Guide to Specialists

John Prendergast
Executive Fellow (April 1998-August 1998)

ARCHIVED SPECIALIST PROFILE

Project Focus
Managing Conflict in the Horn of Africa

Background
John Prendergast is a director of African affairs at the National Security Council under an Institute executive fellowship. His portfolio includes the Horn, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean islands. For eight years, Prendergast directed the Horn of Africa project at the Center of Concern and has been a visiting fellow at the University of Maryland's Center for International Development and Conflict Management. He has worked with a variety of relief and development NGOs, UN and government agencies, and human rights organizations in Africa, Europe and the U.S. Prendergast has authored numerous articles in magazines, newspapers and journals. He has also authored or co-athored several books, including Crisis Response: Humanitarian Band-Aids in Sudan and Somalia, Preventing Violent Conflict: A Guide for Practitioners, and Front Line Diplomacy: Humanitarian Aid and Conflict in Africa. Prendergast received his M.A. in international development from American University.

Available on usip.org

• The Peace Processes for Darfur and Northern Uganda
  Event, May 2006 (Audio)
• Defusing Tension on the Ethiopia-Eritrea Border
  Event, May 2006 (Audio)
• Emergent Insecurity in Eastern Sudan
  USIPeace Briefing, December 2005
• War or Peace in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  Event, October 2003 (Audio)
• Zimbabwe, the Mugabe Government, and the Politics of Torture
  Event, June 2002 (Summary, Audio & Video)
• U.S. Leadership in Resolving African Conflict: The Case of Ethiopia-Eritrea
  Special Report, September 2001
• Angola's Deadly War: Dealing with Savimbi's Hell on Earth
  Special Report, October 1999
• Post-Genocidal Reconstruction: Building Peace in Rwanda and Burundi
  Special Report, September 1999
• Putting Humpty Dumpty Together: Reconstructing Peace in the Congo
  Special Report, August 1999
• Building for Peace in the Horn of Africa: Diplomacy and Beyond
  Special Report, June 1999
• Early Warning and Conflict Prevention in Africa
  Peace Watch, June 1998
• Religion, Nationalism, and Peace in Sudan
  Conference Transcript, September 1997
• Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies
  USIP Press Books, December 1997 (Contributor)
• NGOs and the Peace Process in Angola
  Special Report, April 1996