Programs
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USIP has been engaged in the Balkans since 1996, starting in Bosnia immediately after the signing of the Dayton Accords, and later expanding its activities to Kosovo, Serbia, Montenegro, and Macedonia. |
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Peace doesn't automatically return when the guns stop firing or an agreement is signed. This team works to advise newly-forming governments and institutions, promote and maintain community reconciliation, and help different groups on the ground to coordinate their efforts to maintain security and provide services. |
Initiatives
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The Serious Crimes handbook is a reference tool for policymakers and practitioners who are designing strategies for tackling serious crimes in postconflict environments. |
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INPROL is a web-based worldwide network of rule of law practitioners and experts created to support practitioners in the field. To find out more information about becoming part of INPROL, and to apply for membership, please click here. |
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Political transitions have often served as triggers of violence. This initiative aims to increase the capacity of key stakeholders to identify these triggers during political transitions, to build positive relationships among civil society, policymakers, and regional and international organizations, and to contribute to the academic and policy literature on peaceful political transitions in Africa.
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USIP is working with Center of Excellence for Police Stability Units (CoESPU) to develop a Standard Training Module and readiness standards for stability police units. We are also helping to develop stability policing doctrine and doctrine to protect Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). |
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This project brings together officials from the US, South Korea, and Japan to discuss trilateral cooperation on the Korean peninsula, Northeast Asian region, and the international community. |
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Together with Chinese partners partners, the institute brings together U.S. and PRC officials for closed discussions on a host of economic, financial, security, and environmental issues. |
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This initiative seeks to examine U.S.-UN relations, shared interests, and prospects for strengthening this partnership during this period of extraordinary international change. |
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Issue Areas
- Capacity Building
- Civil-Military Relations
- Civil Society
- Communications and Media
- Conflict Analysis
- Conflict Management and Resolution
- Demographics
- Early Warning & Conflict Prevention
- Economics and Development
- Education
- Environment and Natural Resources
- Governance
- Health
- Humanitarian Efforts
- Human Rights
- Identity, Ethnicity, and Culture
- International and Regional Organizations
- Mediation and Facilitation
- Negotiation and Diplomacy
- Nongovernmental Organizations
- Peacebuilding
- Peacekeeping
- Political Systems and International Relations
- Population and Diaspora
- Post-Conflict Activities
- Religion
- Rule of Law
- Science and Technology
- Security and Strategy
- Terrorism, Political Extremism
- Training
- Transitional Justice
- Use of Force
- Weapons & Arms Control
- Women
- Youth

