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Charles Call

Charles T. Call
Clark Hall 202
Office (202) 885-1693
E-mail: call@american.edu
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MA, PhD Stanford University
BA Princeton University (cum laude)

Biography

Charles (Chuck) Call is Assistant Professor in the Program on Peace & Conflict Resolution. His publications include peer-reviewed articles in Comparative Politics, Journal of Latin American Studies, and Global Governance. He works on post-conflict peacebuilding, democratization, human rights and policing and justice reform. Trained as a Latin Americanist, he has conducted field research in all of Central America, Colombia, Haiti, Afghanistan, West Africa, Bosnia, Kosovo and South Africa. He spent most of 2004 at the UN Department of Political Affairs as their peacebuilding consultant, and before that was Assistant Professor for Research at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies, where he coordinated the Governance in War-Torn Societies Project. He has worked as a consultant for Human Rights Watch, the European Commission, USAID, UNDP, the US Department of Justice, and the Washington Office on Latin America, and received grants from the US Institute of Peace, the MacArthur Foundation and the National Science Foundation. He received his PhD in political science from Stanford University and his BA cum laude from Princeton University.

Research Interest

  • Peacebuilding
  • Post-Conflict Governance & Reconstruction
  • Latin America & the Caribbean
  • Human Rights and Democratization
  • Justice and Security Sector Reform Demilitarization
  • International Organizations & Peace

Recent Courses Taught

  • Peace Process in Latin America (SIS 596.004 Spring 2006)
  • Theory of Conflict, Violence and War (SIS 610.002 Spring 2006)
  • Peace Process in Latin America (SIS 596.015 Fall 2005)
  • Theory of Conflict, Violence and War (SIS 610.001 Fall 2005)
  • Peacebuilding and the State (SIS 619.009 Spring 2005)
  • Theory of Conflict, Violence and War (SIS 610.001 Spring 2005)

Publications (Selected)

JOURNALS

  • “Democratization, War, and State-Building: Constructing the Rule of Law in El Salvador,” Journal of Latin American Studies 35:4 (November 2003).
  • “War Transitions and the New Civilian Security in Latin America.” Comparative Politics, 35:1 (October 2002).
  • “On Democracy and Peacebuilding,” Global Governance 9,2 (Spring 2003), co-authored with Susan Cook.
  • Governance After War: Rethinking Democratization and Peacebuilding. Special issue (Vol. 9:2, Spring 2003) of Global Governance (edited with Susan Cook).
  • “Competing Donor Approaches to Post-Conflict Police Reform.” Journal of Conflict, Security and Development, 2:1 (Spring 2002).
  • “Protecting the People: Public Security Choices after Civil War.” Global Governance 7:2 (Apr-Jun 2001). Principal author (co-author: William Stanley).
  • "Looking for a Few Good Cops: Peacekeeping, Peacebuilding and the U.N. Civilian Police." International Peacekeeping. 6:4 (Winter 1999). Principal author (co-author: Professor Michael Barnett).

Professional Practice (Selected)

CONSULTING (1994-Present)

  • United Nations Secretariat, New York. Peacebuilding Consultant, Department of Political Affairs. Led a policy review within the Department of Political Affairs on post-conflict peacebuilding, including recommendations for improved performance.
  • United Nations Development Programme and International Peace Academy. Drafted the discussion paper for a workshop for UNDP field staff on “From Promise to Practice: Strengthening UN Capacities for the Prevention of Violent Conflict,” New York, September 2002.Department for International Development, United Kingdom. Contributed to framework paper for British violence reduction program in Central America. February 2002.
  • U.S. Agency for International Development. Prepared policy concept paper on security sector reform. January 2002.
  • United Nations. Traveled to Bosnia and Kosovo as part of the first joint mission of the UN Development Programme and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations. Drafted team report on “Lessons Learned” in post-conflict security and justice reforms efforts, based on over two hundred field interviews. August 2001-January 2002.
  • Human Rights Watch. Research trips to southern coca-growing region of Colombia to report on military and paramilitary activities, January 2001.
  • Human Rights Watch. Conducted interviews with victims and guerrilla commanders on violations of international humanitarian law in guerrilla-controlled territory of Colombia, June 2000.
  • Human Rights Watch. Reported on laws of war violations in Chechnya through interviews with refugees in southern Russia, November 1999.
  • European Commission/US Agency for International Development. Presented paper “Sustainable Development in Central America: The Challenges of Violence, Insecurity and Injustice,” for “Central America 2020”, a strategic planning project for development in Central America over the next two decades. September 1999.
  • Ford Foundation. Consultant on citizen security in Central America. 1998.
  • Inter-American Development Bank. Presented “Lessons of Police Reform for Central America,” at Convivencia Ciudadana y Violencia, El Salvador, June 1998.
  • U.S. Department of Justice. Co-author, "Assessment of the ICITAP Program for Police Development in Honduras." One of three sub-contracted evaluators of U.S. police assistance program to Honduras. November 1997.
  • U.S. Department of Justice. Co-author, "Assessment of the Organizational Development of Panama's Law Enforcement Agencies, 1997." One of three sub-contracted evaluators of Panamanian police forces. July 1997.
  • Center for the Administration of Justice of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Authored "An Assessment of Accountability Systems in El Salvador," drawing lessons for the Northern Ireland peace process. Fall 1996.
  • Co-organizer and Rapporteur: Conference on Demilitarizing Public Order: The International Community, Police Reform and Human Rights in Central America and Haiti. Co-Sponsored by Johns Hopkins SAIS, the North-South Center, and WOLA. Washington, D.C. November 1994.

MEDIA

TV Appearances on BBC World Service, ABC World News This Morning, CNN Spanish. Numerous radio interviews. Op-eds published in Le Monde, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, Miami Herald, San Jose Mercury News, Montreal Gazette, Providence Journal, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, San Antonio Light, and La República (Costa Rica). Letters in the New York Times, the Washington Times, the Los Angeles Times, and others.

Awards (Selected)

  • Guest Scholar and Grant Recipient, U.S. Institute of Peace. “Constructing Security and Justice after War” Project, 2001-03.
  • Research and Writing Grant Recipient, MacArthur Foundation, 1999-2000.
  • David Hamburg Fellowship, Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), Stanford University, 1998-99 (declined).
  • Jennings Randolph Peace Scholar, U.S. Institute of Peace, 1995-96.
  • Fulbright Scholar, 1995-96 (declined).
  • National Security Education Program Fellow, 1995-96
  • Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation Grant Recipient, 1995.
  • Institute for the Study of World Politics Fellow, 1995-96.
  • National Science Foundation Fellow, 1988-90.

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