Core Analytical Courses

Covers the missions, cultures, and operating procedures of international organizations, regional organizations, government organizations, militaries, and nongovernmental organizations in peace and stability operations, as well as inter-organizational planning, communication, and coordination.
 

Maximize your effectiveness by learning how to anticipate threats of deadly conflict, halt and reverse the escalation into violence, and build effective coalitions. Conflict examples include violent insurgencies, large-scale criminality, civil wars, or transitional conflicts.

Provides guiding principles for organizing and implementing post-conflict and stability operations, including the overarching leadership challenges, based on lessons learned from the full range of international interventions and peacebuilding missions.

This two-day workshop examines sources of conflict in Yemen and the Arabian Peninsula, including governance challenges, declining oil revenues, water shortages, sesessionist movements, and violent extremism. Participants utilize a range of analytical tools--including context analysis, conflict assessment frameworks, scenario gaming, and situation analysis--to identify conflict drivers and assess the risks of escalation. They will also identify opportunities for productive engagement by local, national and international actors to prevent or manage conflict in the region.