Review
"A sharp-eyed and hard-nosed account of what is needed not just to talk the 'responsibility to protect' talk but to translate it into effective operational action." -the Honorable Gareth Evans, President and CEO, International Crisis Group, Co-Chair, International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty --Back Cover
About the Author
Victoria K. Holt is a Senior Associate at the Henry L. Stimson Center, where she co-directs the Future of Peace Operations program. She has written on a range of issues, including the protection of civilians, UN peacekeeping and reforms, US policies, regional capacities in Africa for peace operations, and tools for international rule of law. Victoria Holt joined the Center in 2001, bringing policy and political expertise from her professional experience within the State Department, Congress, and the NGO field. She served as Senior Policy Advisor at the State Department (Legislative Affairs), focusing on peacekeeping and UN issues. Earlier she directed a bipartisan coalition of leading statesment and non-governmental organizations on US policy toward the United Nations, and worked on Capitol Hill as a senior Congressional staffer for seven years, focusing on defense and foreign policy issues. She has held positions with other Washington-based policy institutes on international affairs. A graduate of the Naval War College, Holt also holds a BA with honors from Wesleyan University. Holt is a board member of Women in International Security (WIIS). Tobias C. Berkman is a Zuckerman Fellow and joint degree candidate in law and public policy at Harvard Law School and the Kennedy School of Government. He is focusing his studies on international human rights, conflict resolution, public international law, and post-conflict rule of law. Toby Berkman was a Research Associate and Herbert Scoville, Jr. Peace Fellow in the Future of Peace Operations program at the Henry L. Stimson Center from January 2004 to June 2006. His experiences abroad include teaching in Casablanca, Morocco, and working for coexistence among Palestinians and Israelis at Seeds of Peace in Jerusalem.
