PrintPamela Aall
Provost, Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding
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Pamela Aall is a senior vice president at the U.S. Institute of Peace and provost of USIP’s Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding, the recently established education and training center for practitioners working in or on conflict.
Her research interests include mediation, non-official organizations, civil–military relations, education and training, and the role of education in exacerbating conflict or promoting reconciliation. She is past president of Women in International Security, an organization dedicated to promoting women’s professional advancement in the foreign affairs and security fields. She has also worked at the Rockefeller Foundation, the European Cultural Foundation, and the International Council for Educational Development.
Aall has co-authored and co-edited a number of books and articles, including the Guide to IGOs, NGOs and the Military in Peace and Relief Operations (2000). With Chester A. Crocker and Fen Osler Hampson, she has written and edited a series of books on international conflict management including Leashing the dogs of war: conflict management in a divided world (2007); Grasping the nettle: analyzing cases of intractable conflict (2005); Taming intractable conflicts: mediation in the hardest cases (2004); and Turbulent peace: the challenges of managing international conflict (2001). Their latest jointly edited volume is Rewiring regional security in a fragmented world (2011). They are also series editors for the Routledge Studies in Security and Conflict Management.
Publications:
- Rewiring Regional Security in a Fragmented World, co-edited with Chester A. Crocker and Fen Osler Hampson (USIP Press, 2011).
- Leashing the Dogs of War: Conflict Management in a Divided World, co-edited with Chester A. Crocker and Fen Osler Hampson (USIP Press, 2007).
- Grasping the Nettle: Analyzing Cases of Intractable Conflict, co-edited with Chester A. Crocker and Fen Osler Hampson (USIP Press, 2005).
- Taming Intractable Conflicts: Mediation in the Hardest Cases, co-authored with Chester A. Crocker and Fen Osler Hampson (USIP Press, 2004).
- Turbulent Peace: The Challenges of Managing International Conflict, co-edited with Chester A. Crocker and Fen Osler Hampson (USIP Press, 2001).
- "Making Peace; Making It Stick," in Passing the Baton: Challenges of Statecraft for the New Administration (Peaceworks, 2001).
- Guide to IGOs, NGOs, and the Military in Peace and Relief Operations, co-authored with Thomas G. Weiss and Lt. Col. Daniel Miltenberger (USIP Press, 2000).
- Herding Cats: Multiparty Mediation in a Complex World, co-edited with Chester A. Crocker and Fen Osler Hampson (USIP Press, 1999).
- Managing Global Chaos: Sources of and Responses to International Conflict, co-edited with Chester A. Crocker and Fen Osler Hampson (USIP Press, 1996).
Publications & Tools
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On May 2, USIP hosted NATO Defense College (NDC) Senior Course 120, which consisted of 74 senior military officers from 31 countries worldwide, as part of the group's Transatlantic Field Study trip to Washington, DC. NDC Dean Dr. Richard Hooker and Brigadier General Patrick Desjardins of France, dean of Academic Operations, led the delegation; Daria Daniels Skodnik coordinated the trip for NDC. Issue Areas: WMD, Nonproliferation, and Arms Control
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With the National Academy of Engineering, the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) on May 1 hosted a workshop with specialists in and out of government on “Adapting Agricultural Extension to Peacebuilding.” |
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Security experts gathered at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) on Dec. 1 to address the question of who—amid rapid global change--has the responsibility, will and capacity to provide security in a variety of conflicts and problems around the world. The event marked the release of Rewiring Regional Security in a Fragmented World, a 20-chapter volume drawing on contributions from numerous security specialists. Countries: Libya, Philippines
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Economics and Conflict, Gender and Peacebuilding, Health and Peacebuilding, Human Rights
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Rewiring Regional Security in a Fragmented World examines conflict management capacities and gaps regionally and globally, and assesses whether regions—through their regional organizations or through loose coalitions of states, regional bodies, and non-official actors—are able to address an array of new and emerging security threats. Countries: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Russian Federation
| Issue Areas: Security Sector Reform/Governance
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U.S. Institute of Peace scholars, fellows and staff will attend this month’s International Studies Association (ISA) Convention in Montreal, reflecting USIP’s central role in this field. The convention runs from March 16-19, 2011. Countries: Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, The Two Sudans
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Rule of Law
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USIP released the latest volume in its ongoing series on contemporary conflict.Leashing the Dogs of War: Conflict Management in a Divided World, edited by Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson, and Pamela Aall is a follow up to their landmark 2001 work Turbulent Peace, which has become a leading classroom text in the study of conflict resolution. |
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Among the unwelcome legacies of the past century are a group of conflicts, both intrastate and interstate, that seem destined never to end. Unyielding conflicts offer numerous insights—not only about the sources of intractability but also about such facets of mediation and conflict management as how to gain leverage, when to engage and disengage, how to balance competing goals, and who to enlist to play supporting roles Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention
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Written from the mediator's point of view, Taming Intractable Conflicts lays out the steps involved in tackling the most stubborn of conflicts. It first puts mediation in a larger context, exploring why mediators choose or decline to become involved, what happens when they get involved for the wrong reasons, and the impact of the mediator's institutional and political environment. Issue Areas: Mediation and Facilitation
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Please see the new, replacement volume: Leashing the Dogs of War |
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This report summarizes discussions at a conference of leading officials and specialists on January 17, 2001. The conference program was organized around five panel discussions covering two functional topics (organizing for national security and international conflict management) and three geographic regions of special concern to the United States (Russia, the Balkans, and Northeast Asia). Countries: Asia, Europe, Russian Federation, United States
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Please see the newest replacement volume: Guide for Participants in Peace, Stability, and Relief Operations |
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Not only will these cases illustrate how multiparty mediation works or does not work, but they should also stimulate further work on the special requirements and best practices of the field, promote a dialogue among practitioners themselves as well as between academics and practitioners, and lead to unique insights, new understandings, and alternative approaches that can be applied to future mediations. Issue Areas: Mediation and Facilitation
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Sources of and Responses to International Conflict |
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The staff of the Institute has gone through the voluminous proceedings of the September 1995, "Managing Chaos" conference to distill the views expressed by nongovernmental organization (NGO) representatives and others on the emerging role of NGOs in managing international conflict. |
Events
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May 22, 2012
In recent decades, civil wars have caused more deaths than any other form of organized mass violence. Between 2000 and 2010, an extraordinary 90 percent of civil wars were recurrences of earlier wars, according to the World Bank’s 2011 World Development Report. This event will bring together experts on civil war, the success of post-war peace agreements, and deeply divided societies to discuss the key elements that contribute to the success or failure of post-civil war peace. |
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May 11, 2012
On May 11, USIP hosted a series of discussions ranging from managing conflict in complex environments to lessons learned from USIP-funded projects. The sessions were part of the 2012 Alliance for Peacebuilding's Annual Conference which focused on new models for peacebuilding that works across disciplines in chaotic, fragile environments. |
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December 1, 2011
Regional and global security experts addressed questions on the links between the fields of security and conflict management and the balance between regional/local security initiatives and global ones. The discussion centered on the themes of USIP’s book, "Rewiring Regional Security in a Fragmented World", edited by Chester A. Crocker, Fen Olsen Hampson, and Pamela Aall.
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April 15, 2010
The new Women in International Security (WIIS) "Progress Report on Women in Peace and Security Careers: U.S. Executive Branch" is the first report to examine women's representation and career experiences in international security in the U.S. government sector. A panel of USIP and WIIS experts will discuss the report's implications and the next steps to fulfilling its recommendations.
Issue Areas: Gender and Peacebuilding
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November 13, 2009
While conflict management professionals understand the contributions that women make in peacebuilding efforts, promoting this idea in conflict societies and effectively engaging women in a wide range of peacebuilding activities requires knowledge and awareness. This first Gender and Peacebuilding Seminar will explore the role women can play in peace negotiations. Issue Areas: Gender and Peacebuilding, Negotiation and Diplomacy
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June 17, 2002
Issue Areas: Gender and Peacebuilding, Religion and Peacemaking
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