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James D. Fearon, PhD
Theodore and Frances Geballe Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences; Professor of Political Science; CISAC Faculty Member
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jfearon@stanford.edu
(650) 725-1314 (phone)
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Stanford University
Encina Hall
Stanford, CA 94305-6165
RESEARCH INTERESTS
civil and ethnic violence
James Fearon is the Theodore and Frances Geballe Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, a professor of political science and CISAC affiliated faculty member at Stanford University. His research has focused on democracy and international disputes, explanations for interstate wars, and, most recently, the causes of civil and especially ethnic violence. He is presently working on a book manuscript (with David Laitin) on civil war since 1945. Representative publications include "Neotrusteeship and the Problem of Weak States" (International Security, Spring 2004), "Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War" (APSR, February 2003), and "Rationalist Explanations for War" (International Organization, Summer 1995).

Fearon won the 1999 Karl Deutsch Award, which is "presented annually to a scholar under the age of forty, or within ten years of the acquisition of his or her Doctoral Degree, who is judged to have made, through a body publications, the most significant contribution to the study of International Relations and Peace Research." He was elected as a fellow of the American Academy of the Arts and Sciences in 2002.

+PDF+Curriculum Vitae (91Kb, modified Nov, 2006)
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Political Science
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Iraq's Civil War

James Fearon
Foreign Affairs vol. 86, 2 (2007) +HTML+
 

Iraq: Democracy or Civil War?

James Fearon
U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations (2006) +PDF+

Primary Commodity Exports and Civil War

James Fearon
Journal of Conflict Resollution vol. 49, 4 (2005)

Why Do Some Civil Wars Last So Much Longer Than Others?

James Fearon
Journal of Peace Research, vol. 41, 3 (2004)

Separatist Wars, Partition, and World Order

James Fearon
Security Studies vol. 13, 4 (2004) +HTML+
Events
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Iraq: The Way Forward (1/22/2007)

CISAC Special Event with Scott D. Sagan, William J. Perry, James D. Fearon, Larry Diamond
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Iraq: No Graceful Exit from a Collapsed State (1/11/2007)

CISAC Social Science Seminar with James D. Fearon
 

The Logic of Forcible Recruitment and Child Soldiering: Evidence from Northern Uganda (10/26/2006)

CISAC Social Science Seminar with Christopher Blattman, James D. Fearon
 

Civil War and Development (10/13/2004)

CDDRL Research Seminar with James D. Fearon
 

Civil War, Neotrusteeship, and the Problem of Weak States (6/3/2004)

CISAC Social Science Seminar with James D. Fearon
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Deadly Connections
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