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In 1999‚2000, Jarat Chopra took a leave of absence from the Watson Institute to be head of District Administration for the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). In this position, he helped to establish a local, civil governance system in the newly independent nation. This system is based on a model Dr. Chopra has been developing for many years, which redirects the authority of a transitional government from the headquarters in a central location to a district system at the local level. Since his return to Rhode Island in March 2000, he has begun a book project on his experiences in East Timor with the UN mission. Dr. Chopra is the author of The Politics of Peace-Maintenance (Lynne Rienner, 1998), Peace-Maintenance: The Evolution of International Political Authority, (Routledge), Advances in International Relations and Politics 4 (Routledge, 1999), and Fighting for Hope in Somalia and National Self-Determination of the Western Saharan (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, 1995 and 1994 respectively). He received his LL.M. and doctorate from the University of Cambridge in international studies.

"Sovereignty is No Longer Sacrosanct: Codifying Humanitarian Intervention," by Jarat Chopra and Thomas G. Weiss. 1992.

United Nations Authority in Cambodia, Occasional Paper #15, by Jarat Chopra. 1994.

United Nations and Civil Wars, edited by Thomas G. Weiss. 1995.