Page Fortna (Ph.D. Harvard University 1998) is a member of the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies at Columbia University.  Her research focuses on war termination and the durability of peace in the aftermath of both civil and interstate wars. She is the author of two books: Does Peacekeeping Work? Shaping Belligerents’ Choices after Civil War (Princeton University Press, 2008), and Peace Time: Cease-Fire Agreements and the Durability of Peace (Princeton University Press, 2004), as well as articles in World Politics, International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, International Studies Review, and the Annual Review of Political Science.  She is currently working on projects on long-term historical trends in war termination; democratization after civil war; and the effects of terrorism on civil war duration, outcome, and post-war stability.  

She has been a Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University (2004-2005) and a Visiting Fellow at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge, MA (2002-2003).  Before coming to Columbia, Professor Fortna was a pre-doctoral and then a post-doctoral fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University.  Before graduate school, she worked at the Henry L. Stimson Center, a think tank in Washington DC.  She is a graduate of Wesleyan University.

Professor Fortna teaches classes on international politics, war termination, cooperation and security, and research methods.

Research Interests: international security, peacekeeping, war termination and the durability of peace in interstate and civil wars, terrorism, post-war democratization

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