Publications
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.
Question And Answer
Amid a Changing Global Order, NATO Looks East
Integrating Internal Displacement in Peace Processes and Agreements
Leading experts on mediation and the plight of internally displaced persons (IDPs) collaborated to produce this handbook, which gives mediators the tools they need to incorporate IDPs' concerns into peace processes and agreements. This handbook is part of the Peacemaker’s Toolkit series, published by the United States Institute of Peace.
Timing Mediation Initiatives
A mediation initiative cannot be launched at just any time if it is to succeed, and and this toolkit lays out five steps mediators can take to determine when a conflict is ripe for mediation. This handbook is part of the Peacemaker’s Toolkit series, published by the United States Institute of Peace.
Managing Public Information in a Mediation Process
This handbook helps mediators identify and develop the resources and strategies they need to reach their audiences. It is part of the Peacemaker's Toolkit series, published by the United States Institute of Peace.
Working with Groups of Friends
This volume explores how peacemakers can productively work with informal mini coalitions of states or intergovernmental organizations that provide support for resolving conflicts and implementing peace agreements—an innovation often referred to as groups of “Friends.” This handbook is part of the Peacemaker’s Toolkit series, published by the United States Institute of Peace.
Engagement, Coercion, and Iran’s Nuclear Challenge
Facilitated by the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Stimson Center, "Engagement, Coercion, and Iran's Nuclear Challenge" is the culmination of recommendations from a distinguished group of more than 40 scholars and policy analysts, who met regularly over the past year to evaluate how the U.S. should proceed in its strategy with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Peacemaker's Toolkit
In coordination with the United Nations Mediation Support Unit and in collaboration with a number of other mediation institutes and experts, USIP is developing a series of "best practices" handbooks on key aspects of mediation and peacemaking.
State-Building Competencies
State-building is an increasingly important foreign policy mission, whether in the form of assistance to the developing world or in the form of stability and reconstruction operations in post-conflict societies.
Conducting Track II Peace Making
In the conflict resolution realm, “track II” peacemaking or diplomacy has become increasingly common, complementing the more formal track I peacemaking efforts in myriad ways and at various points throughout a peace process. This volume presents track II intervention as a series of steps that guide peacemakers in coordinating track II efforts to maximize their positive impacts. This handbook is part of the Peacemaker’s Toolkit series, published by the United States Institute of Peace.
Toward a Rule of Law Culture
This guide is the product of a two-year partnership between USIP and the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau for Counterterrorism, during which USIP designed, developed and piloted a foundation rule of law course for the International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law. The four 5-day pilot courses were delivered between November 2014 and July 2015 to mid- and senior-level legal, penal, police, judicial and civil society personnel from fifteen countries across Africa and the Middle East....
Toward a Rule of Law Culture (Arabic)
ﻫــﺬا اﻟﺪﻟﻴــﻞ ﻧﺘــﺎج ﺷــﺮاﻛﺔ داﻣــﺖ ﻟﻤــﺪة ﻋﺎﻣﻴﻦ ﺑﻴــﻦ ﻣﻌﻬــﺪ اﻟﻮﻻﻳــﺎت اﻟﻤﺘﺤــﺪة ﻟﻠﺴــﻼم ووزارة اﻟﺨﺎرﺟﻴــﺔ اﻷﻣﺮﻳﻜﻴﺔ، ﺻﻤــﻢ ﺧﻼﻟﻬــﺎ ﻣﻌﻬــﺪ اﻟﻮﻻﻳــﺎت اﻟﻤﺘﺤــﺪة ﻟﻠﺴــﻼم ﻣﻨﻬﺠــﺎً ﺗﺄﺳﻴﺴــﻴﺎً ﺑﺸــﺄن ﺳــﻴﺎدة اﻟﻘﺎﻧــﻮن وﻃــﻮره وﻋﻘــﺪ ﺗﺪرﻳﺒــﺎً ﺗﺠﺮﻳﺒﻴــﺎً ﻋﻠﻴــﻪ ﻟﻠﻤﻌﻬــﺪ اﻟﺪوﻟــﻲ ﻟﻠﻌﺪاﻟــﺔ وﺳــﻴﺎدة اﻟﻘﺎﻧــﻮن وﻋﻘــﺪت اﻟــﺪورات اﻟﺘﺪرﻳﺒﻴــﺔ اﻟﺘﺠﺮﻳﺒﻴــﺔ اﻷرﺑــﻊ اﻟﺘــﻲ اﻣﺘــﺪت ﻛﻞ ﻣﻨﻬــﺎ ﻟﺨﻤﺴــﺔ أﻳــﺎم ﻓــﻲ اﻟﻔﺘــﺮة ﻣــﻦ ﻧﻮﻓﻤﺒــﺮ 4102 إﻟــﻰ ﻳﻮﻟﻴــﻮ 5102 وﺗﻠﻘﺎﻫــﺎ ﻣﻮﻇﻔــﻮن ﻣــﻦ اﻟﺪرﺟــﺔ اﻟﻤﺘﻮﺳــﻄﺔ واﻟﻌﻠﻴــ...