Karl DeRouen, Jr. is Professor of Political Science and Director of the B.A. Program in International Studies at The University of Alabama. From 2008 to 2011, he served as a Leadership Board Faculty Fellow in the College of Arts and Sciences. His work on civil wars, mediation, conflict management, militarized interstate dispute negotiated settlements, service delivery in developing countries, and post-conflict statebuilding has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the British Academy, Department for International Development (UK), Royal Society of New Zealand, and the Folke Bernadot...