Affiliated Researcher of IPRIS.

Areas of Expertise
Civil wars and violence, identity politics, genocide, resource politics, violent crime, climate change and migration, Southern Africa, Timor-Leste.

Education
B.A. in Political Science, Yale University (United States). Ongoing M.Soc.Sc. in Sociology, University of Cape Town (South Africa).

Work in Progress
"Foreshadowing Future Slaughter: The Indonesian Killings of 1965-1966 and Genocide in East Timor".

"RENAMO: The Growth and Evolution of a Reactionary Insurgency in Rural Mozambique".

"Revolutionary Restraint?: Armed Group Ideology and Violence against Civilians in Mozambique and Angola".

Recent and Forthcoming Publications
Kai Thaler, "Mozambique and an African solution to the Zimbabwe stalemate" (IPRIS Viewpoints, No. 14, May 2010).

Kai Thaler, "Using BRIC to build at sea: The Brazil-China aircraft carrier agreement and shifting naval power" (IPRIS Viewpoints, No. 9, January 2010).

Kai Thaler, "Avoiding the Abyss: Finding a Way Forward in Guinea-Bissau" (PJIA, Vol. 1, No. 2, Autumn/Winter 2009): 3-14.

Kai Thaler, "Gaining Gratitude (and Ground) in Latin America: The Foreign Policy Effects of Brazil's Honduran Houseguest" (IPRIS Viewpoints, No. 7, November 2009).

Kai Thaler, "Mozambique's Chissano: Seeking a solution in Madagascar" (IPRIS Viewpoints, No. 4, September 2009).

Op-Eds
Kai Thaler, "The recurring dilemma in Timor Leste: Tribunals or trade?" (IPRIS Lusophone Countries Bulletin, No. 5, March 2010): 6-7.

Kai Thaler, "Can political inclusion lead to reform implementation in Guinea-Bissau?" (IPRIS Lusophone Countries Bulletin, No. 4, February 2010): 2-3.

Kai Thaler, "Mozambique: Dhlakama's despair is nation's gain" (IPRIS Lusophone Countries Bulletin, No. 3, January 2010): 4-5.

kai.thaler@gmail.com