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On March 28, USIP's Korea Working Group (KWG), headed by John Park, convened the 5th USIP-Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU) Washington Workshop titled "The Outlook for the North Korean Situation and Prospects for U.S.-ROK Cooperation After the Death of Kim Jong-il.". Countries: Korean Peninsula, South Korea
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Economics and Conflict, Security Sector Reform/Governance
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On March 12, the U.S. Institute of Peace’s (USIP) Center for Conflict Management and the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs co-convened a closed briefing on the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit for senior diplomats of countries whose head of state will be participating in the summit. Ambassadors, Deputy Chiefs of Mission, and Heads of Political Section from over 30 embassies participated in the briefing. Countries: Korean Peninsula, South Korea
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John Park, a senior program officer who directs USIP’s Korea Working Group, analyzes prospects for South Korean President Lee Myung-bak’s state visit to the United States October 13. Countries: Korean Peninsula, North Korea, South Korea, United States
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy
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The Institute’s Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding held the course in nuclear nonproliferation Sept. 26-30. And, for the first time ever, an undersecretary of state, Ellen Tauscher, spoke to an Academy class. Tauscher is the undersecretary of state for Arms Control and International Security Affairs. Countries: Iran, Korean Peninsula, North Korea, South Korea, United States
| Issue Areas: WMD, Nonproliferation, and Arms Control
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John Park, a senior program officer who directs the Korea Working Group, analyzes prospects for the July 28-29 U.S.-North Korea “exploratory” meeting in New York. After more than two years of “strategic patience” exercised by the United States in not rushing into negotiations with North Korea without its firm commitment to denuclearization, why is this bilateral meeting taking place now? Countries: Korean Peninsula, North Korea, South Korea, United States
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy
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Key elements in China’s Communist Party, military, and business circles have steered China’s North Korea policy toward achieving stability and strengthening ties to Pyongyang, complicating U.S. efforts to enlist China’s help at reining in North Korean provocations. Countries: Asia, China, Korean Peninsula, North Korea, South Korea, United States
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy
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The United States Institute of Peace’s Truth Commissions Digital Collection is part of the Margarita S. Studemeister Digital Library in International Conflict Management. The collection contains profiles of truth commissions and substantive bodies of inquiry from nations worldwide - offering general background information on the composition of each body, links to the official legislative texts establishing such commissions, and each commission's final reports and findings. Countries: Africa, Algeria, Asia, Brazil, Burundi, Chad, Congo, Republic of the, El Salvador, Europe, Germany, Ghana, Haiti, Kenya, Liberia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Rwanda, Serbia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South America, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Timor Leste, Uganda, Uruguay
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Human Rights, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Rule of Law
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Toxic Legacy: Hunger, Oppression, Migration, and Health in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
This Peace Brief explores the current health status of North Korea, initiatives to strengthen the health system, the potential impact of migration and informal markets on health, and prospects for the future health of the population. Countries: Korean Peninsula, North Korea, South Korea
| Issue Areas: Economics and Conflict, Health and Peacebuilding, Political Reform
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The bimonthly Prevention Newsletter provides highlights of the Institute's conceptual and region specific work aimed at helping to prevent conflicts in Africa, the Middle East, South and Northeast Asia, and the special project on genocide prevention. It also provides Over the Horizon thinking on trends in different regions, as well as information about events, working groups and publications. Countries: Côte d'Ivoire, Iran, Israel, Kenya, Lebanon, North Korea, Pakistan, South Korea, Turkey
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention
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