Publications & Tools

	State’s Shapiro, at USIP, Outlines U.S. Policy on Peacekeeping March 2012 Calling United Nations and regional peacekeeping a “strategic priority” and a cost-effective way of bolstering U.S. national security, Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro laid out U.S. policy for expanding the number and capabilities of peacekeepers deployed to conflict zones before an audience at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) on February 27. Countries: China, Haiti, Kosovo, Liberia, Somalia, Syria \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Gender and Peacebuilding, Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Training
	From Nigeria to Iraq: USIP Mediation in Conflicts January 2012 \| On the Issues by David Smock In a period of tremendous change in parts of the world, we are asking USIP leaders, from board members to senior staff and experts, to explain the effects that events abroad and here at home will have on the United States, and the contributions the Institute can and does make. David Smock is currently the senior vice president for USIP’s Centers of Innovation. Countries: Iraq, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Kosovo, Nigeria \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Religion and Peacemaking, Training
	From Militants to Policemen: Three Lessons from U.S. Experience with DDR and SSR November 2011 \| Peace Brief by Alison Laporte-Oshiro 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). Countries: Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Haiti, Iraq, Kosovo, Liberia \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Mediation and Facilitation, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Rule of Law, Security Sector Reform/Governance
	Humanitarianism in Crisis May 2011 \| Special Report by Søren Jessen-Petersen The militarization and politicization of humanitarian efforts have led to diminishing effectiveness on the ground and greater dangers for humanitarian workers, leaving humanitarian action in a state of crisis. Countries: Afghanistan, Haiti, Iraq, Kosovo \| Issue Areas: Human Rights, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
	Kosovo: The Next Steps November 2010 \| Peace Brief by Daniel Serwer A small group of experienced American Balkans hands met in October at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. to discuss the situation and the way forward. This Peace Brief summarizes salient points from their discussion. Countries: Kosovo \| Issue Areas: Mediation and Facilitation, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Rule of Law, Security Sector Reform/Governance
	Make It Theirs September 2010 \| Special Report by Simon Haselock 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
	The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Kosovo September 2010 \| Peace Brief by Richard Caplan On July 22, 2010, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its long-awaited advisory opinion on the legality of Kosovo’s declaration of independence of February 17, 2008. The expectation had been that the ICJ would offer a mixed ruling that would give some comfort to Serbia and some support to Kosovo. Instead, by a majority of 10 to four, the ICJ concluded that “the adoption of [the] declaration did not violate any applicable rule of international law.” While the advisory opinion will not resolve the longstanding dispute between Belgrade and Pristina, it will facilitate any further recognition of Kosovo. Countries: Kosovo, Serbia \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Political Reform, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Rule of Law
	ICJ Advisory Opinion on Kosovo Independence Declaration July 2010 \| On the Issues by Daniel Serwer The International Court of Justice gave its opinion on July 22, 2010 on the legality of the 2008 secession of Kosovo. USIP's Daniel Serwer, Vice President of the Centers of Innovation and head of the Balkans Working Group, weighs in on the decision. Countries: Kosovo, Serbia
	A New Kind of Balkans Drama June 2010 \| Peace Brief by Daniel Serwer 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
	Youth and Post-Conflict Reconstruction May 2010 \| Book by Stephanie Schwartz In conflict and post-conflict situations, youth constitute a reservoir of energy. Some young people choose to fight or are forced into a life of violence. Others are able to work to improve their communities, contribute to peacebuilding, reconciliation and reconstruction, and become invested in their countries’ future peace. Youth and Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Agents of Change uses three cases of post-conflict reconstruction—Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Kosovo—to explore how youth affect the post-conflict reconstruction process, and how domestic policy, NGO programming, international interventions, and cultural contexts may change that role. Countries: Congo, Republic of the, Kosovo, Mozambique \| Issue Areas: Arts and Peacebuilding, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Youth and Peacebuilding

	State’s Shapiro, at USIP, Outlines U.S. Policy on Peacekeeping March 2012 Calling United Nations and regional peacekeeping a “strategic priority” and a cost-effective way of bolstering U.S. national security, Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro laid out U.S. policy for expanding the number and capabilities of peacekeepers deployed to conflict zones before an audience at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) on February 27. Countries: China, Haiti, Kosovo, Liberia, Somalia, Syria \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Gender and Peacebuilding, Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Training
	From Nigeria to Iraq: USIP Mediation in Conflicts January 2012 \| On the Issues by David Smock In a period of tremendous change in parts of the world, we are asking USIP leaders, from board members to senior staff and experts, to explain the effects that events abroad and here at home will have on the United States, and the contributions the Institute can and does make. David Smock is currently the senior vice president for USIP’s Centers of Innovation. Countries: Iraq, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Kosovo, Nigeria \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Religion and Peacemaking, Training
	From Militants to Policemen: Three Lessons from U.S. Experience with DDR and SSR November 2011 \| Peace Brief by Alison Laporte-Oshiro 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). Countries: Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Haiti, Iraq, Kosovo, Liberia \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Mediation and Facilitation, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Rule of Law, Security Sector Reform/Governance
	Humanitarianism in Crisis May 2011 \| Special Report by Søren Jessen-Petersen The militarization and politicization of humanitarian efforts have led to diminishing effectiveness on the ground and greater dangers for humanitarian workers, leaving humanitarian action in a state of crisis. Countries: Afghanistan, Haiti, Iraq, Kosovo \| Issue Areas: Human Rights, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
	Kosovo: The Next Steps November 2010 \| Peace Brief by Daniel Serwer A small group of experienced American Balkans hands met in October at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. to discuss the situation and the way forward. This Peace Brief summarizes salient points from their discussion. Countries: Kosovo \| Issue Areas: Mediation and Facilitation, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Rule of Law, Security Sector Reform/Governance
	Make It Theirs September 2010 \| Special Report by Simon Haselock 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
	The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Kosovo September 2010 \| Peace Brief by Richard Caplan On July 22, 2010, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its long-awaited advisory opinion on the legality of Kosovo’s declaration of independence of February 17, 2008. The expectation had been that the ICJ would offer a mixed ruling that would give some comfort to Serbia and some support to Kosovo. Instead, by a majority of 10 to four, the ICJ concluded that “the adoption of [the] declaration did not violate any applicable rule of international law.” While the advisory opinion will not resolve the longstanding dispute between Belgrade and Pristina, it will facilitate any further recognition of Kosovo. Countries: Kosovo, Serbia \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Political Reform, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Rule of Law
	ICJ Advisory Opinion on Kosovo Independence Declaration July 2010 \| On the Issues by Daniel Serwer The International Court of Justice gave its opinion on July 22, 2010 on the legality of the 2008 secession of Kosovo. USIP's Daniel Serwer, Vice President of the Centers of Innovation and head of the Balkans Working Group, weighs in on the decision. Countries: Kosovo, Serbia
	A New Kind of Balkans Drama June 2010 \| Peace Brief by Daniel Serwer 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
	Youth and Post-Conflict Reconstruction May 2010 \| Book by Stephanie Schwartz In conflict and post-conflict situations, youth constitute a reservoir of energy. Some young people choose to fight or are forced into a life of violence. Others are able to work to improve their communities, contribute to peacebuilding, reconciliation and reconstruction, and become invested in their countries’ future peace. Youth and Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Agents of Change uses three cases of post-conflict reconstruction—Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Kosovo—to explore how youth affect the post-conflict reconstruction process, and how domestic policy, NGO programming, international interventions, and cultural contexts may change that role. Countries: Congo, Republic of the, Kosovo, Mozambique \| Issue Areas: Arts and Peacebuilding, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Youth and Peacebuilding