Peace and Conflict 2012

J. Joseph Hewitt is Director for Government Relations at the Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM), University of Maryland, where he specializes in quantitative analysis of international conflict. Jonathan Wilkenfeld is co-director of the Maryland Center for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. His books include A Study of Crisis (2000) and Mediating International Crises (2005). Ted Robert Gurr is former Director of the Minorities at Risk Project and Emeritus Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Government & Politics at the University of Maryland. He is author of numerous books and articles including Peoples vs. States: Minorities at Risk in the New Century (2000).

Praise for Peace and Conflict "Too much of the writing on international affairs is long on opinions and short on facts. Peace and Conflict is the rare exception. Its clear presentations of evidence and analyses help to better inform discussions about the most pressing security challenges in today's world." —Fareed Zakaria, Editor, Newsweek International “Peace and Conflict is an essential tool for scholars and policymakers seeking the facts behind the headlines about the nature and extent of conflict around the world. It provides a systematic, empirically grounded, and highly nuanced assessment of the darker aspects of human nature and underscores, yet again, the inescapable truth of our interconnected world and intertwined fate.” —Vartan Gregorian, President, Carnegie Corporation of New York

• 1 Introduction, Regular Features, Preventing Armed Violence: From Peacemaking to Conflict Recovery, Appendix—Major Armed Conflicts, References, Peace and Conflict Editorial Advisory Board, Acknowledgments, About the Authors, About the Contributors, About the Center for International Development and Conflict Management