Programs

Kosovo.  Photo Courtesy New York Times

Sustainable stability in the Balkans requires continuous international efforts, including the insights of those individuals with extensive in the field experience.  
 

Map of the Balkans (Source: CIA World Factbook)

USIP has been engaged in the Balkans since 1996, starting in Bosnia immediately after the signing of the Dayton Accords, and later expanding its activities to Kosovo, Serbia, Montenegro, and Macedonia.

The Constitution Making Project engages directly in ongoing constitution making processes, providing support and advice on issues of substance, process, and implementation to government, international, and NGO/civil society organizations in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Iraq, and DRC, among others.

The Rule of Law Center has shaped the field of "transitional justice" through research that examines these issues in comparative perspective, publications, grant-funded work, and substantive policy advice.