Raphael Pouye
Academic Year:
2003-04
Direction:
To Yale
Exchange Partners:
Sciences Po
Research Interest:
State Building And the Inention of Nationhood In Kosovo And East Timor During the Years of Resistance (Mid-1970S To 2002)
With a focus on Kosovo and East Timor, Mr. Pouy will research the recently prevalent phenomena of semi-sovereign territories whose nation-building experiences do not fit the existing research on state formation and nationalism. The experiences of "self-made" states of Kosovo and East Timor demonstrate the simultaneous role played by domestic state formation mechanisms and external lobbying for international intervention. Mr. Pouy believes that these patterns are likely to be observed elsewhere and that their study can yield important practical teachings for the future of multilateral intervention.