Robert I. Rotberg
| Robert Irwin Rotberg | |
|---|---|
| File:Robert Rotberg SAIIA 2012.jpg | |
| Born | April 11, 1935 |
| Alma mater | Oberlin College (B.A.) Oxford University (Ph.D.) Princeton University (Graduate studies) |
| Era | International relations theory |
Robert Irwin Rotberg (born April 11, 1935) is an American who served as President emeritus of the World Peace Foundation (1993–2010). An American professor in governance and foreign affairs, he was director of the Program on Intrastate Conflict, Conflict Prevention, and Conflict Resolution at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government (1999–2010), and has served in administrative positions at Tufts University and Lafayette College.
In 2003-2004, he served as a member of the Secretary of State's Advisory Panel on Africa, and was a Presidential appointee to the Council of the National Endowment for the Humanities. In 2007 at the Kennedy School, he directed the establishment of the Index for African Governance, to help evaluate leaders for the Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, awarded annually by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. A trustee of Oberlin College, Rotberg is a visiting professor at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium. In 2013 Rotberg became the Fulbright Research Chair in Political Development at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo, Canada.[1]
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Early life and education
Rotberg earned his undergraduate degree in history at Oberlin College in 1955. He obtained his doctorate at St Antony's College, Oxford University while on a Rhodes Scholarship. He also did graduate studies at Princeton University.
Career
His academic career in United States institutions has included Professor of Political Science and History, MIT; Academic Vice President of Tufts University; and President of Lafayette College. In 1970, he was a founding co-editor of the Journal of Interdisciplinary History and continues in that position.
Most recently Rotberg was director of the Program on Intrastate Conflict, Conflict Prevention, and Conflict Resolution (1999–2010) at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is President emeritus of the World Peace Foundation (1993–2010).[2]
Currently, Rotberg is running for Selectman of Lexington, Massachusetts.[3]
Bibliography
He is the author and editor of numerous books and articles on US foreign policy, Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean, most recently:
- Transformative Political Leadership: Making a Difference in the Developing World (2012)
- "Worst of the Worst": Dealing with Repressive and Rogue Nations (2007)
- A Leadership for Peace: How Edwin Ginn Tried to Change the World (2007)
- Building a New Afghanistan (2007)
- Governance and Leadership in Africa (2007)
- Israeli And Palestinian Narratives of Conflict: History's Double Helix (2006)
- Battling Terrorism in the Horn of Africa (2005)
- When States Fail: Causes and Consequences (2004)
- The Failure and Collapse of Nation-States: Breakdown, Prevention, and Repair (PDF; 690 KB)
- State Failure and State Weakness in a Time of Terror (2003)
- Failed States, Collapsed States, Weak States: Causes and Indicators (PDF; 90 KB)
- Ending Autocracy, Enabling Democracy: The Tribulations of Southern Africa 1960–2000 (2002)
- Peacekeeping and Peace Enforcement in Africa: Methods of Conflict Prevention (2001)
- Truth v. Justice: The Morality of Truth Commissions (2000)
- Creating Peace in Sri Lanka: Civil War and Reconciliation (1999)
- Burma: Prospects for a Democratic Future (1998)
- War and Peace in Southern Africa: Crime, Drugs, Armies, and Trade (1998)
- Haiti Renewed: Political and Economic Prospects (1997)
- Vigilance and Vengeance: NGOs Preventing Ethnic Conflict in Divided Societies (1996)
- From Massacres to Genocide: The Media, Public Policy and Humanitarian Crises (1996)
- The Founder: Cecil Rhodes and the Pursuit of Power (1988, new ed. 2002)
- Christian Missions and the Creation of Northern Rhodesia (1965)
Index of African Governance
Under the direction of Professor Rotberg and supported by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, an Index of African Governance was created in 2007. It ranks all 48 sub-Saharan African countries according to quality of governance. In conjunction, Mo Ibrahim has created the Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, a prize larger in monetary value than the Nobel Prize.
The results of the Index, which since 2009 has been compiled by African researchers and institutions, will help the Ibrahim Prize selection committee choose winners. The Prize will provide recognition, awards and pensions for “honest, capable African heads of state” after they leave office. Awards were made in 2007 and 2008.
References
- ↑ http://www.balsillieschool.ca/people/robert-i-rotberg
- ↑ Robert I. Rotberg, "Mugabe Doesn't Need an Excuse", Foreign Policy, 28 December 2010
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