Ricardo Rene Laremont is the Associate Director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies and has joint faculty appointments in the Sociology, Political Science, & Africana Studies Departments at the State University of New York at Binghamton. His work focuses on the comparative politics of Africa, Latin America, and Europe. His publications include Islam and the Politics of Resistance in Algeria, 1783-1992, The Causes of War and the Consequences of Peacekeeping in Africa, and a forthcoming book, Borders, Battles, and Blood: Colonial Boundaries, Warfare, and the New Nationalisms in Africa.