Indra de Soysa is Senior Research Fellow, Department of Political and Cultural Change, Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn. He has recently published articles in Journal of Conflict Resolution, American Sociological Review, and Journal of Peace Research. His research topics are the causes of civil violence, the economic and social effects of globalization, and the political economy of governance. He has a book forthcoming entitled Foreign Direct Investment, Democracy, & Development: The Contours, Correlates, and Concomitants of Globalization.