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Jeremy Weinstein


Non-Resident Fellow
jweinstein@cgdev.org

Expertise

Causes and consequences of civil conflict; Security and economic development; U.S. foreign policy


Initiatives

Commission on Weak States and US National Security, Engaging Fragile States

Research Topics

Governance/Democracy, Security and Development

Education

Ph.D. (2003), Harvard University, Political Economy and Government B.A. (1997), Swarthmore College


Background

After completing a one year post-doctoral fellowship at CGD, in September 2004 Jeremy left Washington to start his new life as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Stanford University. Jeremy was the Project Director of the CGD-sponsored Commission on Weak States and U.S. National Security and the primary author of the Commission's final report, On the Brink: Weak States and U.S. National Security. Jeremy will remain affiliated as a Non-Resident Fellow of the Center. He has just completed work on his first book, Inside Rebellion: The Political Economy of Rebel Organization.