Andrew G. Reiter

I am a Professor of Politics and International Relations at Mount Holyoke College. My scholarship focuses on political violence, civil-military relations, conflict resolution, and peacebuilding, and I have published widely on these topics. My most recent book (with Brett Kyle), “Military Courts, Civil-Military Relations, and the Legal Battle for Democracy: The Politics of Military Justice", shows how and why governments use military courts to prosecute civilians and shield members of the military from accountability for human rights violations. It also demonstrates how human rights activists, judges and politicians are able to successfully reform such systems. In my previous book, “Fighting Over Peace: Spoilers, Peace Agreements, and the Strategic Use of Violence", I explain why some civil war peace agreements are implemented rather peacefully while others come under attack from a variety of violent actors. Furthermore, I show how these attempts at “spoiling” peace can be effectively thwarted.

I also helped develop the first global dataset of transitional justice mechanisms available for scholars and policymakers. The project culminated in a prominently cited, co-authored book, “Transitional Justice in Balance: Comparing Processes, Weighing Efficacy”. Among many other publications, I wrote two chapters in a widely adopted transitional justice textbook, "An Introduction to Transitional Justice," and contributed a number of entries to the "Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice."