Severine Autesserre is an award-winning author, peacebuilder, and researcher, as well as Professor and Chair of Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University. She is the author of The Trouble with the Congo and Peaceland, in addition to articles for publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, and Foreign Policy.

Autesserre has been involved intimately in the world of international aid for more than twenty years. She has conducted research in twelve different conflict zones, from Colombia to Somalia to Israel and the Palestinian territories. She has worked for Doctors Without Borders in places like Afghanistan and Congo, and at the United Nations headquarters in the United States. Her research has helped shape the intervention strategies of several United Nations departments, foreign affairs ministries, and non-governmental organizations, as well as numerous philanthropists and activists. She has also been a featured

speaker at the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the United Nations Security Council.

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• Foreword


• Preface: War, Hope, and Peace


• PART I: PEACE POSSIBLE


• Chapter 1: Island of Peace


• Chapter 2: Role Models


• PART II: PEACE, INC.


• Chapter 3: Insiders and Outsiders


• Chapter 4: Designed Intervention


• PART III: THE NEW PEACE MANIFESTO


• Chapter 5: Peace by Piece


• Chapter 6: Recasting Roles


• Chapter 7: The Home Front


• Appendix: Sources


• Acknowledgments


• Book Club Discussion Guide


• Teaching Guide


• Index