Journal of Peace Research Book Review of 'Diasporas in Conflict: Peace Makers or Peace Wreckers' by H. Smith and P. Stares

[Review: Smith, Hazel & Paul Stares, eds, 2007. Diasporas in Conflict: Peace Makers or Peace Wreckers.] Contemporary international conflicts are increasingly becoming unrestricted, involving non-state actors such as refugees and other diaspora groups. Thus, it would no longer be enough to try to understand global violent conflict dynamics without incorporating the migrant community. Edited by Hazel Smith, a professor of International Relations at the University of Warwick, UK, and Paul Stares, director of the Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention at the United States Institute of Peace, Diasporas in Conflict: Peace Makers or Peace Wreckers examines the political mobilization of diasporas and their roles in their homeland peace and conflict.