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International Affairs Fellow, 2007-2008
Alexander D. Mundt is a programme officer with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the northern region of Afghanistan. Previous assignments for UNHCR have included work in Sierra Leone, Darfur, and South Sudan, where he focused on developing reintegration projects and protection initiatives for refugees and internally-displaced persons. Prior to joining UNHCR, he worked for the International Rescue Committee in Burundi and Macedonia and as a project officer for the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights in Washington. Mr. Mundt received his BA in history from George Washington University and an MA in international relations from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 1995, he conducted independent research at the Makerere Institute of Social Research in Uganda and has co-authored several articles on local governance and conflict management in Africa. Mr. Mundt will begin his fellowship in the summer of 2008.
Related Links:
"A Development Surge Might Work" (The Des Moines Register; July 26, 2009)
"The Failure to Protect: Battle-Affected IDPs in Southern Afghanistan" (The Brookings Institution-University of Bern Project on Internal Displacement; June 22, 2009)
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Return of Internally Displaced Persons to Northern Afghanistan (The Brookings Institution-University of Bern Project on Internal Displacement; June 1, 2009)
"When to Indict? International Criminal Indictments, Peace Processes, & Humanitarian Action" (The Brookings Institution-University of Bern Project on Internal Displacement; April 2009)
"Durable Solutions for IDPs in Protracted Situations: Three Case Studies" (The Brookings Institution-University of Bern Project on Internal Displacement; October 2008)
Alexander Mundt on Politico.com's "The Arena"
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