Publications & Tools
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Gender and Peacebuilding Center Director, Kathleen Kuehnast, discusses USIP's focus on women's equality in 2011 and looks ahead at the gender projects USIP will work on in 2012. |
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Consolidating the legitimate use of force in the hands of the state is a vital first step in post-conflict peacebuilding. This USIP Peace Brief analyzes two processes that are vital to securing a monopoly of force: disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) and security sector reform (SSR). |
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This report reviews the challenges facing returning refugees and internally displaced persons after protracted conflict, questioning the common wisdom that the solution to displacement is, in almost all cases, to bring those uprooted to their places of origin, regardless of changes in the political, economic, psychological, and physical landscapes. Countries: Afghanistan, Africa, Asia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Burundi, Europe, Iraq
| Issue Areas: Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
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Over the years, the USIP Grant Program has supported a number of noteworthy projects aiming to develop large-scale public archives of primary and secondary information about conflicts in various countries. A particularly impressive documentation effort is being carried out by a nongovernmental organization in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Research and Documentation Center (RDC), whose work has been supported by two USIP grants, one of which commenced in May 2010 and remains ongoing. Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia
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Ahead of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s elections on October 3, USIP’s Daniel Serwer discusses their significance and the challenges facing the country and region. Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina
| Issue Areas: Political Reform, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Rule of Law, Security Sector Reform/Governance
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This report from the United States Institute of Peace’s Center of Innovation for Media, Conflict and Peacebuilding illustrates the importance of local ownership in peacebuilding and stabilization operations—not just in concept but in practice. Countries: Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iraq, Kosovo, South Sudan, Sudan, The Two Sudans
| Issue Areas: Media, Conflict, and Peacebuilding, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Rule of Law
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Daniel Serwer testified before the Committee on Foreign Affairs' Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight on top priorities for U.S. diplomacy and assistance in Bosnia. |
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The Balkans face more trouble in Kosovo as well as Bosnia and Herzegovina unless the United States and European Union take dramatic steps to get both back on track toward EU membership. Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo
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Analyzing nineteen cases, Framing the State in Times of Transition offers the first in-depth, practical perspective on the implications of constitution-making procedure, and explores emerging international legal norms. Countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Colombia, Eritrea, Fiji, Hungary, Iraq, Namibia, Nicaragua, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Timor Leste, Uganda, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
| Issue Areas: Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Rule of Law
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As Bosnia and Herzegovina’s longtime tradition of religious coexistence is disappearing, USIP examines how education for new generations can improve multiethnic understanding in the postwar country. |