Experts

The work of the Dayton Project would not be possible without the experience, expertise, and insight of the individuals listed below. We are grateful to them for their invaluable contributions to our common efforts.

Donald S. Hays
US Institute of Peace
Ambassador Donald S. Hays served as Principle Deputy High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina from July 2001 to March 2005. Between 1999 and 2001 he was the US Representative to the United Nations for UN Management and Reform, with ambassadorial rank. Previously he had served in the State Department as the Director of the Office of Management Policy and Planning and as the Executive Director of the European Affairs Bureau. He has also been posted to US embassies in Bonn, Islamabad, Dakar, Freetown (Sierra Leone), and Saigon. Ambassador Hays graduated in Political Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Paul R. Williams
Public International Law & Policy Group
Paul Williams is a member of the executive board of The Dayton Peace Accords Project and the executive director of the Public International Law & Policy Group (PILPG). PILPG provides pro-bono legal assistance to developing states and states in transition. Dr. Williams holds a joint appointment as an assistant professor of Law and International Relations in the American University School of International Service and Washington College of Law. Dr. Williams has served as a senior associate with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he directed the Public International Law and Policy Program. During the course of his legal practice, Dr. Williams has served on the Bosnian delegation to the Dayton Peace Negotiations, advised the president of Estonia on territorial negotiations with Russia, advised the government of Kosovo on peace negotiations, advised the president of Macedonia on matters relating to state sovereignty and its various disputes with Greece, advised the president of Bosnia on the implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords, and established a program to provide legal assistance to the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda. Dr. Williams has authored Treatment of Detainees (Henry Dunant Institute) and is currently writing a book entitled Modern Law and Policy of State Succession. In addition, he has authored a number of articles that have appeared in law reviews such as the International and Comparative Law Quarterly, the Denver Journal of International Law and Policy, and The Georgetown International Environmental Law Review.

Bosnia-Herzegovina Study Group

Janusz Bugajski
New European Democracies Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Ambassador (ret.) Robert M. Beecroft
L-3 Communications Services Group

Nida Gelaziz
East European Studies, The Woodrow Wilson Center

Ambassador (ret.) Donald Hays
Business Executives for National Security

R. Bruce Hitchner
Tufts University (Balkan Study Group Chair)

Edward P. Joseph
Johns Hopkins, SAIS

Ambassador Jacques Paul Klein
US Department of State

W.G. (Gerry) Robinson Q.C.
Fellow, Center for the Study of Democracy, Queen's University (Canada)

Jane M.O. Sharp
Kings College, London

Toby Vogel
Writer and journalist on Balkan affairs

Paul Williams
Public International Law and Policy Group