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Education plays a critical role in preparing communities for change and has made important contributions to post-conflict reconciliation in numerous war-torn societies, yet education issues have largely been excluded from past efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A new USIP report argues why an education track should be included in the negotiations phase and in the text of an agreement itself, and puts forward practical recommendations on how Israelis and Palestinians – and the international community – can move forward with a successful peace process that incorporates education. Countries: Israel, Palestinian Territories
| Issue Areas: Civil Society, Education, Identity, Ethnicity, and Culture, Peacebuilding, Religion, Terrorism and Political Extremism, Training, Youth
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Over the past decade, the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) has trained members of police and military forces around the world to prepare them to participate in international peacekeeping operations or to contribute to post-conflict stabilization and rule of law interventions in their own or in other war-torn countries. Most of the training takes place outside the United States, from remote, rugged bases to centrally located schools and academies, from Senegal to Nepal, from Italy to the Philippines. Issue Areas: Civil-Military Relations, Training
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International actors in Security Sector Reform (SSR) are increasingly taking on roles as “advisors” to Ministries of Interior, Defense, and Justice. Rather than directly implement changes necessary for SSR, these advisors must persuasively articulate suggestions to their local counterparts. Advisors’ success depends on their ability to convey recommendations in a manner that makes change acceptable to their advisees. Countries: Afghanistan, Iraq
| Issue Areas: Civil-Military Relations, Governance, Peacekeeping, Post-Conflict Activities, Rule of Law, Security and Strategy, Training, Use of Force
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Sudan’s upcoming elections in 2009 raise hopes and concerns for the country’s future. According to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), signed in 2005 between the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), Sudan is scheduled to hold national and state level elections in 2009. Countries: Sudan
| Issue Areas: Civil Society, Conflict Analysis, Early Warning & Conflict Prevention, Economics and Development, Governance, Peacebuilding, Training
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While the U.S. and world economies are slowing markedly, Security Sector Reform (SSR) is a growth industry for the private sector. U.S. government employees may set SSR policy and design projects, but implementation is extensively outsourced to private contractors. |
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Security sector reform (SSR) is essential in the transition from war to peace in conflict zones and is a topic of urgent importance. This report discusses definitions of SSR, the field's emergence, and challenges in current SSR implementation, among other topics. |
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In this timely work, Colonel Garland Williams analyzes the postconflict reconstruction gap in three case studies—Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan—and shows how military engineering brigades accompanying peacekeeping contingents can be put to use immediately after the conflict ends to restore vital infrastructure and social institutions. Countries: Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo
| Issue Areas: Civil-Military Relations, Peacebuilding, Peacekeeping, Post-Conflict Activities, Training
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While the four communities in peace operations--governmental and non- governmental organizations (NGOs), the military, and international civilian police--frequently find themselves sharing the same field of operation, their approaches to and structures for training for that interaction and the articulation of training needs are quite different. Issue Areas: Humanitarian Efforts, Nongovernmental Organizations, Training
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Issue Areas: Population and Diaspora, Training
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