Monica Toft

Associate Professor of Public Policy
Kennedy School
Office Address
Littauer-376B
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 53
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-495-3966
Fax: 617-496-2254
Email: monica_toft@ksg.harvard.edu
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Monica Duffy Toft is an Associate Professor of Public Policy. She was a research intern at the RAND Corporation and served in the U.S. Army in southern Germany as a Russian voice interceptor. Her research interests include international relations, nationalism and ethnic conflict, civil and interstate wars, the relationship between demography and national security, and military and strategic planning. She is the author of two book manuscripts, a monograph, The Geography of Ethnic Violence: Identity, Interests, and Territory, and an edited volume, The Fog of Peace: Strategic and Military Planning Under Uncertainty. She is completing a third book on civil war termination. She holds a PhD and MA from the University of Chicago and a BA in political science and Slavic languages and literatures from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

 

Courses

Not Offered

  • ISP-409 Civil Wars: Theory and Policy

Spring

  • ISP-342 Religion in Global Politics

Year

  • STP-150Y Seminar in Science, Technology, and Public Policy
  • ENR-150Y Seminar: Energy and Environmental Policy
  • ISP-150Y Seminar: International Security and Political Economy

Media Expertise

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Research

Research for a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Academic Journals
    • Toft, Monica Duffy. "Population Shifts and Civil War: A Test of Power Transition Theory." International Interactions 33.3 (July-September 2007): 243-269.
    • Toft, Monica Duffy. "Getting Religion? The Puzzling Case of Islam and Civil War." International Security 31.4 (Spring 2007): 97.
    • Toft, Monica Duffy. "The Myth of the Borderless World: Refugees and Repatriation Policy." Conflict Management and Peace Science 24.2 (2007): 139-157.
  • Book Chapters
    • Toft, Monica Duffy. "Ajaria." The World Book Encyclopedia 2007 Edition. Ed. World Book Editors. World Book, Inc., 2006.
    • Toft, Monica Duffy. "Ossetia." The World Book Encyclopedia 2007 Edition. Ed. World Book Editors. World Book, Inc., 2006.
  • Op-Eds
    • Toft, Monica Duffy. "Why Islam Lies at the Heart of Iraq's Civil War." Christian Science Monitor, June 2, 2008.
  • Research Papers/Reports
    • Toft, Monica Duffy. “Religion, Demography and War." Paper presented at the Religion and Violence Symposium, Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri, October 2007.
    • Toft, Monica Duffy, with Timothy Shah. “God and Global Politics." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, 2007.
    • Toft, Monica Duffy. "Demographic Shifts and Security Policy: The Case of Israel." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, 2007.