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Patricia Taft
FfP Staff: Patricia Taft
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Patricia TaftSenior Associate
Patricia L. Taft is a Senior Associate in the Peace and Stability Operations and Foreign Policy programs at the Fund for Peace.Since joining the Fund in 2003, she has co-led field missions to more than thirty countries in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe conducting research on the political will and military capacities of regional organizations to respond to humanitarian emergencies.Currently, Ms. Taft directs the Threat Convergence project and is an analyst for the Fund's annual Failed States Index, published in partnership with Foreign Policy Magazine.She also leads several projects aimed at developing metrics to measure stabilization and reconstruction efforts in weak and failing states.Prior to joining the Fund, she worked for the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) on projects examining the role of stability police in peacekeeping operations, the rule of law and transitional justice in post-conflict societies, and the rise of the Al Qaeda network.She was also a Senior Associate with the Public International Law and Policy Group (PILPG) where she was the lead US-based coordinator of a legal team to the Somalia peace talks.Ms. Taft has advised clients in the Balkans, the Caucasus, Asia and Africa on security sector reform and transitional justice.She earned her BA in History with distinction from Temple University and was a Dean's Fellow at American University where she earned an MA in International Relations.She has also lived and worked as a consultant in Central and Southeastern Europe.She has published editorials and journal articles on the topics of international law, humanitarian intervention, regional cooperation and civil society empowerment.Ms. Taft currently co-teaches a course on diagnosing state failure at American University's School of International Service and serves on the Special Advisory Council for PILPG, which was nominated for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize for its worldwide pro bono legal work.