Jake Sherman

Jake Sherman is the Project Coordinator for Center on International Cooperation's "Building International Capacity for Security Sector Reform project. He also contributes to state-building and conflict prevention work at CIC. From 2005 - 2007, Mr. Sherman was a consultant on peacebuilding issues in Cambodia for Oxfam GB, the American Friends Service Committee, and the Alliance for Conflict Transformation, a local NGO. Previously, he has worked for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan and the International Peace Academy. He is co-editor, with Karen Ballentine, of The Political Economy of Armed Conflict: Beyond Greed and Grievance: (2003, Lynne Rienner), as well as several articles and book chapters on Afghanistan and on controlling the economic dimensions of armed conflict. Mr. Sherman holds a Masters in International Affairs from the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University."