Publications & Tools

	Former USIP Fellows Help Foster Basque Peace Breakthrough December 2011 \| News Feature by Thomas Omestad When they met during their fellowships at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) in 2005, a lasting friendship was born. But as Pierre Hazan, a Swiss political scientist and former journalist, got to know Gorka Espiau Idoiaga, a peace activist from the Basque country of Spain, they had no idea that their friendship would bring them back together years later to help foster a breakthrough for peace in Western Europe’s last guerrilla conflict. Countries: Europe, France, Spain \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Political Reform, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
	Ending with ETA? Elusive Peace in the Basque Country February 2011 \| Grant Highlight by Andrew Blum In January the Basque separatist group ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna), announced a “permanent, general and internationally verifiable ceasefire”. On February 7, leaders of Batasuna, a political party that served as ETA’s surrogate and has been banned since 2003, presented the statutes of a new party in a bid to re-enter the democratic game and pursue the goal of independence by solely political means. With the support of USIP, Teresa Whitfield, of New York University’s Center on International Cooperation, is investigating the reasons for ETA’s long duration and the factors that are contributing to its end. Countries: Europe, Spain \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Mediation and Facilitation, Political Reform, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
	Framing the State in Times of Transition April 2010 \| Book by Laurel E. Miller, with Louis Aucoin 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
	The Basque Conflict: New Ideas and Prospects for Peace April 2006 \| Special Report by Gorka Espiau Idoiaga The international community lacks updated information on the latest stage of the Basque conflict—the longest enduring violent conflict in Western Europe—and the emerging opportunity for a peace process among the key parties to it. This report examines recent promising developments, outlines remaining obstacles, and offers recommendations to ensure that the present opportunities for peace in the Basque Country are not lost. Countries: Spain \| Issue Areas: Negotiation and Diplomacy

	Former USIP Fellows Help Foster Basque Peace Breakthrough December 2011 \| News Feature by Thomas Omestad When they met during their fellowships at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) in 2005, a lasting friendship was born. But as Pierre Hazan, a Swiss political scientist and former journalist, got to know Gorka Espiau Idoiaga, a peace activist from the Basque country of Spain, they had no idea that their friendship would bring them back together years later to help foster a breakthrough for peace in Western Europe’s last guerrilla conflict. Countries: Europe, France, Spain \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Political Reform, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
	Ending with ETA? Elusive Peace in the Basque Country February 2011 \| Grant Highlight by Andrew Blum In January the Basque separatist group ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna), announced a “permanent, general and internationally verifiable ceasefire”. On February 7, leaders of Batasuna, a political party that served as ETA’s surrogate and has been banned since 2003, presented the statutes of a new party in a bid to re-enter the democratic game and pursue the goal of independence by solely political means. With the support of USIP, Teresa Whitfield, of New York University’s Center on International Cooperation, is investigating the reasons for ETA’s long duration and the factors that are contributing to its end. Countries: Europe, Spain \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Mediation and Facilitation, Political Reform, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
	Framing the State in Times of Transition April 2010 \| Book by Laurel E. Miller, with Louis Aucoin 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
	The Basque Conflict: New Ideas and Prospects for Peace April 2006 \| Special Report by Gorka Espiau Idoiaga The international community lacks updated information on the latest stage of the Basque conflict—the longest enduring violent conflict in Western Europe—and the emerging opportunity for a peace process among the key parties to it. This report examines recent promising developments, outlines remaining obstacles, and offers recommendations to ensure that the present opportunities for peace in the Basque Country are not lost. Countries: Spain \| Issue Areas: Negotiation and Diplomacy