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Christoph Zuercher is a Full Professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Bern, Switzerland. His teaching and research experiences span several prestigious institutions, including the University of Konstanz in Germany, Sciences Po Aix-en-Provence, Stanford University, and Freie Universität Berlin. Zuercher specializes in conflict research, focusing on methodologies within the field, state-building interventions, and international governance and development. His regional expertise includes the Soviet Union, particularly Russia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Afghanistan. He has edited and authored significant works, including "Potentials of Disorder: Explaining Violence in the Caucasus and Yugoslavia" (Manchester 2003) and "The Post-Soviet Wars: Rebellion, Ethnic Conflict, and Nationhood in the Post-Soviet Era" (New York: University Press, 2007). Currently, he supervises graduate students, including Mana Khosrowshahi.
Department of History