Dr. Christoph Zuercher

Biography

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, in 1995. His academic appointments have included positions at the University of Konstanz in Germany, the Institute d'Études Politiques d'Aix-en-Provence, Stanford University, and Freie University Berlin. His research and teaching interests primarily focus on conflict research, state-building, intervention strategies, and international governance and development. His regional specialization encompasses the former Soviet Union, particularly Russia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Afghanistan. He has contributed significantly to the academic literature, having authored and edited works such as "The Post-Soviet Wars: Rebellion, Ethnic Conflict, and Nationhood in the Post-Soviet Era" and served as an editor for the book "Potentials for Disorder: Explaining Violence in the Caucasus and Yugoslavia."

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