Barbara Harff is professor of political science at the U.S. Naval Academy and the Strassler Distinguished Visiting Professor at Clark University's centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Her writings on the international and comparative dimensions of massive human rights violations explore the connections between ethnic conflict and genocide, and analyze international responsibilities for restraining violence within states. Barbara Harff has ... Read morebeen a senior consultant to the U.S. government's State Failure Task Force. Ted Robert Gurr is distinguished professor at University of Maryland. He is an internationally known authority on the causes and management of political violence and ethnic conflict. He has been a senior consultant to the U.S. government's State Failure Task Force. Show Less