| Education M.A. - International Peace and Conflict Resolution (2003) American University School of International Service, Washington, DC B.A. - History & Investigative Skills (Minors: Political Science, Peace Studies) (1997) Goshen College, Goshen, IN |
| Keith Swartzendruber Email: [email protected] |
| Moving Towards Humanity: Transforming U.S. Foreign Policy. Spring 2003. Master's capstone research project. Examines the threat of terrorism in today's world, the concept of human security, the synthesis of human security theory with conflict resolution theory, and policy options for the U.S. What is Human Security? Fall 2002. Essay reviewing several definitions of the human security concept from academia as well as developing human security definition based on two broad categories of security, physical and social. Eliciting Peace: Mediating the Sandinista-Miskito Conflict. Fall 2002. Develops a model of elicitive conflict resolution based on Lederach's insider-partial model. |
| Dealing With Identity in the Dayton Accords. Spring 2002. Research argued that the Dayton Accords did not fully explore the dimensions of identity as in Rothman's ARIA model. Higher Loyalty: American Patriotism, Christian Ethics, and International Affairs Spring 2002. Research argues that, like cosmopolitanism, Christian patriotism should go beyond national borders and keep country below God in priority. And Justice for All? Reconciliation and International Tribunals. Fall 2001. Research focused on the question of whether international tribunals have been effective in fostering reconciliation and the prospects for the new International Criminal Court. Global Politics, Security, and September 11th. Fall 2001. Critiques traditional realist focus in U.S. foreign policy and offers a human security prescription. The Economics of International Debt Relief Argues that massive one time total debt relief would have dangerous repercussions for the international lending community. But current lending programs place far too many restrictions and conditions on third world economies. The answer to the debt crisis lies somewhere in between the two extremes. |
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