Andrea Bartoli

Andrea Bartoli
Dean of the School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University; S-CAR Dean from 2009-2013

Ph.D., University of Milan
M.A.equivalent, University of Rome
laurea, University of Rome

Biography

Andrea Bartoli is Dean of the School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University.  He was the first Dean of the School for Conflcit Analysis and Resolution from 2009-2013, Director of the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution from 2009-2011, and Drucie French Cumbie Chair and Professor of Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University from 2007-2013. He works primarily on Peacemaking and Genocide Prevention. The Founding Director of Columbia University’s Center for International Conflict Resolution (CICR), a Senior Research Scholar at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), a Teaching Fellow at Georgetown University, and at the University of Siena, Dr. Bartoli has taught in the US since 1994. He chaired the Columbia University Seminar on Conflict Resolution. He is a member of the Dynamical Systems and Conflict Team, a Board member of Search for Common Ground and Peace Appeal Foundation.

He has been involved in many conflict resolution activities as a member of the Community of Sant'Egidio, and has published books and articles on violence, migrations and, conflict resolution. He was co-editor of Somalia, Rwanda and Beyond: The Role of International Media in Wars and International Crisis (1995), and more recently, Peacemaking: From Practice to Theory (2011).

Dr. Bartoli served as Associate Director, Italian Academy for Advanced



Awards and Honors
Genocide Prevention Program: Operationalization of Prevention at the National, Regional and International Levels
Grant Genocide Prevention Program: Operationalization of Prevention at the National, Regional and International Levels from Swiss government  
Genocide Prevention Program grant from Columbia University
Bartoli is the leader on the Engaging Governments on Genocide Prevention program, which was awarded a grant by Columbia University in January 2012
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In-depth field study of ongoing conflict situations, and design and delivery of intervention processes to manage or...
Introduces field of conflict analysis and resolution. Examines definitions of conflict and diverse views of its...
Covers conflict at macro level, introducing theories of international and global violence and conflict, drawing from...
Through this course students will utilize critical thinking and analytical skills to begin an in-depth examination of the major theories of...
Brief history of field, survey of key conflict resolution themes and theories, and intervention methods. Overview includes general factors of...
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December 20, 2013
When conflict has shattered a society in its foundation and the memory of individual and collective traumas is so deep that it cannot be eliminated by oblivion alone, the desire to explore new ways is great and very difficult. Sometimes the tension...
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August 01, 2013
The research team (called the Applied Practice and Theory – APT) at George Mason University’s School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, in collaboration with the Genocide Prevention Program (GPP), is pleased to dedicate its inaugural report, “...
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July 01, 2013
Rising tensions in Northeast Asia. Surveillance overflights triggering scrambled fighter jets. Trade boycotts and sometimes violent street protests. Dueling diplomatic demarches. Angry recriminations about history, colonialism, and national identity. An energized...
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April 30, 2013
Conflict is inherent in virtually every aspect of human relations, from sport to parliamentary democracy, from fashion in the arts to paradigmatic challenges in the sciences, and from economic activity to intimate relationships. Yet, it can become among the most...
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2012
Contemporary Africa is faced with the reality of numerous evolving states that have to grapple with the inevitability of conflict. On their own, the fledgling institutions in these states cannot cope with the huge demands unleashed by everyday conflict. It is...
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2012
Conflicts everywhere unleash complex dynamics emerging from the interaction of multiple actors. In Africa, conflicts have been a part of the state formation process as polities incorporated in a plurality of groups (especially ethnic and religious ones) express...
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March 26, 2012
Chapter 14 by Andrea Bartoli and Tetsushi Ogata, “Preventing geno­cide: Towards systematic engagement by states,” centers on the formation of an effective alliance of states committed to non-genocidal and anti-genocidal policies. The authors...
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December 10, 2011
Peacemaking is a human duty, individually bestowed on us by virtue of being human. NGOs provide one of the organizational frames through which we do peacemaking. NGOs have experimented with peacemaking in several ways and often become the cradle of innovative and...
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November 10, 2011
In a world where conflict is never ending, this thoughtful compilation fosters a new appreciation of the art of peacemaking as it is understood and practiced in a variety of contemporary settings.Whenever we seek to understand others, build healthy relationships,...
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October 28, 2011
Andrea Bartoli wrote an Introduction for a Genocide Prevention Publication to be issued by the Genocide Prevention Program at S-CAR for the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR). The Publication will serve as a guide for members of the...
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August 03, 2011
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July 06, 2011
This paper deals with the ways of visualizing the process of conflict escalation, settlement, and resolution. It starts with a discussion of mental models, i.e. small-scale subjective representations of reality that constitute a platform for action and...
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March 10, 2011
Religious leaders interfering in or affiliating with one or the other side in a politicalconflict is nothing new, rather an age-old tradition, at times taken for granted, at timesstrongly questioned and debated. Our time is experiencing a paradigm shift where...
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February 24, 2011
The Genocide Prevention Advisory Network (GPANet) Report 2010 is the first published work released by the advisory group. It is a product of the meeting of the group in Virginia with the hospices of ICAR and its Director, Andrea Bartoli, and with the collaboration...
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October 6, 2010
This PeaceBrief reviews the factors that continue to divide Ivorian communities and stall the peace process in Côte d'Ivoire and provides reflections of a meeting of Ivorian civil society and religious leaders in Washington, D.C. The announcement that 429,000...
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August 02, 2010
Genocide as an experience of human behavior throughout history is old, but our concern and understanding about it are relatively new. Humans have probably been committing genocide since the beginning of our species. Killing ‘en masse’ and committing...
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April 02, 2010
The Mozambique peace process is one of the most promising cases of an intervention strategy that transformed a protracted, intractable conflict into a resilient social system of sustainable peace. After 16 years of extremely violent civil war, a series of semi-...
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February 11, 2009
Mozambique is now at peace. But peace did not come easily to the country. It came in a long, violent, and destructive struggle. Mozambique gained its independence through a war against its colonial ruler, Portugal, which had taken administrative control of the...
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May 28, 2006
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2005
Religion has been used to justify, condone and motivate violence, but conflicts are human constructs and can be resolved without violence, as demonstrated by each religious tradition. There is always a moral option to take, and all religions offer solid...
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March 2005
Recent peace agreements have referred extensively to human rights norms and principles. While most human rights proponents consider this a positive trend, peace mediators sometimes feel that the reference to human rights constitutes an obstacle to successful...
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March 01, 2005
International regimes are an attempt to address creatively the dynamism of  the international system. As such, they are perceived by many authors as real but as yet, are not fully denned. The incongruence of the term when applied to national and international...
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December 19, 2008
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March 31, 1998
Western media often lump Islamist movements without differentiating between the multitude of groups which fall under this rubric. Images of violence and terror predominate, with little explanation of who is perpetrating these acts and why. Nevertheless, in parts...
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January 01, 1997
Sometimes books become classics, influencing an entire generation of scholars and thinkers. This is the case with Norberto Bobbio's Profile, arguably the most authoritative Italian book in the field of political hermeneutics, in which all major political movements...
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1995
Somalia, Rwanda and Beyond: The Role of the International Media in Wars and Humanitarian Crises
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1987
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March 02, 2009
In 1948, in the wake of the human atrocities committed by Nazi Germany, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the
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December 03, 2008
In 1948, in the wake of the human atrocities committed by Nazi Germany, the U.N. General Assembly adopted the
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February 01, 2008
The Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, along with the Columbia University's Center for International
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October 01, 2007
ICAR has a long tradition. It might not seem so to so many here but for the relatively new field of conflict resolution
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September 10, 2007
This fall George Mason University has continued to raise the bar by bringing a new class of faculty members to campus
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Due to unforseen circumstances, this event will be postponed until a later date. The S-CAR Dean and the Center for Peacemaking Practice cordially invite you to the second monthlyDialogue with the Dean potluck. We hope you will join us for a discussion of Dr. Bartoli's journey from practice to
March 20, 2013
A wide ranging and penetrating discussion of the Insight approach and the state of the field of conflict analysis and resolution by the Dean of one its leading institutions, the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University.Andrea Bartoli, Dean of the School of Conflict
March 14, 2013
 The S-CAR Dean, and Student Association, Cordially invite you to the first monthly Dialogue with the Dean potluck on February 13th
February 13, 2013
The S-CAR Dean, Student Association, in collaboration with the Africa Working Group,Cordially invite you to the Pot-Luck Holiday Party 2012Please join us for an evening of cheers, food, and merriment featuring special presentations from the Africa Working Group including dancing and delicacies from
December 12, 2012
  Please join the new Center for the Study of Gender and Conflict and the Genocide Prevention Program at S-CAR for a moderated conversation surrounding the intersection of gender and genocide. 
November 28, 2012
George Mason University School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (S-CAR) is pleased to invite you to the launch of its new Monograph Series: John N. Paden, Postelection Conflict Management in Nigeria: The Challenges of National Unity Wednesday, October 17, 2012
October 17, 2012
Please join the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution for our Annual Welcome DinnerWelcome new students, say hello to familiar faces, gather with the S-CAR community to celebrate the opening of a new academic year! Cash Bar opens at 5:00pm, Dinner will begin at 6:30pm.
September 08, 2012
Orientation Day 2: Faculty Mentoring Session.Thursday, August 23, 2012, 6pm-9pm, Founders Hall Room 126- This is a required event for all incoming MS/PhD students.Beverages and light appetizers will be served.  
August 23, 2012
S-CAR 2012/13 MS and PhD Orientation will be on Saturday August 18th 2012 from 10:00AM - 4:00PM.Location: Arlington Campus, Founders Hall Room 126All incoming MS/PhD students are required to attend.Lunch will be provided.
August 18, 2012
As you may know by now President Ángel Cabrera took office on July 1st 2012. He will be visiting S-CAR for the first time on Monday August 6th 2012 from 3:00 – 4:00PM on the 7th floor open space in the Truland Building 3330 N. Washington Blvd in the Arlington Campus.It will be an S-CAR only
August 06, 2012
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George Mason University's School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution has been collaborating with the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region to help create sustainable and institutional mechanisms for the prevention of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. The combined
July 12, 2011
On Friday 17 June 2011, the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict and the Centre for International Studies, Oxford, jointly convened an event to analyze R2P's preventive agenda and ouline steps that could be taken to enhance the
June 17, 2011
Peacemakers: How to End an African Civil War without Firing a GunProfessor Andrea Bartoli will speak about international conflict resolution in light of the experience of an international NGO, the Community of Sant'Egidio, in combining direct service to the disadvantaged in rich and poor countries
October 19, 2009
Andrea Bartoli, Drucie French Cumbie Chair at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and ResolutionSixty years after the signing of the International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, we are still struggling to understand genocidal trends and to respond to threats
December 08, 2008
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