How do you rebuild a nation that has been torn apart by more than a decade of war? This was the central question when Fulbright Professor Christie S. Warren visited CMES for a research seminar titled Reconstructing Syria.
In her talk, Christie S. Warren discussed the goals of post-conflict reconstruction, who will be involved in the process, and the role of international actors. She also highlighted several key challenges to rebuilding Syria - ranging from regional dynamics and proxy wars to issues of security, institutional capacity, and the displacement of millions. In addition, she explored the newly introduced interim constitution, examining its implications for the consolidation of executive power, the role of religion, and the protection of rights.
Christie S. Warren is the 2024 – 2025 Fulbright-Lund Distinguished Chair in Public International Law. She is Professor of the Practice of International and Comparative Law and founding Director of the Center for Comparative Legal Studies & Post-Conflict Peacebuilding at William & Mary Law School.
She has designed, implemented, monitored and assessed academic, constitutional, judicial and legal development and training projects in more than 58 countries throughout Africa, Central and East Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Russia and the Newly Independent States, the Balkans and East Timor.
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