Resources & Tools
part of the Centers of Innovation
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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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It would be tempting to pronounce American public diplomacy dead in the 21st century. Where government once served as a powerful middleman for information and access, shaping prevailing messages about the United States, now the Internet connects two billion people directly. The result is a brave new world for multilateral international communication, with unprecedented power to connect and divide, spread truth and rumor, and organize dispersed individuals for good, evil, and everything in between. |
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This strategic framework is crafted to be useful to (and ideally shared by) all the actors involved in post-conflict stability and state-building operations (i.e., military, government, NGO, IGO, private sector, and host nation leaders). It is organized around end states the ultimate goals of societies emerging from conflict. It also includes critical leadership responsibilities that are crucial to mission success. This framework is most valuable in planning and organizing operations, but it also has great value as an underlying structure from which training and education programs, monitoring efforts, and coordination mechanisms can cascade. It also has value as an organizing framework for cataloging documents, resources, and effective practices. |
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With an eye toward preventing future genocide, this book analyzes the genocide in Rwanda and the international community's lack of response. It was funded by USIP and won the 1998 National Book Critics Circle Award, the Los Angeles Book Prize, and the New York Times Bestseller and Editor's Choice Award. |
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USIP supported the production of this documentary film by Steve York, which focuses on six case studies of strategic non-violent conflict in the 20th century. Initially aired nationally on PBS and rebroadcast locally around the country, this film has won numerous awards, including an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Historical Program and the Gold Hugo at the Chicago International Television Competition. Additionally, a computer game based on the documentary has been developed by The International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, the media firm York Zimmerman Inc., and game designers at BreakAway Ltd. It is the first game of its kind designed to train civil society activists around the world in nonviolent strategies and tactics. |
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There is growing recognition among policymakers and conflict management experts that the media should be a building block of any comprehensive peacebuilding strategy. Yet there are scant guidelines in this regard. Projects are still planned and implemented in a relatively ad-hoc manner, with minimal reference to lessons learned from previous initiatives. This USIP Peacebriefing examines the field. |
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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. |
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The first meeting of the Institute's Media and Conflict Working Group analyzed the role of the media throughout the conflict cycle. While a considerable amount of analysis has focused on the media’s potential to support democracy efforts and build sustainable peace, no similar effort has been given to analyze the role media can play in conflict prevention. |
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Since the overthrow of Slobodan Milosevic in October 2000, Serbia has struggled to find its way. Is the country shifting toward the West or East? What will happen with Kosovo? Does Serbia need Europe? Does Europe need Serbia? Countries: Serbia
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Issue Areas: Civil Society, Communications and Media, Governance
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