SECURING THE SPACE FOR POLITICAL TRANSITION: THE EVOLUTION OF CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS IN BURUNDI A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy Tufts University by ELIZABETH ANN MCCLINTOCK In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy DECEMBER 2015 Dissertation Committee EILEEN F. BABBITT, Co-Chair PETER UVIN, Co-Chair ANTONIA HANDLER CHAYES, Reader Securing the Space for Political Transition: The Evolution of Civil-Military Relations in Burundi Curriculum Vitae ELIZABETH ANN MCCLINTOCK Founder and Managing Partner, CMPartners EXPERIENCE SUMMARY Elizabeth McClintock is a Founder and Managing Partner with CMPartners, LLC. Ms. McClintock has over 20 years of experience developing curriculum, designing training, and implementing programs in negotiation, mediation, and communication skills, conflict management, and leadership development worldwide. Ms. McClintock’s work is focused in conflict and post-conflict environments, with both public and private sector organizations. In particular, Ms. McClintock has worked in Burundi for the past 17 years, supervised projects in Timor-Leste and Liberia, and managed a multi-year, multi- country capacity building program for the World Health Organization. Specific expertise includes: ! Leadership capacity building; ! Negotiation, mediation, communication, and conflict management training; ! Multi-stakeholder meeting design and facilitation ! Training-of-trainers programming and implementation; ! Conflict assessment and training-related diagnostics; ! Curriculum development for literate, semi-literate and illiterate adult audiences; & ! Program design and management. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE CMPartners, Cambridge, MA (July 2003-present). Program development, process advice, consulting, curriculum development and training in negotiation and communication skills, conflict management, and leadership capacity building. Recent work includes: ! Lead facilitator of a 6-month capacity building program for implementing partners responsible for managing the social reintegration of ex-combatants as part of Burundi’s World Bank funded DDR program conducted in partnership with the Burundi Leadership Training Program (2012; 2014); ! Country team leader and substantive expert for an evaluation of USAID CMM’s P2P reconciliation approach in Burundi, with Social Impact (2013); ! Co-facilitator and curriculum designer of training programs conducted at country, regional, and headquarters level for the World Health Organization (CMG & CMP: 1996-2015). ii Securing the Space for Political Transition: The Evolution of Civil-Military Relations in Burundi ! Lead program designer and facilitator for a series of collaborative capacity- building projects targeted at Liberian government officials and managed by WWICS (2006-2011). ! Co-facilitator and curriculum designer of a two-year USAID-funded training- of-teachers program to develop a conflict resolution course for Burundian high schools, in partnership with the Burundian Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education and the Burundi Leadership Training Program (BLTP). Curriculum included context-specific case studies and simulations. (2009-2010). ! Project Manager for the World Bank-funded “Leadership and Communication Capacity for National Renewal” program, Timor-Leste. Curriculum developed for this program was based on best practice generated from previously implemented programs in Burundi, Liberia, & Nepal. (2007-2009). ! Lead Facilitator and program designer, BLTP, including the design of a program to promote organizational learning within the Burundian National Defense Forces (2003-2008). Conflict Management Group (CMG), Cambridge, MA (2001-2003). Director of Programs. Responsible for managing all program staff, the development of new programs, the creation of teams for the design and delivery of CMG programs, and working with the Executive Director in the design and implementation of CMG's strategic plan. Designed, managed, and implemented program activities for CMG's work with the World Health Organization, the Central Africa Project, and the Israeli- Palestinian Negotiating Partners Program, in addition to other projects. Conflict Management Group (CMG), Cambridge, MA (1994-2001). Program Manager. Responsible for developing, coordinating, and implementing training and consulting programs in a wide range of project areas including intercultural negotiations, race relations, and preventive diplomacy. Projects included negotiation skills training for government officials in partnership with the World Health Organization and the Organization of African Unity; training in negotiation and joint problem-solving skills for marginalized youth in Rwanda and Burundian community organizations; served as a member of CMG's mediation team on a number of multi-party disputes. Peace Corps Morocco (1988-1992). Volunteer. ! Teacher, École Normale Supérieure, Rabat, Morocco (1991-92). Designed and implemented an English-language curriculum for science professors. ! Volunteer Leader, Rabat, Morocco (1990-91). Supervised forty volunteers in the education field and served as their liaison to the Peace Corps administration. Made site visits, classroom observations, and conducted annual performance reviews in collaboration with the volunteers’ Moroccan supervisors. ! Teacher, Institut de Technologie Appliquée (ITA), Khemisset, Morocco (1988- 1990). Designed and implemented an English-language curriculum for 250 students in a technological institute. Developed a prototype for a national curriculum for the ITA. ! Designed and implemented a youth basketball program for sixty participants. iii Securing the Space for Political Transition: The Evolution of Civil-Military Relations in Burundi UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE Adjunct Professor, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C. (2015). Co-teach the graduate level course, International Dispute Settlement Methods. Responsibilities include co-development of course syllabus, preparing and delivering lectures, assisting students with assignments and papers, student performance evaluation, and grading. Instructor, The Fletcher School, Tufts University, Medford, MA (2010). As a GIFT Fellow, co-taught a graduate level course, Conflict Resolution Theory. Responsibilities included co-development of course syllabus, preparing and delivering lectures, and assisting students with assignments and papers. Teaching Assistant, The Fletcher School, Tufts University, Medford, MA (2010). Assisted in the preparation of lectures, conducted negotiation exercises, co-facilitated section meetings and assisted in the grading of student performance and papers for a graduate level course, The Processes of International Negotiations. Teaching Assistant, Tufts University, Medford, MA (1993-94). Assisted in the preparation of lectures, conducted classes, administered and graded examinations for two upper level undergraduate courses in ancient Islamic history and the history of the modern Middle East. RECENT PUBLICATIONS • Fairman, D., Chigas, D., McClintock E., and Drager, N., (2012). Negotiating Public Health in a Globalized World: Global Health Diplomacy in Action, Springer Briefs in Public Health, Dordrecht: Springer. • McClintock, Elizabeth and Térence Nahimana. (2008). “Managing the Tension between Inclusionary and Exclusionary Processes: Building Peace in Burundi” in International Negotiation Vol 13 No 1. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers and Johns Hopkins University. • Chigas, Fairman, McClintock and Najam. (2007). “Negotiating Across Boundaries: Promoting Health in a Globalized World” in Trade and Health: Seeking Common Ground. Heymann, Drager and Blouin eds. Montreal: McGill- Queens University Press. • Sommers, Marc and Elizabeth McClintock. (2003). “On Hidden Ground” in Imagine Coexistence: Restoring Humanity After Violent Ethnic Conflict. Chayes, Antonia, and Minow, Martha, eds. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. iv Securing the Space for Political Transition: The Evolution of Civil-Military Relations in Burundi EDUCATION & HONORS Ph.D. Candidate - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 2016 (anticipated). Dissertation title: Securing the Space for Political Transition: The Evolution of Civil-Military Relations in Burundi Fields of study: International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution and Human Security. Grants and Fellowships: • Ph.D. Exchange Fellow at l’Institute d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po), Paris (2012-2013) • Dean’s Award Recipient, Summer Research Grant, The Fletcher School (2012) • Next Generation Research Grant Recipient, Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School (2012) • Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Methods Research, Syracuse University (June 2011). • Graduate Institute For Teaching Fellow (2010-2011). Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy – The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 1994. Masters Thesis: Prospects for Peace in the Sudan: The Creation of a National Identity. Fields of Study: International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution and Southwest Asian Studies. • Elected Class Speaker. Artium Baccalaureus (Government) – Dartmouth College, 1986. • Paleaopitus Senior Honor Society. LANGUAGES Speaking Reading French Advanced Proficiency Advanced Proficiency PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Executive Director and Chair, Board of Directors, The Bridgeway Group (Cambridge, MA): 2008-present Member, National Peace Corps Association: 1992-present Member, Alliance for Peacebuilding: 2010-present