Q&A: Russia’s Intervention in Syria

Q&A: Russia’s Intervention in Syria

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

By: Dr. Elie Abouaoun ;  Gopal Ratnam

Russia’s military involvement in Syria has further complicated a four-year-long civil war that the United Nations says has killed more than 250,000 people and driven half the population from their homes. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad just visited Moscow, his first trip outside Syria since the conflict began in 2011 – to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Elie Abouaoun, director of Middle East programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace, considers the ramifications, the prospects for r...

Type: Analysis

Violent ExtremismMediation, Negotiation & DialogueEducation & Training

Deradicalization Programming in Pakistan

Deradicalization Programming in Pakistan

Monday, September 14, 2015

By: Selina Adam Khan

The December 2014 terrorist attack in Peshawar that killed 132 schoolchildren forced Pakistan to acknowledge the extent of its ongoing problem with radical Islamist militancy. Islamabad, however, has yet to implement a comprehensive deradicalization strategy. In January 2015, it took a formal step in this direction with its twenty-point National Action Plan in response to the Peshawar attack—a step, but only a first step. If deradicalization is to meet with any success in Pakistan, the nation...

Type: Peace Brief

Violent ExtremismEducation & Training

Reconciliation in Practice

Reconciliation in Practice

Thursday, August 6, 2015

By: Kelly McKone

Reconciliation projects face two critical challenges: the situation on the ground in postconflict settings and the gap between reconciliation theory and practice. If the society is to transition successfully to a new path forward, the critical knowledge gap must first be closed. The first step is assessing work recently completed or now in progress. How do organizations even define reconciliation? What activities are being undertaken to that end? What theories underpin intervention strategies...

Type: Peaceworks

ReconciliationConflict Analysis & PreventionMediation, Negotiation & DialogueEducation & Training

Crucial U.N. Peacekeeping Is Stretched to 'Absolute Limits'

Crucial U.N. Peacekeeping Is Stretched to 'Absolute Limits'

Thursday, June 11, 2015

The alarming state of the overtaxed United Nations peacekeeping system endangers human rights, genocide prevention, development and the prospects for sustainable peace, USIP board Vice Chairman George Moose told an audience June 5 at the annual membership meeting of the United Nations Association of the National Capital Area.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & PreventionEducation & TrainingHuman RightsGlobal Policy

Education and Attitudes in Pakistan

Education and Attitudes in Pakistan

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

By: Madiha Afzal

Why do Pakistanis continue to hold a skewed assessment of the Taliban threat to their country? What underlies their attitudes toward the Taliban, the United States, India, and religious minorities? This report draws on author interviews and fieldwork undertaken in Punjab in 2013 and 2014 as well as on a detailed curriculum and textbook study to identify and trace the roots of these attitudes and suggest ways out of the dilemma for Pakistan’s policymakers.

Type: Special Report

Conflict Analysis & PreventionViolent ExtremismEducation & Training

Deputy Secretary Blinken Urges 'Bold' U.N. Peacekeeping Review

Deputy Secretary Blinken Urges 'Bold' U.N. Peacekeeping Review

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday urged a high-level panel reviewing United Nations peace operations to conduct a rigorous assessment that will challenge member nations to ensure peacekeepers have the flexibility, capabilities and the political backing they need to function more effectively in increasingly complex conflict zones.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & PreventionEducation & TrainingGlobal Policy

Managing Conflict in a World Adrift

Managing Conflict in a World Adrift

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

By: Pamela Aall;  Chester A. Crocker;  Fen Osler Hampson;  editors

In the midst of a political shift where power is moving from central institutions to smaller, more distributed units in the international system, the approaches to and methodologies for peacemaking are changing. "Managing Conflict in a World Adrift" provides a sobering panorama of contemporary conflict, along with innovative thinking about how to respond now that new forces and dynamics are at play.

Type: Book

Education & Training