Patrice McMahon

Associate Professor
Chair, Graduate Studies

Ph.D., Columbia University, 1998.
Fields: International Security, International Relations, Comparative Politics.

Is it true that ethnic conflicts have become the leading source of political violence in the world and that "ancient hatreds" are contributing to an era of increasing intrastate violence? The simple but conclusive answer is no. My book, Taming Ethnic Hatred: ethnic cooperation and transnational networks in Eastern Europe (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2007) explains the surprising turn of events in Eastern Europe after the violence in Yugoslavia. It does so by discussing transnational networks and changes in global governance. I have also co-edited and written for books on U.S. foreign policy (American Foreign Policy in a Globalized World with Forsythe and Wedeman) and human rights (International Human Rights and Diversity with Forsythe) and my journal articles have appeared in Political Science Quarterly, Ethnopolitics, and Democratization.