Grants

Solicited Grants

Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Study national negotiating styles in Egypt, Iran, Israel, and Turkey; analyze and compare the negotiating vocabularies of the respective national languages; and present negotiation profiles for each of the cases. Raymond Cohen. $43,404.

Unsolicited Grants

Abu Odeh, Adnan S., Amman, Jordan. Research the origins and evolution of the complex interaction between Jordanians and Palestinians in Jordan and the impact of the relationship on the Middle East peace process. $7,200.

Asia Society, New York, N.Y. A joint project with the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University to consider how the international community can help consolidate peace in Cambodia and reinforce Cambodia's struggling democracy. David Timberman. $37,000.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, D.C. Analyze current and potential international policies to reduce and resolve the ongoing ethnic conflict in Burundi. Stephen R. Weissman. $41,800.

Conflict Management Group, Cambridge, Mass. (1) Support continued unofficial discussions between decision-makers in Georgia and political leaders of the South Ossetian separatist forces to help generate ideas that would clarify the region's constitutional status. Keith M. Fitzgerald. $33,000. (2) Strengthen the conflict resolution unit within the Organization of African Unity through training and advice. Steve Smith. $35,000.

Deng, Francis M., Washington, D.C. Translate Deng's book War of Visions into Arabic and publish it in Sudan as a means of stimulating public discussion of the divisive issues that lie behind Sudan's civil war. $20,000.

Fund for Peace, Washington, D.C. Based largely on his experience as the former United Nations special representative to Burundi, Ould-Abdallah will draw lessons on preventive diplomacy for Burundi and other crisis spots in Africa. Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah. $26,000.

Institute for Multi-Party Democracy, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Investigate and ameliorate ethnic and racial tensions in post-apartheid South Africa with a particular focus on intergroup relations in the Western Cape province. Thaabit Albertus. $39,990.

InterAfrica Group, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. With the peace initiative of the Intergovernmental Agency for Development (IGAD) being the officially recognized process to bring peace to Sudan, support the activities of the IGAD Resource Persons Group, a seven-member group formed in 1994 to advise the IGAD mediators on how to move the process forward. Jalal Abdel Latif. $30,000.

Liberian Support Group, Washington, D.C. Support the efforts of expatriate Liberians resident in the United States to generate ideas and support for the Liberian peace process. Dominic Washington. $10,000.

National Endowment for Democracy, International Forum for Democratic Studies, Washington, D.C. Study the interconnections between peace-building and the current transitions to democracy in various African states, with particular attention to South Africa, Ghana, and Benin. Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi. $41,800.

Fuller, Graham, Rockville, Md. Examine the future political role of the various Shi'a Muslim communities in the states of the Persian Gulf, focusing particular attention on Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. $50,000.

Stanford University, Calif. Facilitate unofficial discussions among key opinion-leaders in Northern Ireland as a supplement to official all-party talks, focusing on ways to improve relations among the historically divided communities. Byron Bland. $50,000.

Tel Aviv University, Israel. Assess the national interests of countries in the Middle East in the creation of a regional security system. Examine the applicability of existing regional security models to the Middle East. Mark Heller. $55,500.

Tel Aviv University, Israel. Develop a comprehensive database on the military, economic, political, and social dimensions of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Produce a series of studies that explore linkages between domestic political processes in Middle Eastern countries and regional and international dynamics. Zeev Maoz. $44,100.

University of Maryland, College Park. Research Chinese philosophical and cultural traditions as they relate to human rights; attempt to clarify conceptual differences and identify shared concepts in the U.S. and Chinese discourses on human rights. Xiaorong Li. $34,953.

University of Massachusetts, Amherst. A joint U.S.-Russian project to explore the relationships between autonomous regional components of the Russian Federation and the center, with a focus on the relationship between economic ties and peace. Robert J. McIntyre. $42,000.

University of Southern California, Indian Wells. Complete a book on contemporary Japanese international negotiating behavior, emphasizing diplomatic negotiations at both bilateral and multilateral levels, with particular attention to Japanese-American bargaining interactions. Michael K. Blaker. $33,550.

University of Wisconsin, Madison. Investigate the moral dimensions of U.S. foreign policy and the policies of international organizations with respect to self-determination movements. Allen Buchanan. $35,000.

Utah State University, Logan. Study the evolution, current status, and potential future directions of relations between the Chinese Communist Party and the military. Jing Huang. $37,000.