Steven A. Zyck is the Founder and Co-Editor of Stability: International Journal of Security & Development and an Associate of the Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit (PRDU) at the University of York, UK. Steve guest lectures at numerous universities on post-conflict stabilisation, security sector reform, former combatant reintegration, economic growth, civil-military relations, conflict analysis, research methods and monitoring and evaluation.His research focuses on these same issues, with a geographic focus on the Middle East and South and Central Asia.
In addition to research and teaching, Steve has worked for a range of international organisations and NGOs, including ACTED and IOM. He also regularly consults for a range of organisations, including UNDP, UNICEF, WFP, IOM, DFID, the World Bank, Islamic Relief, the Norwegian Refugee Council, the Institute of International Education, the Kuwait Foundation, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, NATO and many others. He has worked with these organisations in Yemen, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Sudan, Kenya, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Sudan, Kenya, Bosnia-Herzegovina and elsewhere. Some such assignments were completed through International Development Innovations, a boutique development consulting firm of which Steve is the Director.
Steve holds an MA in Post-war Recovery Studies from the University of York, which he earned while a Fulbright Scholar in the United Kingdom, as well as a BA from Dartmouth College.
Selected Publications
“Preventive Diplomacy and Conflict Prevention: Obstacles and Opportunities”, Stability: International Journal of Security & Development, 1:1 (November 2012), with R. Muggah.
“Karzai's Curse: Legitimacy as Stability in Afghanistan and Other Post-Conflict Environments”, Policy Studies, 33:5 (September 2012), with S. Barakat and M. Evans.
“How to Lose Friends and Finance Your Enemies: The Economisation of Conflict Termination in Afghanistan”, Conflict, Security & Development, 12:3 (June 2012).
“Explaining SSR’s Dearth of Success Stories”, Conflict, Security & Development, 11:4 (December 2011).
““But I'm A Man": Child Soldier Reintegration in Afghanistan”. In A. Ozerdem and S. Podder, eds, Child Soldiers: From Recruitment to Reintegration (London: Palgrave, 2011).
“The Role of the Arab Gulf in Addressing Situations of Conflict and Fragility: Strengthening Donor Engagement in the Middle East”. In D. Held and K. Coates-Ulrichsen, eds., The Transformation of the Gulf: Politics, Economics and Global Order (London: Routledge, Jan. 2011), with Sultan Barakat.
Development Assistance to the MENA Region’s Zones of Conflict & Fragility:A Background Paper to the World Bank’s 2011 Flagship Study on Conflict and Fragility in the MENA Region (Washington, DC: World Bank, Jan. 2011), pp. 78.
Gulf State Assistance to Conflict-Affected Environments (London: Center for the Study of Global Governance at the London School of Economics, July 2010), pp. 72.
“’A Tradition of Forgetting’: Stabilization and Humanitarian Action in Historical Perspective”. Disasters 34:S3 (Oct. 2010), pp. 23.
“Afghanistan’s Insurgency and the Viability of a Negotiated Political Settlement”. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 33:3 (Feb. 2010), pp. 18.
“The State Building Implications of Post-Conflict Demilitarization: Military Downsizing in Bosnia and Herzegovina”. Contemporary Security Policy 30:3 (Dec. 2009), pp. 25.
“The Evolution of Post-war Recovery”. Third World Quarterly 30:6 (Sept. 2009), pp. 18, with S. Barakat.
“Former Combatant Reintegration and Fragmentation in Afghanistan”. Conflict, Security & Development 9:1 (April 2009), pp. 21.
“Post-Conflict Legitimacy: An Alternative Paradigm for Reconstruction and Stabilization”. A paper for UNDP and the Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction. Katmandu, Nepal (May 2009), pp. 28.
The Reconstruction of Gaza: A Guidance Note for Palestinian and International Stakeholders (York: Post-war Reconstruction & Development Unit, Jan. 2009), pp. 38.
Housing Compensation & Emergency Preparedness in the Aftermath of the July War (2006) in Southern Lebanon (Beirut: Norwegian Refugee Council, Dec. 2008), pp. 117.
