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Kimairis Toogood Luehrs

Kimairis Toogood Luehrs
Doctoral Candidate, GMU ICAR

Ph.D, Candidate, George Mason University
Masters of Arts, International Conflict Analysis, Kings College London
Bachelors of Arts, Political Science and English, Clemson University

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Kimairis Toogood-Luehrs is a Conflict Prevention Specialist with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Osh, Kyrgyzstan. She is a doctoral candidate at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR) at George Mason University.

Kim is a University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne Research Fellow 2010-2011, and was a National Security Education Program (NSEP) David L. Boren Fellow in Tajikistan studying civil society in competitive authoritarian regimes. She is also a former Katherine Davis Russian Language Fellow 2009 and a Hunt Inclusive Security Fellow 2009. Kim worked with a local NGO, Eurasia Foundation of Central Asia (EFCA), as a pro-bono consultant in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, working on designing, monitoring and evaluating current projects focusing on capacity building of local NGOs. She supported the 2010 USAID Conflict Assessment team in Tajikistan by conducting intensive interviews with all sectors of society to identify potential conflict indicators. In 2008, Kim worked with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Dushanbe while conducting research on human trafficking in Tajikistan.

Kim has made presentations at the 2010 OSCE/NATO Peace Conference in Tajikistan, 2010 USAID ICAF Summit in Tajikistan, and 2008 EM



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Hunt Fellowship 2009
Kimairis (Kim) Toogood is the 2009 recipient of the Hunt Fellowship and a 2009 Kathryn Davis Peace Fellow.
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Covers conflict at macro level, introducing theories of international and global violence and conflict, drawing from...
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China currently has one of the fastest-growing foreign aid programs in the world and is considered to be one of the top donor countries in the foreseeable future. To date, Sino-African relations have focused on economic recovery and assistance. The African...
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Sexual violence is a characteristic of the ongoing insurgency in northeast Nigeria, during which hundreds of women and girls have been raped by fighters belonging to Jama’atul ahl al-sunnah li da’awati wal jihad (JAS), known globally as...
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This dissertation titled 'Brokering "peace" in competitive authoritarian Central Asian Regimes: understanding peace building functions of informal and formal civil society in the Republic of Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic' was designed to...
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In early October, twenty-one girls and young women kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria were reunited with their families
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February 16, 2016
Press Release, International Alert: Girls and women kidnapped by Nigeria's insurgent group, Jamāʻat Ahl as-Sunnah
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February 16, 2016
The Nigerian ‘girls’, who were kidnapped and raped by Boko Haram face mistrust and hostility by their
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When it comes to the conflict in Ukraine, the Republic of Georgia must feel like history is close to repeating itself.
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November 26, 2013
The Republic of Turkmenistan has turned a new corner. It is a country that has spent the last few years shedding its
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October 23 2013
Why You Should Care About Tajikistan's ElectionOn November 6, 2013, the post-Soviet republic of Tajikistan is slated
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As a doctoral student at George Mason University’s Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR),
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October 14, 2008
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Brokering "peace" in competitive authoritarian Central Asian Regimes: understanding peace building functions of informal and formal civil society in the Republic of Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic' Tuesday, July 29th11:00am - 1:00pmMetropolitan Building Room 5145  
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