspora Jewry and the Palestinian Minority in Israel: Exploratory Study of an Emerging Trend. Hartog School of Government and Policy, Tel Aviv University (in publication).

Schwartz, Raviv (2007). "Peace/Conflict Resolution Organizations in Israel", Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy (accepted for publication).

Schwartz, Raviv (2007). “Sponsors or Spoilers: Diasporas and Peace Processes in the Homeland”, in G. Ben Porat (ed.) The Failure of the Middle East Peace Process: A Comparative Analysis of Peace implementation in Israel/Palestine, Northern Ireland and South Africa. Palgrave.

Schwartz, Raviv and Lee Perlman (2000). “A Preliminary Stocktaking of Israeli NGO's Engaged in Israeli-Palestinian People-to-People Activity,” in Report of the Workshop in Israel-Palestinian Civil Society Comparative Activities, KATU: Helsinki.

Have a good weekend,
Raviv

At 9:21am on May 23rd, 2008, Raviv Schwartz said…: Hello Fiona,
It was refreshing to uncover someone else whose interests incorporate both peacebuilding and diaspora commmunities and the implicit links between the two.
Greetings from Tel Aviv,
Raviv

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At 5:18pm on August 27th, 2007, Gary A Blythe said…: Hi Fiona,

I would be interested in learning more about your work for a book I am writing. It seems you have a perspective and expereince that may be useful. If you have time may I suggest you check out my page or www.thoughtnetwork.ning.com for more details.

Best,
Gary

At 2:16am on August 25th, 2007, Bobichand Rajkumar said…: Der Fiona,
I think that we can share our experiences in the field of peacebuilding, democratisationa and civil society etc.