Mehwish Sarwari, Ph.D.

Coordinator, BA International Relations

Ph.D., Political Science, SUNY University at Buffalo, 2016

Sarwari C.V

Research and Teaching Interests

International security, third-party interventions, conflict, and human rights

Courses Taught

Introductory courses:

PSC 101 Introduction to Government and Politics
PSC 104 International Relations 

Upper-level courses:

PSC 302 International Conflict and Peaceful Resolution
PSC 308 International Organizations and Law
PSC 330 American Foreign Policy
PSC 335 International Relations of the Middle East
PSC 340 Politics of Developing Nations
PSC 399 Research Skills
PSC 470 Senior Seminar

Service

International Relations Coordinator
Curriculum Committee
Student Political Society (SPS) Club Faculty Advisor
Model United Nations Team Advisor
Student and Community Engagement Chairperson

Publications 

• Roy, Chhandosi, and Mehwish Sarwari. 2026. “Rebel Sexual Violence and UN Targeted Sanctions.” International Peacekeeping 33 (1): 113–36. https://doi.org/10.1080/13533312.2025.2595418 
• Fontana, Giuditta and Mehwish Sarwari. 2025. "Rebel Education Services and the Crafting of Peace Accords: Reconceptualizing Constructive Ambiguity." International Studies Quarterly 69(4), sqaf089, https://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqaf089 
• Roy, Chhandosi and Mehwish Sarwari. 2025. At All Costs: How Relative Rebel Strength Affects PGM Sexual Violence in Civil Conflict, Journal of Global Security Studies, Volume 10, Issue 2, June 2025, ogae049, https://doi.org/10.1093/jogss/ogae049
• Kim, Bongjoo, Chhandosi Roy, and Mehwish Sarwari. 2025. “Regime Type of Foreign Supporters of Resistance Movements and Its Impact on State Repression.” Terrorism and Political Violence 37 (3): 332–48. https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2023.2296512 
• Meyerhoefer, Myah, and Mehwish Sarwari. 2025. “When the Stick Fails to Work: The Effects of Sanctions on Government Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict.” Journal of Human Rights 24 (1): 41–56. https://doi.org/10.1080/14754835.2024.2439257 
• Norrevik, Sara and Mehwish Sarwari. 2024. "If we cooperate together, we intervene together: Defense cooperation agreements and support to conflict parties." Conflict Management and Peace Science, 42(3), 269-287. https://doi.org/10.1177/07388942241247953
• Adelaiye, Samaila Oluwatope, Si Chen, and Mehwish Sarwari. 2023. “Relative Strength and Foreign Direct Investment in Civil Conflicts.” Business and Politics 25 (4): 476–94. https://doi.org/10.1017/bap.2023.23. 
• Adelaiye, Samaila Oluwatope, and Mehwish Sarwari. 2023. “Responding to Child Soldiering: When the Presence of Child Soldiers Attracts Mediation from Democratic Regimes.” Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding 17 (5): 602–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/17502977.2023.2228576 
•  Adelaiye, Samaila Oluwatope, Chhandosi Roy, Mehwish Sarwari. 2023. "Economic Actors as Human Rights Watchers: The Effects of Government Sexual Violence on Foreign Direct Investment." Foreign Policy Analysis 19(2), orad001, https://doi.org/10.1093/fpa/orad001
• Norrevik, Sara and Mehwish Sarwari. 2021. “Third Party Regime Type and Civil War Duration.” Journal of Peace Research 58(6), 1256-1270. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022343320975819 
• Sarwari, Mehwish. 2021. “Impact of Rebel Group Ideology on Wartime Sexual Violence.”  Journal of Global Security Studies 6(2), ogaa040.  https://doi.org/10.1093/jogss/ogaa040
• Sarwari, Mehwish. 2020. “Ideology and UN Responsiveness to Sexual Violence.”  Journal of Intervention and State Building 14(5): 671-690. https://doi.org/10.1080/17502977.2019.1649010 
• Johansson, Karin and Mehwish Sarwari. 2019. “Sexual violence and Biased Military Interventions in Civil Conflict.” Conflict Management and Peace Science 36(5): 469–493. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0738894216689814 
• Sarwari, Mehwish and Jacob Kathman. 2017. “Civilian Intervention.” In the Sage Encyclopedia of Political Behavior. Fathali M. Moghaddam (Ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.