Mailing address
One Brattle Square 508
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
79 John F. Kennedy Street, Mailbox 134
Cambridge, MA, 02138
Sarah Kreps
Research Fellow, International Security Program
Contact:
Telephone: 703-403-6550
Fax: 617-496-0606
Email: sarah_kreps@ksg.harvard.edu
Experience
Sarah Kreps is a research fellow at the Belfer Center's International Security Program and a senior fellow at Georgetown University's Institute for International Law and Politics. She was a pre-doctoral fellow in the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia from 2006–2007, has been an adjunct professor of political science at George Washington University from 2005–2007, and is currently a term member on the Council on Foreign Relations. Dr. Kreps studies U.S. military interventions; in particular, she evaluates the variations between unilateral and multilateral approaches to interventions and the sources and tradeoffs of these cooperation strategies. She provides a structural account of cooperation behavior but also considers the effect of domestic politics, international norms of war, and regional power dynamics on choices between unilateral and multilateral military interventions.
Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in the Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law, the Journal of Strategic Studies, Security Studies, Political Science Quarterly, Parameters, The International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, The Washington Post, and The Christian Science Monitor.
Kreps received a Ph.D. from Georgetown University, an M.Sc. from Oxford University, and a B.A. from Harvard University. She served as an active duty officer in the United States Air Force from 1999–2003 and has been a reservist since 2003.
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March 6, 2008
"Chávez Rattles His Saber"
Op-Ed, International Herald Tribune
By Gustavo Flores-Macías and Sarah Kreps, Research Fellow, International Security Program
"So far, the United States has refrained from responding to Chávez's antagonistic rhetoric. But the U.S. should be prepared for a more active approach if events escalate. The region might object to a direct U.S. military intervention, but Washington might consider quietly stepping up the supply of aid, training and equipment to Colombia."
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December 1, 2007
"The United Nations–African Union Mission in Darfur: Implications and Prospects for Success"
Journal Article, African Security Review, issue 4, volume 16
By Sarah Kreps, Research Fellow, International Security Program
With the security situation in Darfur remaining grim, the international community passed United Nations Security Resolution 1769 that authorised a more robust peacekeeping force. This article addresses the security concerns motivating the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), highlights the mandate and implications of the force, and compares the potential command and control issues to the experiences of the Somalia intervention in the 1990s. It closes by analysing the prospects for success of the intervention and offering some limited recommendations on ways to mitigate the risks associated with the peacekeeping effort.
