Andrew Blum
Program Officer, Grant Program
Africa | Central Asia/Caucasus | Turkey | Conflict Management | Education |
Ethnic Conflict | Training and Continuing Education Simulations
Phone: (202) 429-3887
E-mail: ablum@usip.org
Andrew Blum joined USIP in September 2008 as a program officer for the Grant Program.
For the previous five years, he was assistant director of the University of Maryland’s Center for
International Development and Conflict Management, where he was the director of the ICONS Project
and oversaw the undergraduate minor in that field. Prior to that, he served as academic director
for the Institute for International Mediation and Conflict Resolution and field representative for
the Carter Center in Georgetown, Guyana.
He is a graduate of the University of Virginia and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Southern
California, School of International Relations.
Publications:
- "The Impact of Fragile Environments on NGO Networks in West Africa,? co-author Report
prepared for USAID (July, 2007).
- "Track II Interventions and the Kurdish Question in
Turkey: An Analysis Using a Theories of Change Approach,? co-author International Journal of
Peace Studies (Vol 12, No. 2, 2007).
- "Future Uncertain: Using Scenarios to Understand
Turkey?s Geopolitical Environment and its Impact on the Kurdish Question.? co-author
Ethnopolitics (Vol. 6, 2007).
- "The Futures of Conflict: Exploring the Use of
Comparative Scenarios in Track II Peacebuilding,? International Studies Perspective (Vol. 6,
2005).