Resources & Tools

Cover of How We Missed the Story. (Image: U.S. Institute of Peace)
November 2009 | On the Issues by Roy Gutman
Young Iraqis view speech by U.S. President Barack Obama. (Photo: NY Times)
August 2009 | Peace Briefing by Theo Dolan

In order to address some of the challenges facing youth in Iraq, USIP and its Iraqi partners created a multimedia program that provides Iraqi teenagers with tools that can help them grow into independent, empowered citizens within a complex society. In April 2009, USIP’s Center of Innovation for Media, Conflict and Peacebuilding organized an expert working group in Erbil, Iraq to discuss various peace media programming relevant for Iraqi youths.

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January 2008 | Book by Roy Gutman

Award-winning journalist Roy Gutman weaves a narrative that exposes how and why the U.S. government, the United Nations, and the Western media "missed the story" in the leadup to 9/11. 

January 2008 | Special Report by Yll Bajraktari and Christina Parajon

The development of media in post-Taliban Afghanistan has been relatively successful. However, such development remains incomplete and still faces many challenges. Hence, the international community must continue to assist and support these efforts.

October 2007 | Special Report by Yll Bajraktari and Emily Hsu

In war-torn societies, the development of independent, pluralistic, and sustainable media is critical to fostering long-term peace and stability. This report outlines a series of steps for generating a strategy for media development in post-conflict zones.

April 2006 | Book by Gabriel Weimann

Terror on the Internet, a USIP Press book by noted scholar Gabriel Weimann, uses data from an eight-year study to conclude that terrorism on the Web has increased dramatically from 1998 to today. 

January 2006 | Arabic Report by Joseph McMillan
August 2005
October 2003 | Special Report by Mark Frohardt and Jonathan Temin
January 2003 | Book by Kemal Kurspahic

One of the most courageous journalists of our time, Kemal Kurspahic tells a riveting tale of how media malfeasance stirred up the ethnic hatreds that led to the bloody Balkan wars of the 1990s.