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Articles, publications, books, tools and multimedia features from the U.S. Institute of Peace provide the latest news, analysis, research findings, practitioner guides and reports, all related to the conflict zones and issues that are at the center of the Institute’s work to prevent and reduce violent conflict.
Who Controls Pakistan's Security Forces?
USIP hosted a panel discussion April 19 on the state of Pakistan’s security forces that looked at the political and security dynamics at play and how they affect the military.
U.S.-Pakistan Relations
USIP’s Moeed Yusuf discusses the recent turmoil between the U.S. and Pakistan.
Negotiating the Pakistani-U.S. Relationship, One Step at a Time
The U.S. and Pakistan have enjoyed an on-again, off-again relationship for years. Ambassadors Howard Schaffer and Teresita Schaffer describe the relationship in their latest USIP Press book “How Pakistan Negotiates with the United States: Riding the Roller Coaster.”
Starting an Af-Pak Dialogue
Since early 2010, USIP’s Cross-Border Dialogue Initiative has brought together more than 300 people, teaching the skills of policy advocacy and negotiation and, at the same time, building bridges between communities suffering from endemic violence and separated by a tense national border.
Pakistan: Training the Mediators
With Pakistan’s internal troubles and cross-border issues with Afghanistan key factors in the security outlook for all of South Asia and the United States, the U.S. Institute of Peace has brought its concept of building a network of facilitators to the country
How Pakistan Negotiates with the United States
How Pakistan Negotiates with the United States analyzes the themes, techniques, and styles that have characterized Pakistani negotiations with American civilian and military officials since Pakistan’s independence. Drawing from their vast diplomatic experience, authors Teresita and Howard Schaffer examine how Pakistan’s ideological core, geopolitical position, culture, and military and governmental structures shape negotiations with the United States.
The Future of Pakistan
This Peace Brief is based on views expressed by 11 panel chairs and panelists during the January 31, 2011 event, “The Future of Pakistan,” hosted by USIP’s Center for Conflict Management and the Brookings Institution.
Covering and Countering Extremism in Pakistan’s Developing Media
This Peace Brief summarizes the discussion from the USIP public event “Pakistan’s Media: Dissecting its Coverage of Extremism, Terrorism and Pakistan-U.S. Relations." The event convened Pakistan journalists and media experts Wajahat Ali, Imtiaz Ali and Zahid Hussein on December 6, 2010.
USIP Prevention Newsletter - March 2011
The bimonthly Prevention Newsletter provides highlights of the Institute's conceptual and region specific work aimed at helping to prevent conflicts in Africa, the Middle East, South and Northeast Asia, and the special project on genocide prevention. It also provides Over the Horizon thinking on trends in different regions, as well as information about events, working groups and publications.
USIP Grant Supports Radicalization Study
Does poor governance promote extremism? With the support of USIP, the Governance Institutes Network International (GINI), a Pakistani non-governmental organization based in Islamabad, will conduct surveys of 2,000 adults in three areas to explore potential links between misgovernance and radicalization and gain insight into the supply-side dynamics of misgovernance.