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The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) is an independent, nonpartisan and government-funded organization that devotes itself to the nonviolent prevention and moderation of deadly conflicts throughout the world. It fulfills this charter by actively engaging in the world's conflict zones, performing peace-related research and analysis, operating teaching and training programs, and providing peace-enhancing grants.
| Established | 1984 |
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| Address | United States Institute of Peace (USIP) 2301 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20037 United States of America |
| Telephone | +1 202 457 17 00 |
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Content from this organization
Publications
China’s Response to Sudan’s Political TransitionThe “Green Diamond”: Coffee and Conflict in the Central African Republic
A Peace Regime for the Korean Peninsula
Displacement and the Vulnerability to Mobilize for Violence: Evidence from Afghanistan
Syria Study Group: Final Report and Recommendations
Managing the Secure Release of Sensitive Detainees in Libya
Local Cross-line Coordination in Syria
Negotiations, Continued: Ensuring the Positive Performance of Power-Sharing Arrangements
Injecting Humanity: Community-Focused Responses for People Exiting Violent Extremist Conflict
Exposure to Violence and Voting in Karachi, Pakistan
The Religious Landscape in South Sudan
China’s Role in North Korea Nuclear and Peace Negotiations
China’s Engagement with Smaller South Asian Countries
How Peace Was Made: An Inside Account of Talks Between the Afghan Government and Hezb-e Islami
Violent Extremism and Community Policing in Tanzania
Pakistan’s Approach to Navigating the Saudi-Iranian Split
Youth Protest Movements in Afghanistan: Seeking Voice and Agency
Securing China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Satellite Imagery, Remote Sensing, and Diminishing the Risk of Nuclear War in South Asia
Providing for the Common Defense: The Assessment and Recommendations of the National Defense Strategy Commission
What Works in Preventing Election Violence: Evidence from Liberia and Kenya
South Sudan’s Civil War and Conflict Dynamics in the Red Sea
Hezb-e Islami, Peace, and Integration into the Afghan Security Forces
A Negotiated End to the Afghan Conflict
Sudan after Sanctions: Sudanese Views of Relations with the United States
Mainstreaming Pakistan´s Federally Administered Tribal Areas: Reform Initiatives and Roadblocks
Leveraging US-China Cooperation to Build a Regional Consensus on Afghanistan
USAID in Afghanistan: Challenges and Successes
Governance Challenges in Raqqa after the Islamic State
Rule of Law, Governance, and Human Rights in Afghanistan, 2002 to 2016
China’s Approach to International Terrorism
Reconciliation and Transitional Justice in Nepal: A Slow Path
Preserving Stability Amidst Regional Conflagration: US Engagement in Jordan 2011 to 2016
Ceasefire Violations in Jammu and Kashmir: A Line on Fire
Preventing Election Violence in Liberia
Group Cohesion and Peace Processes
China´s Evolving North Korea Strategy
Engaging Religion and Religious Actors in Countering Violent Extremism
North Korea and the Need for a US-ROK-PRC Dialogue
South Sudan´s High Level Revitalization Forum: Identifying Conditions for Success
Afghan Views of Government and Elections: Legitimacy Pending
Illegal Mining in Afghanistan: A Driver of Conflict
What Works in Facilitated Dialogue Projects
Political Stability in Afghanistan: A 2020 Vision and Roadmap
Aid and Stabilization in Afghanistan: What Do the Data Say?
The Military´s Role in Countering Violent Extremism: Repurposing Stability Operations
The 2015-2016 CAR Elections, a Look Back: Peaceful Process Belies Serious Risk
Lessons from Cambodia´s Paris Peace Accords for Political Unrest Today
Kabul and the Challenge of Dwindling Foreign Aid
Libya´s Religious Sector and Peacebuilding Efforts
Contested Waters: Subnational Scale Water Conflict in Pakistan
Returning Foreign Fighters and the Reintegration Imperative
China and Myanmar´s Peace Process
Identity, Gender, and Conflict Drivers in Pakistan
Peace Education in Pakistan
Revenue Growth in Afghanistan Continues Strong but Future Uncertain
The Afghan Refugee Crisis in 2016
Women, Peace, and Security in Pakistan
China´s Kashmir Policies and Crisis Management in South Asia
Women in Nonviolent Movements
The Jihadi Threat: ISIS, Al Qaeda, and Beyond
Dynamics of Radicalization and Violent Extremism in Kosovo
Islamist Groups in Afghanistan and the Strategic Choice of Violence
Afghan Women and Violent Extremism: Colluding, Perpetrating, or Preventing?
Gender and Fragility: Ensuring a Golden Hour
The Rise and Stall of the Islamic State in Afghanistan
Violent Extremism and Clan Dynamics in Kenya
Peacebuilding and Resilience: How Society Responds to Violence
Community Resilience to Violent Extremism in Kenya
Education and Training in Nonviolent Resistance
Closing Space and Fragility
Fragility and Resilience
Corruption and State Fragility
Understanding the Informal Security Sector in Nigeria
Building Regional Border Security Cooperation: Lessons from the Maghreb
Countering Militancy and Terrorism in Pakistan: The Civil-Military Nexus
Ending Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in War and Peace
Weak Ugandan Democracy, Strong Regional Influence
Understanding the Informal Security Sector in Nigeria
The Islamic State in Pakistan
Atrocity Prevention through Dialogue: Challenges in Dealing with Violent Extremist Organizations
US Leadership and the Challenge of State Fragility
Prisons and Detention in Libya
Justice and Security Needs in Iraq after ISIL: Understanding Displaced Population´s Concerns with Returning Home
Gender and the Role of Women in Colombia´s Peace Process
Policing in Libya: Form and Function of Policing since the 2011 Revolution
Colombia’s Peace Accord on the Missing
China´s Troop Contributions to UN Peacekeeping
Peacebuilding in Libya: Cross-Border Transitions and the Civil Society Landscape
Technocratic Reforms in Afghanistan: Benefits and Limitations
Nationalist Narratives in Pakistani Textbooks
Improving Accountability for Conflict Related Sexual Violence in Africa
State Strengthening in Afghanistan: Lessons Learned, 2001 - 14
Informality in Karachi’s Land, Manufacturing and Transport Sectors: Implications for Stability
Balochistan: Caught in the Fragility Trap
China and the Responsibility to Protect: From Opposition to Advocacy
State Strengthening in Afghanistan: Lessons Learned, 2001 - 14
Informality in Karachi’s Land, Manufacturing and Transport Sectors: Implications for Stability
Afghanistan’s Revenue Turnaround in 2015
Resources Over Reform in Afghanistan
What Can Be Done to Revive Afghanistan’s Economy?
Preventing Violent Extremism through Inclusive Politics in Bangladesh
The Forced Return of Afghan Refugees and Implications for Stability
Toward a Rule of Law Culture
Regional Security through Inclusive Reform in the Maghreb and the Sahel
Security and Social Developments in Kunduz
Afghanistan-Pakistan Relations: The Prospect of Reviving Taliban Talks
Provincial Governors in Afghan Politics
The Basque Conflict and ETA: The Difficulties of an Ending
Effective Monitoring and Evaluation in Conflict-affected Environments: Afghanistan Post-2014
Afghan Economic Policy, Institutions, and Society Since 2001
National Dialogues: A Tool for Conflict Transformation?
Ten Years in Afghanistan's Pech Valley
Deradicalization Programming in Pakistan
Overcoming Barriers to US-China Cooperation
The Future of Afghanistan-Pakistan Trade Relations
Promoting Rule of Law: Myth versus Reality
Afghanistan's Fourth Estate
Women’s Leadership Roles in Afghanistan
Understanding and Countering Violent Extremism in Afghanistan
Lessons and Opportunities from the Tokyo Mutual Accountability Framework
Afghan Youth and Extremists: Why Are Extremists’ Narratives So Appealing?
Conflict and Extremist-Related Sexual Violence: An International Security Threat
Reconciliation in Peace
An Appraisal of Pakistan’s Anti-Terrorism Act
Ashraf Ghani’s Pakistan Outreach
Pakistan’s Power Crisis: The Way Forward
Insurgent Alliances in Afghanistan
The Politics of Disarmament and Rearmament in Afghanistan
Customary Practice and Restorative Justice in Libya
Failed Relations between Hamid Karzai and the United States
Addressing Land Conflict in Afghanistan
Afghanistan's Continuing Fiscal Crisis
Border Security Challenges in the Grand Maghreb
Perceptions of Security in Libya: Institutional and Revolutionary Actors
Understanding Afghanistan's 2014 Presidential Election
Myanmar: Anatomy of a Political Transition
Charting Pakistan’s Internal Security Policy
Libyan Television and Its Influence on the Security Sector
Education and Attitudes in Pakistan: Understanding Perceptions of Terrorism
Political and Economic Dynamics of Herat
The Ukraine-Russia Conflict: Signals and Scenarios for the Broader Region
UN Peacekeeping in the Sahel: Overcoming New Challenges
Islamic Law, Customary Law, and Afghan Informal Justice
Political Parties in Afghanistan
Neutrality in Afghanistan’s Foreign Policy
Prisons in Yemen
Supporting Afghan Women in the 2014 Transition
Aid to Civil Society: A Movement Mindset
Participatory and Inclusive Constitution Making
Conflict Dynamics in Sindh
Religion and Conflict in Nigeria: Countdown to the 2015 Elections
Afghanistan's Emerging Mining Oligarchy
Forging Afghanistan’s National Unity Government
Talking with the Taliban
Using Technology in Nonviolent Activism against Repression
Violence, the Taliban, and Afghanistan’s 2014 Elections
Rhetoric, Ideology, and Organizational Structure of the Taliban Movement
Donor Aid Challenges in Shaping Incentive Programs and Spurring Afghan Reform
Exploitation of Mineral Resources in Afghanistan Without Government Revenues or Development Benefits
Pakistan’s Resurgent Sectarian War
Religious Authority and the Promotion of Sectarian Tolerance in Pakistan
Preventing Violent Extremism in Kyrgyzstan
Elections and Violent Conflict In Kenya
Inclusive Approaches to Community Policing and CVE
Using Special Envoys in High-Stakes Conflict Diplomacy
Licensing Afghan Opium for Medicinal Use
Security and Justice in Post-Revolution Libya: Where to Turn?
Justice in Transition in Yemen
Creating Spaces for Effective CVE Approaches
Afghanistan’s Looming Fiscal Crisis: What Can be Done?
A Counterterrorism Role for Pakistan’s Police Stations
Maximizing the Impact of Aid to Pakistan
Civil Defense Groups: Developing Accountability
Rethinking Afghan Local Governance Aid After Transition
Women's Access to Justice in Afghanistan
Engaging Afghan Religious Leaders for Women’s Rights
Former UN Peacekeepers
Revisiting Chicago: The Critical Need to Maintain Support for Afghanistan’s National Security Forces Post-2014
Why do Youth Join Boko Haram?
Sharia and Women’s Rights in Afghanistan
The Afghan National Police in 2015 and Beyond
The Constitutional Process in Ukraine
Local Peace Processes in Sudan and South Sudan
Dispute Resolution and Justice Provision in Yemen’s Transition
A Rough Guide to Afghan Youth Politics
PakVotes
New Technologies in Constitution Making
The Taliban and the 2014 Elections in Afghanistan
Why Afghanistan’s Provincial Council Elections Matter
Last Chance: The International Community and the 2014 Afghan Elections
Reintegrating Armed Groups in Afghanistan
Youth Radicalization in Pakistan
Yemen's Transition Process
Illicit Trafficking and Libya’s Transition: Profits and Losses
Process Lessons Learned in Yemen’s National Dialogue
Mapping Conflict Trends in Pakistan
Compounding Uncertainty in Afghanistan
Syria's Socially Mediated Civil War
Youth Mobilization and Political Constraints in Afghanistan
Crisis and Opportunity in South Sudan
Media and Conflict in Myanmar: Opportunities For Media to Advance Peace
Counterinsurgency, Local Militias, and Statebuilding in Afghanistan
The Other Side of Gender: Men as Critical Agents of Change
Electoral Offensive: Taliban Planning for Afghanistan's 2014 National Elections
The Reluctant Sectarianism of Foreign States in the Syrian Conflict
Syria’s Sectarian Ripples Across the Gulf
Sunni-Shia Relations after the Iraq War
Sectarianism in Lebanon and Syria
The Syrian Conflict’s Impact on Lebanese Politics
Extractive Industries and Peacebuilding in Afghanistan
2014 Presidential and Provincial Council Elections in Afghanistan
Changing Financial Flows During Afghanistan’s Transition
Common Strategies for Women in Transition Countries
Countering Violent Extremism: A Peacebuilding Perspective
Criminalizing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by Peacekeepers
Pathway to National Dialogue in Sudan
The United States and R2P: From Words to Action
China’s Subtle Strategy in the South China Sea
Detention Standards and Non-State Armed Groups
Democracy, Like Revolution, Is Unattainable without Women
Lessons Learned on Traditional Dispute Resolution in Afghanistan
Social Media Reporting and the Syrian Civil War
Peacekeeping 2014: An Agenda for Enhanced Effectiveness
Crisis in Mali: Root Causes and Long-Term Solutions
We Pretend To Work, And They Pretend To Pay Us
A New Approach to Understanding Afghanistan's Transition
An Anti-Fraud Strategy for Afghanistan’s 2014 Elections
Armed Groups Maintaining Law and Order
Engaging Men in Women’s Rights and Empowerment in South Asia and the Middle East
Atrocity Prevention at the State Level
Regional Politics and the Prospects for Stability in Afghanistan
Understanding Pakistan’s Water-Security Nexus
Midterm Challenges in Nigeria
What’s Next for Security in the Niger Delta?
Empowering the Pakistan Police
Mali’s Precarious Democracy and the Causes of Conflict
Establishing a Mining Sector in Postwar South Sudan
Informal Justice and the International Community in Afghanistan
Afghanistan and the International Drug Control Regime
Waiting for Change: The Impact of Transition on Local Justice and Security in Yemen
Mitigating Media Incitement to Violence in Iraq
Iraq's Budget as a Source of Political Stability
The Security Sector in Yemen
Pakistan and the Narratives of Extremism
Perceptions of Politically Engaged, Influential Afghans on the Way Forward
Justifying the Means: Afghan Perceptions of Electoral Processes
Towards a European Institute of Peace: Innovative Peacebuilding or Excessive Bureaucracy?
Natural Disasters as Threats to Peace
Wartime Sexual Violence: Misconceptions, Implications, and Ways Forward
Police Transition in Afghanistan
Conflict Dynamics in Gilgit-Baltistan
Justice in Côte d’Ivoire: Ouattara’s Dilemma
Egypt's 2012 Constitution: Devil in the Details, Not in Religion
Middle East in 2013: Promise and (Lots of) Peril
Political Economy and Conflict Dimensions of Afghanistan’s Mineral Resources
A Diplomatic Milestone for Mindanao?
Enabling Agricultural Extension for Peacebuilding
Peacebuilding Efforts of Women from Afghanistan and Iraq
Traditional Authorities' Peacemaking Role in Darfur
Conflict Dynamics in Karachi
Governance Reforms in Pakistan’s Tribal Areas
Using Entrepreneurship to Promote Stability in Fragile Regions
The Politics of Security Sector Reform in Egypt
Security Sector Transformation in the Arab Awakening
The US Surge and Afghan Local Governance
Lessons from Afghanistan’s History for the Current Transition and Beyond
Providing Space for Positive Youth Engagement
How Business Can Foster Peace
Mutual Accountability
Religion and Peacebuilding
Preparing Advisers for Capacity-Building Missions
Democratic Breakthroughs: The Ingredients of Successful Revolts
Rethinking Nigeria's Indigene-Settler Conflicts
Haiti: Turning the Page?
New Media and Conflict After the Arab Spring
Avoiding Meeting Fatigue
Pakistan's Energy Crisis
Learning from Women's Success in the 2010 Afghan Elections
Sexual Violence and Justice in Postconflict Peru
Atrocity Prevention Through Persuasion and Deterrence
What Is Boko Haram?
Lessons from Haiti and Beyond: Report from the 2010 International Conference on Crisis Mapping
Covering and Countering Extremism in Pakistan’s Developing Media
Defusing Egypt’s Demographic Time Bomb
EU Conflict Prevention Revisited
Constitutional Reform in Transitional States: Challenges and Opportunities Facing Egypt and Tunisia
Peace Negotiations in the Philippines: The Government, the MILF and International NGOs
Traveling Toward the Rule of Law in the Middle East and North Africa: Avenues and Obstacles
Counterrevolution in the Gulf
The United States in Iraq: Options for 2012
Analyzing Post-Conflict Justice and Islamic Law
Preventing Arab-Kurd Conflict in Iraq after the Withdrawal of US Forces
The Future of Pakistan
What Is in Haiti's Future?
The PTI and Pakistan's Changing Political Landscape
Istanbul and Bonn Conferences: Building Blocks of the Afghan Transition Process
Extending Libya's Transitional Period
Nigeria's 2011 Elections: Best Run, But Most Violent
US Special Envoys: A Flexible Tool
Pakistan, the United States and the End Game in Afghanistan
Afghan Civil Society and a Comprehensive Peace Process
Optimism and Obstacles in India-Pakistan Peace Talks
Second Annual Conference on Preventing Violent Conflict
The Challenge of Keeping Haitians Safe
Afghan Perspectives on Achieving Durable Peace
Drugs in Afghanistan -- A Forgotten Issue?
Afghanistan’s Civil Order Police
Maritime Security Sector Reform
Moving Forward with the Legal Empowerment of Women in Pakistan
Fixing Pakistan’s Civil-Military Imbalance: A Dangerous Temptation
Paying for Afghanistan’s Security Forces During the Transition
The Politics of Dispute Resolution and Continued Instability in Afghanistan
NGOs and Nonstate Armed Actors
China’s North Korea Policy
Oil and State Building in South Sudan
Tourism and Peacebuilding in Jammu and Kashmir
Improving Peacebuilding Evaluation
Political Trends in the African Great Lakes Region
The Coming Turkish-Iranian Competition in Iraq
Vulnerability to Intrastate Conflict
Women in Religious Peacebuilding
Designing a Comprehensive Peace Process for Afghanistan
Will the Long March to Democracy in Pakistan Finally Succeed?
Myths and Misconceptions in the Afghan Transition
Providing Justice in Haiti
Climate Change as a Conflict Multiplier
Security Sector Reform in Tunisia
Learning from Sudan’s 2011 Referendum
The Koran Desecration and the Role of Religion in Conflict
Lessons from Women's Programs in Afghanistan and Iraq
The Diversity of Truth Commissions and Commissions of Inquiry
Health in Postconflict and Fragile States
Beyond Power Sharing
Stakeholders of Libya's February 17 Revolution
Multilateral Political Missions and Preventive Diplomacy
Gender and Statebuilding in South Sudan
Haitian Women: The Centerposts of Reconstructing Haiti
Traditional Dispute Resolution and Afghanistan’s Women
Dowry and Division: Youth and State Building in South Sudan
Who Controls Pakistan's Security Forces?
Peace Education
From Militants to Policemen: Three Lessons from US Experience with DDR and SSR
Security Sector Transformation in North Africa and the Middle East
The Gulf States and Syria
Watching from the Sidelines: Israel and the Syrian Uprising
Jordan and the Current Unrest in Syria
Constitutional Interpretation and the Continuing Crisis in Afghanistan
Police Corruption: What Past Scandals Teach about Current Challenges
Youth in Rwanda and Burundi
Reconstruction Zones in Afghanistan and Haiti
The Iraq Federal Police
Lessons from Embedded Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Iraq
The Economics of Peace
Leadership, Peace, Stability, and Prosperity in the DRC
Science Diplomacy for Nuclear Security
Diversity, Unity, and Nation Building in South Sudan
Evaluating Media Interventions in Conflict Countries
Gender, Conflict, and Peacebuilding
Return to War in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains
Syrian Uprising: Looking In, Looking Out
From Endearment to Estrangement: Turkey's Interests and Concerns in Syria
Baghdad’s Wary Support for the Syrian Status Quo
Regional Dynamics of the Syrian Uprising: The Impact on Lebanon and Hezbollah
Impact or Illusion? Reintegration Under the Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Program
The Kabul Courts and Conciliators
Toward a New Republic of Sudan
China and the United States: Core Interests, Common Interests, and Partnership
Humanitarianism in Crisis
Exchange 2.0
Conflict in the Niger Delta
Conflict Assessment and Intelligence Analysis
Climate Change Adaptation and Conflict in Nigeria
Making Peace After Genocide
Iraq's Disputed Territories
Missed Opportunities
The Need to Pursue Mutual Interests in US-PRC Relations
Refugees and IDPs After Conflict
Toxic Legacy: Hunger, Oppression, Migration, and Health in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Côte d'Ivoire's Political Stalemate
Belgium, from Model to Case Study for Conflict Resolution
Bleak Outlook for 2011 Conference on Disarmament
Salam Shabab: Views and Voices of Iraqi Youth
The Other Side of Gender
Security After the Quake?
Mapping the Russian Blogosphere
Making Peace in Afghanistan
Reforming Pakistan's Police and Law Enforcement Infrastructure
The EU's Experience with Security Sector Governance
The Role of Women in Global Security
Breaking the Cycle of Electoral Violence in Nigeria
Afghanistan Media Assessment
Arab-Jewish Relations in Israel
Countering Radicalization in America
Conflict and Post-Conflict Governance
Transcending the Past to Build Haiti's Future
Chad's 2007 Peace Agreement Plagued by Poor Implementation
Secession and Precedent in Sudan and Africa
Hydropolitics in Pakistan’s Indus Basin
Why Sudan's Popular Consultation Matters
Can You Help Me Now?
Zimbabwe: Power-Sharing Deal Under Stress
Kosovo: The Next Steps
When Is International Peacemaking Illegal?
Defying Expectations: Polio Vaccination Programs Amid Political and Armed Conflict
Stabilizing Chad: Security, Governance and Development Challenges
Transparency is the Key to Legitimate Afghan Parliamentary Elections
Persistent Challenges to Long-Term Peace in Côte d’Ivoire
Evaluating the 2010 NPT Review Conference
Dangerous Liaisons with the Afghan Taliban
Realism and Pragmatism in Security Sector Development
Humanitarian Space Shrinking for Health Program Delivery in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Civic Education and Peacebuilding
Make It Theirs
Crowdsourcing Crisis Information in Disaster-Affected Haiti
Crime, Politics and Violence in Post-Earthquake Haiti
Mental Health Services During and After Armed Conflict
The Civil Society-Military Relationship in Afghanistan
The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Kosovo
Cautious Optimism for Peace in Colombia
Local Justice in Southern Sudan
Institutionalizing Security Sector Reform
Internal Displacement and Local Peacebuilding in Kenya
Advancing New Media Research
Afghanistan: Conditions-Based Redeployment
Navigating Negotiations in Afghanistan
Iran’s Subsidies Conundrum
Averting Hell on Earth
Many Shuras Do Not a Government Make
Syria and Political Change
Blogs and Bullets: New Media in Contentious Politics
Improving High-Value Resource Contracting in Afghanistan
Flooding Challenges Pakistan’s Government and the International Community
Conflict Prevention: Principles, Policies and Practice
Correcting America‘s Image Problem in Pakistan
Real Change for Afghan Women's Rights
The Quest for Nuclear Disarmament in South Asia
The Future of Afghanistan
Informal Dispute Resolution in Afghanistan
Graduate Education and Professional Practice in International Peace and Conflict
Haiti After the Quake: Six Months and Counting
Scenarios for Sudan's Future, Revisited
Education and Conflict in Haiti
Pandemic Preemption
Iraq Is Spinning Its Wheels, But in the Right Direction
The Premiership
Rebuilding Afghanistan’s Political Immunity
Haiti: A Forward Look
Improving Natural Resource Management in Sudan
Iran's Youth: The Protests Are Not Over
A New Kind of Balkans Drama
Cooperation and Tension in Regional and Global Infectious Disease Surveillance
Mediating Peace with Proscribed Armed Groups
Rape in War: Motives of Militia in DRC
The Economy of Burma/Myanmar on the Eve of the 2010 Elections
When Should We Talk to Terrorists?
Lebanon's Evolving Relationship with Syria
Fighting Corruption in Security Sector Reform
Finding Common Ground: Kirkuk as a Special Governorate
The Road to Successful Transition in Afghanistan
The Afghan Peace Jirga: Ensuring that Women Are at the Peace Table
Group Inequality and Conflict: Some Insights for Peacebuilding
The International Donors' Conference and Support for Haiti's Future
Is Nigeria a Hotbed of Islamic Extremism?
The Link Between DDR and SSR in Conflict-Affected Countries
Why Youth Join al-Qaeda
Turkey's New Engagement in Iraq
The Health Sector and Gender-Based Violence in a Time of War
Nuclear Weapon-Free Zones as a New Deterrent?
Preventing Conflict in the “Stans”
Haiti: A Republic of NGOs?
Western Sahara: The Failure of
A Hamas Government: Isolate or Engage?
The Tigris-Euphrates River Basin
Hydrocarbons in the Amazon
The Rule Of Law in Haiti After the Earthquake
Haiti: Towards and Beyond the Donors' Conference
Preventing Media Incitement to Violence in Iraq
Education and Conflict in Côte d’Ivoire
Can Economic Reform Open a Peaceful Path to Ending Burma’s Isolation?
Media and Peacebuilding in Afghanistan
Trends in Electoral Violence in Sub-Sahara Africa
Health Initiatives and Counterinsurgency Strategy in Afghanistan
Local Ownership of Security Sector Reform
Traditional Dispute Resolution and Stability in Afghanistan
Delays Will Not Improve Afghan Elections
Time for a Peace Paradigm in Colombia
Peacebuilding through Health Among Israelis and Palestinians
Negotiating Sudan’s Post-Referendum Arrangements
In Pursuit of Democracy and Security in the Greater Middle East
Haiti After the Earthquake
International Engagement With Somalia
Iraq's Oil Politics
Iraqi Voices Entering 2010
Prospects for Haiti's New Government
Congress and Parliaments in Security Sector Reform
North Korea's Nuclear Program
Establishing Leadership on Civilian Assistance to Afghanistan
What Next for the Democratic Republic of Congo?
Online Discourse in the Arab World
What Role for the United Nations in Haiti?
The Current Status of Religious Coexistence and Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Lebanon's Unstable Equilibrium
Looking for Justice
Conflict-Business Dynamics in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Tourism in the Developing World
Haiti after the Donors' Conference
Post-Conflict Health Reconstruction
Preventing Violent Conflict
Crisis in the Niger Delta
Reinforcing Treasury's Strategic Roles in International Affairs and National Security
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Parsing the Options
Six Important Issues for Sudan and Its Future
Promoting Cross-LoC Trade in Kashmir
An Education Track for the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
Beyond Emergency Reponses in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Building the Rule of Law in Haiti
A New Agenda for Bosnia and Herzegowina
Blood Oil in the Niger Delta
Afghanistan's Police
Media for Next Generation Peacebuilding in Iraq
Scenarios for Sudan: Avoiding Political Violence Through 2011
Iraq's Interior Ministry
How Opium Profits the Taliban
Syria and Political Change II
Syria's Role in Lebanon
United States Institute of Peace Teaches International Security Personnel to Resolve Conflicts without Resorting to the Use of Force
Syria's Alliance with Iran
Transitional Justice in Nepal
Paper Versus Steel
Negotiating Peace in Darfur
Édification d’une paix plus inclusive en Côte d’Ivoire
Côte d’Ivoire : assurer une transition pacifique
Counting the Costs of Somali Piracy
A Renewable Energy Peace Park in the Golan as a Framework to an Israeli-Syrian Agreement
Iraq: Politics Unfrozen, Direction Still Unclear
A Toxic Cocktail: Pakistan's Growing Instability
The Justice Dilemma in Uganda
Opposition Alliances and Democratization in Egypt
Iraq: Positive Change in the Detention System
Killing Friends, Making Enemies
Iraq After the Surge: Options and Questions
Half Full or Half Empty: Assessing Prospects for Peace in Lebanon
Afghanistan: Not Lost, But Needs More Attention
Domestic Agencies in Reconstruction and Stabilization
Making Bosnia Work: Why EU Accession is Not Enough
Colombia's Crossroads: The FARC and the Future of the Hostages
Depoliticizing Zimbabwe's Economy
US Policy and Bosnia-Herzegovina
Moving Beyond Relief
The Future of the US Military Presence in Iraq
Unfinished Business in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Iraq's Cultural Heritage
Media, Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding
Maliki's Iraq between Two Elections
Haiti After the Storms: Weather and Conflict
Haiti: Is Economic Security Possible if Diplomats and Donors Do Their Part?
What to do About Bosnia and Herzegovina?
What Iraq Needs from the Obama Administration
The Role of the Ministerial Advisor in Security Sector Reform
Toward the End of Poverty in Haiti
Telling the Story: Documentation Lessons for Afghanistan from the Cambodian Experience
Reconstructing Gaza - Lessons from Lebanon
Disaster in the DRC
Resolving the Crisis over Constitutional Interpretation in Afghanistan
Building Blocks for Citizenship and a Peaceful Transition in Sudan
Conducting Elections in Darfur
The Private Sector in Security Sector Reform
Recruitment of Rule of Law Specialists for the Civilian Response Corps
Toward Resolving Chad's Interlocking Conflicts
Iraq in the Obama Administration
Metrics Framework for Assessing Conflict Transformation and Stabilization
Measuring Progress in Stabilization and Reconstruction
Transitional Governance
The Role of Women in Stabilization and Reconstruction
Managing Natural Resource Wealth
The Urge to Remember
Employment Generation and Economic Development in Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations
Developing Media in Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations
Justice Interrupted: Historical Perspectives on Promoting Democracy in the Middle East
Lebanon’s Parliamentary Elections
Media as Global Diplomat
Hamas: Ideological Rigidity and Political Flexibility
US-Iranian Engagement
The Limits of Institutional Engineering
The Interior Ministry's Role in Security Sector Reform
North Korea, Inc.
The Real Bridge to Nowhere: China’s Foiled North Korea Strategy
Land, Property, and the Challenge of Return for Iraq's Displaced
The Kurds in Syria
Won’t You Be My Neighbor: Syria, Iraq and the Changing Strategic Context in the Middle East
Pakistani Public Opinion on Democracy, Islamist Militancy, and Relations with the US
Keeping an Eye on an Unruly Neighbor
Disabling DPRK Nuclear Facilities
New Hopes for Negotiated Solutions in Colombia
Seven Months Into the Surge
Building Democracy in Burma
Correlates of Public Support for Terrorism in the Muslim World
Mapping Peace Between Syria and Israel
Securing Afghanistan: Getting on Track
Iraq, its Neighbors, and the Obama Administration
Islamic Peacemaking Since 9/11
Consolidating Disarmament
The Treasury Approach to State-Building and Institution-Strengthening Assistance
Whither Peace Operations?
Abrahamic Alternatives to War
Reconciliation Strategies in Iraq
Thwarting Afghanistan's Insurgency
Would You Fight Again? Understanding Liberian Ex-Combatant Reintegration
Making Borders Irrelevant in Kashmir
Securing the Future - A Primer on Security Sector Reform in Conflict Countries
Haiti - Confronting the Gangs of Port-au-Prince
Integrated Security Assistance
Mullahs, Money, and Militias
Why We Should Still Study the Cuban Missile Crisis
Managing Crisis and Sustaining Peace between China and the United States
Using Quantitative and Qualitative Models to Forecast Instability
Sudanese Universities as Sites of Social Transformation
Toward Peace in the Southern Philippines
Religion in World Affairs
Elections in the DRC - The Bemba Surprise
Media and Conflict - Afghanistan as a Relative Success Story
Negotiating with the Islamic Republic of Iran
Conflict-Sensitive Approach to Infrastructure Development
Political Progress in Iraq during the Surge
Higher Education and the Future of Iraq
Some Assembly Required - Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement
Burma's Long Road to Democracy
Training to Help Traumatized Populations
Options for Prosecuting International Terrorists
Albanians in the Balkans
Faith-Based NGOs and International Peacebuilding
AIDS and Violent Conflict in Africa
US Leadership in Resolving African Conflict
US Human Rights Policy Toward Africa
Whither the Bulldozer? Nonviolent Revolution and the Transition to Democracy in Serbia
Regional Conflicts: Strategies for Quelling Violence and Prospects for Sino-US Cooperation
Preventing State Failure
American Perspectives on the Threat Posed by Weak and Failing Asian States
American Civilian Police in UN Peace Operations
French Negotiating Style
Catholic Contributions to International Peace
Serbia and Montenegro - Reintegration, Divorce, or Something Else?
The Future of Macedonia
Peacekeeping in Africa
US Human Rights Policy Toward Latin America
Training US Army Officers for Peace Operations: Lessons from Bosnia
Angola’s Deadly War: Dealing with Savimbi's Hell on Earth
Engaging Islamists and Promoting Democracy
Putting Humpty Dumpty Together: Reconstructing Peace in the Congo
Provincial Reconstruction Team in Iraq
The Aceh Peace Process
The Politics of Famine in North Korea
US Human Rights Policy: A 20-Year Assessment
Haiti: Hope for the Future
Ayatollah Sistani and the Democratization of Post-Ba'athist Iraq
Nigeria's 2007 Elections
Bangladesh at the Crossroads
Iraq's New Political Map
Chinese Views: Breaking the Stalemate on the Korean Peninsula
From Rejection to Acceptance: Israeli National Security Thinking and Palestinian Statehood
How Terrorism Ends
NATO at Fifty: New Challenges, Future Uncertainties
A New Approach to Peace in Sudan
Thinking Out Loud: Policies Toward Iraq
Southern Mexico: Counterinsurgency and Electoral Politics
Montenegro - And More - At Risk
The Genocide Convention at Fifty
Ancestral Domain in Comparitive Perspective
Applying Islamic Principles in the Twenty-first Century
The Future of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Strategies for Promoting Democracy in Iraq
The US Experience with Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan
Orphans of Conflict
Iran and Iraq: The Shia Connection, Soft Power, and the Nuclear Factor
Political Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Coalition Provisional Authority's Experience with Governance in Iraq
Promoting Middle East Democracy II
Quickstep or Kadam Taal?
US-Pakistan Engagement
Islamists at the Ballot Box
Teaching about the Religious Other
Iraq Election Scenarios
Turkey and Iraq
India and Pakistan Engagement
Lawless Rule Versus Rule of Law in the Balkans
Putting Peace into Practice
Simulating Kosovo
US Negotiating Behavior
Islam and Democracy
Zimbabwe and the Politics of Torture
Kosovo Final Status
Overcoming Humanitarian Dilemmas in the DPRK (North Korea)
Islamic Extremists
Smart Partnerships for African Development
Strategic Nonviolent Conflict
Advancing Human Rights and Peace in a Complex World
Enhancing International Civilian Police in Peace Operations
Serbia Still at the Crossroads
Taking Stock and Looking Forward: Intervention in the Balkans and Beyond
Islamic Perspectives on Peace and Violence
Responding to War and State Collapse in West Africa
The Diplomacy of Counterterrorism
Iraq's Constitutional Process
The Mindanao Peace Talks
Rethinking Truth and Reconciliation Commissions
Iraq's Constitutional Process II
Provincial Reconstruction Teams and Military Relations with International and Nongovernmental Organizations in Afghanistan
Washington and Damascus
The Coalition Provisional Authority's Experience with Economic Reconstruction in Iraq
The Coalition Provisional Authority's Experience with Public Security in Iraq
Trauma and Transitional Justice in Divided Societies
Who are the Insurgents? Sunni Arab Rebels in Iraq
Remembering George Kennan
Jordan and Iraq: Between Cooperation and Crisis
Resolving the Pakistan-Afghanistan Stalemate
From Dayton to Brussels: Constitutional Preparations for Bosnia's EU Accession
Scenarios for the Insurgency in Iraq
Northern Ireland: Prospects for Progress in 2006?
Kosovo: Ethnic Nationalism at Its Territorial Worst
The Rise of Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh
Temporary Courts, Permanent Records
Harbingers of Hope: Peace Initiatives in Colombia
Weak Viability: The Iraqi Federal State and the Constitutional Amendment Process
Georgia's Rose Revolution
The United Nations and Western Sahara
Morocco: Betting on a Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Unite or Divide? The Challenges of Teaching History in Societies Emerging from Violent Conflict
Afghanistan and Its Neighbors
The Basque Conflict: New Ideas and Prospects for Peace
Who Are Iraq's New Leaders? What Do They Want?
Serbia at the Crossroads Again
Promoting Middle East Democracy
US-China Cooperation on the Problem of Failing States and Transnational Threats
Ijtihad: Reinterpreting Islamic Principles for the Twenty-first Century
Donor Activities and Civil Society Potential in Iraq
What Works? Evaluating Interfaith Dialogue Programs
Building the Iraqi Special Tribunal
The Political Economy of the Kashmir Conflict
Postconflict Iraq: A Race for Stability, Reconstruction, and Legitimacy
Cyberterrorism: How Real Is the Threat?
Building Civilian Capacity for US Stability Operations
Establishing the Rule of Law in Afghanistan
www.terror.net: How Modern Terrorism Uses the Internet
Macedonia: Understanding History, Preventing Future Conflict
Civil Society under Siege in Colombia
The Diversity of Muslims in the United States
Willing to Compromise: Palestinian Public Opinion and the Peace Process
Saudi Arabia and Iraq: Oil, Religion, and an Enduring Rivalry
Terrorism in the Horn of Africa
Political Violence and Democratic Uncertainty in Ethiopia
U.S. Police in Peace and Stability Operations
Iraq and the Gulf States: The Balance of Fear
Personal Transformations: Moving from Violence to Peace
International Judges and Prosecutors in Kosovo
Global Terrorism after the Iraq War
Use and Abuse of Media in Vulnerable Societies
Zimbabwe and the Prospects for Nonviolent Political Change
Islamist Politics in Iraq after Saddam Hussein
Adapting to the New National Security Environment
Democratic Constitution Making
A Comprehensive Resolution of the Korean War
Unfinished Business in Afghanistan
Establishing the Rule of Law in Iraq
Can Faith-Based NGOs Advance Interfaith Reconciliation?
After Saddam Hussein
Would an Invasion of Iraq Be a
Lethal Ethnic Riots: Lessons from India and Beyond
Kosovo Decision Time: How and When?
Building Interreligious Trust in a Climate of Fear
Bosnia Report Card: Pass, Fail, or Incomplete?
The Future of Afghanistan: The Taliban, Regional Security and U.S. Foreign Policy
Restoring Hope: The Real Lessons of Somalia for the Future of Intervention
The Future of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Sudan Symposium Generates Momentum for Mediation
Achieving Post-Settlement Peace in Mozambique: The Role of the International Community
Economic, Social and Administrative Reconstruction of Somalia
South Africa: The National Peace Accord and the International Community
Europe in the 21st Century - A Strategy for Achieving Stable Peace
Bosnia's next five Years - Dayton and beyond
The Role of the Ambassador in Promoting US Human Rights Policy Abroad
Defining the Path to a Peaceful, Undivided, and Democratic Europe
Transatlantic Relations in the Aftermath of Kosovo
Macedonia - Prevention Can Work
Public Opinion in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
State and Soldier in Latin America
Peace Operations and Common Sense: Replacing Rhetoric with Realism
Serbian Nationalism and the Origins of the Yugoslav Crisis
Self-Determination: Sovereignty, Territorial Integrity, and the Right to Secession
Humanitarian Assistance and Conflict in Africa
NGOs and Conflict Management
Sources of Conflict - Highlights from the Managing Chaos Conference
Central Asians Take Stock: Reform, Corruption, and Identity
Turkey's Role in the Middle East: A Conference Report
Training to Promote Conflict Management
Removing Barricades in Somalia: Options for Peace and Rehabilitation
The China Challenge in the Twenty-First Century
Preventing Genocide in Burundi
Muddling Toward Democracy: Political Change in Grassroots China
Building Security in Post-Cold War Eurasia
Private Peacemaking
The Challenge of Regional Cooperation in Central Asia
The Quest for Democratic Security
Three Dimensions of Peacebuilding in Bosnia
New Approaches to International Negotiation and Mediation
Territorial Disputes and Their Resolution
Kashmir: A Problem in Search of a Solution
Keynote Addresses from the Virtual Diplomacy Conference
Sovereignty After Empire
Can Foreign Aid Moderate Ethnic Conflict?
US Responses to Self-Determination Movements
Zaire: Predicament and Prospects
Training for Peace Operations: The US Army Adapts to the Post-Cold War World
Greek-Turkish Relations and US Foreign Policy
Creative Approaches to Managing Conflict in Africa
Police Functions in Peace Operations
Downward Spiral: HIV/AIDS, State Capacity, and Political Conflict in Zimbabwe
Biosecurity: Limiting Terrorist Access to Deadly Pathogens
Healing the Holy Land: Interreligious Peacebuilding in Israel/Palestine
Boundary Disputes in Latin America
The Road Ahead: Lessons in Nation Building from Japan, Germany, and Afghanistan for Postwar Iraq
The Palestinian Reform Agenda
The Israeli Military and Israel's Palestinian Policy
The Chaplain's Evolving Role in Peace and Humanitarian Relief Operations
The Ethics of Armed Humanitarian Intervention
Democratic Values, Political Structures, and Alternative Politics in Greater China
Democratization in Mali: Putting History to Work
Training for Peace and Humanitarian Relief Operations
How Not to Make Peace:
The Role of International Financial Institutions in International Humanitarian Law
Chaplains as Liaisons with Religious Leaders
Controlling Weapons of Mass Destruction
Passing the Baton: Challenges of Statecraft for the New Administration
From Revolutionary Internationalism to Conservative Nationalism
El Salvador: Implementation of the Peace Accords
The News Media and Peace Processes
Conflict Management Training: Advancing Best Practices
Coercive Prevention - Normative, Political, and Policy Dilemmas
Women in War and Peace: Grassroots Peacebuilding
Grappling with Peace Education in Serbia
Religious Contributions to Peacemaking
Dismantling the DPRK’s Nuclear Weapons Program
Promoting Middle East Democracy II: Arab Initiatives
Political Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa
Islam and Democracy
Applying Islamic Principles in the Twenty-First Century
Cyberterrorism: How Real is the Threat?
Orphans of Conflict: Caring for the Internally Displaced
Rethinking Truth and Reconciliation Commissions
Teaching About the Religious Other
Debriefing Mediators to Learn from Their Experiences
Searching for Stability: Perceptions of Security, Justice, and Firearms in Libya
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Articles
Deradicalizing, Rehabilitating, and Reintegrating Violent ExtremistsDoes Reconciliation Prevent Future Atrocities? Evaluating Practice in Sri Lanka
Engaging Religion and Religious Actors in Countering Violent Extremism
The Military´s Role in Countering Violent Extremism: Repurposing Stability Operations
Industrial-Scale Looting of Afghanistan´s Mineral Resources
Creating an Inclusive Burmese Peace Process
Inclusive Peace Processes are Key to Ending Violent Conflict
Returning Foreign Fighters and the Reintegration Imperative
China´s Kashmir Policies and Crisis Management in South Asia
Women in Nonviolent Movements
Dynamics of Radicalization and Violent Extremism in Kosovo
Islamist Groups in Afghanistan and the Strategic Choice of Violence
The Rise and Stall of the Islamic State in Afghanistan
Closing Space and Fragility
The Islamic State In Pakistan
Atrocity Prevention through Dialogue: Challenges in Dealing with Violent Extremist Organizations
China and the Responsibility to Protect: From Opposition to Advocacy
Preventing Violent Extremism Through Inclusive Politics in Bangladesh
National Dialogues: A Tool for Conflict Transformation?
The Future of Afghanistan-Pakistan Trade Relations
An Appraisal of Pakistan’s Anti-Terrorism Act
Women and Violent Extremism: A Growing Threat Demands Concerted Action
What to Do When Foreign Fighters Come Home
Neutrality in Afghanistan’s Foreign Policy
Using Special Envoys in High-Stakes Conflict Diplomacy
Counterinsurgency, Local Militias, and Statebuilding in Afghanistan
Pathway to National Dialogue in Sudan