Resources & Tools
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USIP’s Soolmaz Abooali takes a look at how karate and other sports can help stop fights before they happen. She recently participated in the 2009 World Cup in Poland, where she placed second in the competition. Issue Areas: Conflict Management and Resolution, Youth
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A new USIP report examines online discourse in the Arab world and emerging trends of the blogosphere. Countries: Asia, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kashmir, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria
| Issue Areas: Communications and Media, Science and Technology, Youth
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Education plays a critical role in preparing communities for change and has made important contributions to post-conflict reconciliation in numerous war-torn societies, yet education issues have largely been excluded from past efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A new USIP report argues why an education track should be included in the negotiations phase and in the text of an agreement itself, and puts forward practical recommendations on how Israelis and Palestinians – and the international community – can move forward with a successful peace process that incorporates education. Countries: Israel, Palestinian Territories
| Issue Areas: Civil Society, Education, Identity, Ethnicity, and Culture, Peacebuilding, Religion, Terrorism and Political Extremism, Training, Youth
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The trade of stolen oil, or “blood oil,” in Nigeria is fueling a long-running insurgency in the Niger Delta region that has claimed many lives. A USIP special report by Judith Burdin Asuni shows how the big business of blood oil poses a threat not only to the Nigerian state and the region, but to the international community as well. |
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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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This briefing by Sheila Mwiandi explores various dimensions of Kenya's post-election IDP problems, including elections-related issues prior to 2008, challenges to relocating IDPs and strategies for improving the situation. Countries: Kenya
| Issue Areas: Civil Society, Conflict Analysis, Early Warning & Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding, Population and Diaspora, Youth
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After botched elections, what are the strengths and weaknesses of Kenya’s recent National Accord? Will the deal hold up? What are the costs of withdrawing from the coalition government? Countries: Kenya
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis, Early Warning & Conflict Prevention, Governance, Mediation and Facilitation, Peacebuilding, Population and Diaspora, Youth
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Dorina Bekoe and Jacki Wilson discuss the renewed violence in Kenya, sparked by a flawed electoral process. |
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Child soldiers and women are among the most vulnerable victims of Congo’s war. Attending to their needs for reintegration, counseling, and medical attention are critical components for consolidating peace. Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of, Congo, Republic of the
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis, Women, Youth
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This report proposes five steps to improve the global response to internal displacement. If taken, these steps would build ownership of IDPs by host governments and foreign donors, implement rules and standards governing the response, reform the response of the United Nations and the United States, and create a permanent advocacy constituency for IDPs. |