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The Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination (LISD) at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs supports teaching, research and publication about issues related to and emerging from self-determination, especially pertaining to the state, self-governance, sovereignty, security, and boundaries with particular consideration of socio-cultural, ethnic, and religious issues involving state and non-state actors. The Institute was founded in 2000 through the generosity of H.S.H. Prince Hans Adam II of Liechtenstein, and is directed by Wolfgang Danspeckgruber, Lecturer in Public and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School. LISD seeks to enhance global peace and stability by bringing together academic experts, practitioners, representatives of the public and private sectors, and decision makers to explore key events and conflicts from geostrategic, economic, and cultural-religious perspectives in order to find new solutions to current and traditional problems. In addition to conferences convened as part of specific projects, LISD regularly sponsors public lectures and special meetings that bring a diverse group of experts and policy makers from around the world to Princeton University to share their work with students and members of the wider University and local communities. Each year since the Institute’s founding, LISD faculty have taught courses that are part of Princeton University’s graduate and undergraduate curricula on topics including international crisis diplomacy, self-determination, Central Asia, and Afghanistan.