Upcoming Courses/Simulations

February 14, 2012 - May 15, 2012 Mediating Violent Conflict Take on the roles of mediators and conflict parties in simulations and role-plays, as you learn what it takes to structure a successful mediation effort, as well as what a third party needs to do when deciding to get involved in a peacebuilding effort.
February 29, 2012 - March 1, 2012 Iran and Pakistan's Nuclear Proliferation Challenges Examine the challenges and implications of Iran’s nuclear program and Pakistan’s expanding nuclear arsenal, in terms both of regional stability and the global nonproliferation regime. Increase your understanding of the role of nuclear weapons in international security challenges and of ways to manage the threats they pose.
March 6, 2012 - March 8, 2012 Conflict Mapping Workshop Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping technologies can empower conflict management practitioners by providing timely and detailed information both to international actors and to residents in conflict zones. Focusing on case studies in Sudan and Central Africa, this workshop explores how GIS technologies can support early warning and prevention efforts as well as community-level security initiatives.
March 12, 2012 - March 16, 2012 Stabilization and Peacebuilding: Understanding Dynamic Processes and Making Them Work 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.
March 20, 2012 - March 22, 2012 China's Nuclear Posture, North Korea's Nuclear Challenge, and U.S. National Security Understand the roles of arms control and nonproliferation regimes, as well as the U.S. strategic posture, in confronting the challenges of nuclear weapons, with a special focus on the growing role of China as a regional and world power, and the dangers of North Korea’s nuclear weapons capability at a time of regime transition.
March 26, 2012 - March 28, 2012 Overseas Religious Engagement This course offers skills to navigate respectfully within religious spaces and with religious leaders, as well as how and when to implement programming in partnership with religious communities. It provides guidelines for engaging with senior figures as well as grassroots communities. The course provides lessons on how religion interacts with social, political, and economic dynamics. It provides guidance for ongoing consultations with religious communities, as well as assessment of program impact.
March 27, 2012 - March 29, 2012 Strategic Economic Needs and Security Exercise (SENSE) The Strategic Economic Needs and Security Exercise (SENSE), originally developed by the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA), is a computer-facilitated simulation that focuses on negotiations and decision-making in a post-conflict environment.
April 2, 2012 - April 6, 2012 Conflict Prevention: Latin America 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.
April 9, 2012 - April 13, 2012 Building Bridges through Intergroup Dialogue Learn how to use Intergroup Dialogue (ID) to engage alienated groups in safe conversation about their identities with the goal of improving understanding, dismantling perceptions of the “other,” and creating alliances that help pave the way to greater intergroup cooperation and peaceful coexistence.
April 16, 2012 - April 20, 2012 Engaging With Identity-Based Differences Identity-based conflicts rooted in ethnic or religious differences pose distinctive challenges for third-party mediators and other advisers. The course will outline strategies for addressing these issues, including responding to leaders who enflame identities, approaching the touchy issue of religion—both your own and local people's, building relationships through dialogue and ritual, and making use of indigenous or traditional reconciliation measures.
April 23, 2012 - April 27, 2012 Conflict Analysis: The Two Sudans Learn about the sources of ongoing conflict and possible emergence of new conflict in the two Sudans, including the issues of oil revenue, citizenship, debt, and border demarcation between the north and south.
April 30, 2012 - May 4, 2012 Governance and Democratic Practices in War-to-Peace Transitions Learn how to develop effective strategies for establishing stable institutions and a robust civil society, including how to address the interplay among issues of corruption, accountability, rule of law, elections, political party development, public administration, and economic reconstruction in divided societies.
May 7, 2012 - May 11, 2012 Rule of Law Practitioners Course Understand foundational theories of rule of law assistance in conflict-affected states. Through the use of case studies and interactive exercises, participants practice core rule of law skills and look at the dilemmas faced in rule of law promotion.
May 14, 2012 - May 18, 2012 Developing a Framework for Economic Reconstruction in Conflict-Affected States Learn how to formulate economic instruments within a strategic framework for economic development in vulnerable and conflict-affected states, using case studies and simulations set in Kosovo, Haiti, and Sudan.
May 21, 2012 - May 25, 2012 Health Care in Post-Conflict and Fragile States Explore the importance of public health in fragile and conflict-affected states and understand how equal access to good health care is a critical component of post-conflict reconstruction and peacebuilding. Analyze short-term delivery of public health in conflict situations as well as long-term development of the public health sector.

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