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July 12, 2010 - July 16, 2010
Peace Processes: Making a Deal, Making it Stick

While peace agreements are difficult to attain, their implementation often proves even more challenging in the quest for the desired end state.  This course gives participants a comprehensive perspective that seeks to reconcile peace talks and implementation processes. This course includes lessons on getting parties to the table, addressing paradoxes, dilemmas, asymmetries, and ambiguities inherent in peace processes. Participants will explore related concepts and phenomena such as diasporas, spoilers, gender inclusion, ritual transformation, power and numerous negotiation issues.

April 19, 2010 - April 23, 2010
Cultural Adaptability in Complex Operations

Participants learn about and practice differences in high and low context communication styles, individual versus collective organization, power distance, and temporal orientation. Recommended for those whose works requires interacting with local populations as well as across military and civilian sectors.
February 8, 2010 - February 12, 2010
Foundations of Conflict Analysis

An introduction to the subject of conflict analysis, illustrating analytical tools used by practitioners through case studies and scenario gaming exercises. The course provides analytical tools for assessing local and regional causes of conflict, potential triggers for escalation, and opportunities for productive engagement by third parties.
Prerequisite: Completion of USIP Online Certificate Course in Conflict Analysis
 
January 25, 2010 - January 29, 2010
Introduction to Post-Conflict Strategies and Operations

A 'hands on' course that provides students with a guiding principles for organizing and implementing post-conflict and stability operations based upon desired end-states commonly accpeted by the peacebuilding community. The course will focus on the critical issues that confront post-conflict interventions and the overarching leadership challenges involved in manthese objectives.
Certificate Course in Conflict Analysis

This course presents an introduction to the subject of conflict analysis, illustrating analytical tools used, with reference to two extended case studies, the conflict in Kosovo and the genocide in Rwanda.