What Future for Mugabe's Zimbabwe?

What Future for Mugabe's Zimbabwe?

Tuesday, February 11, 2003

What are the possible consequences of a prolonged political deadlock in Zimbabwe? Are there viable options open to the international community to address the current humanitarian, economic, and political crisis there?

Type: Peace Brief

Crises on the Korean Peninsula

Crises on the Korean Peninsula

Wednesday, January 15, 2003

The United States and North Korea are in a tense nuclear stand-off; U.S.-South Korean relations are straining under the weight of rising anti-Americanism south of the DMZ. What options are open to U.S. policymakers to resolve these crises?

Type: Peace Brief

North Korea's Nuclear Posture: Policy Options for the United States

North Korea's Nuclear Posture: Policy Options for the United States

Monday, December 23, 2002

By: William Drennan

The United States finds itself embroiled for the second time in a decade with North Korea over the isolated Stalinist state's quest for nuclear weapons. Pyongyang's admission in October to having a heretofore secret program to acquire weapons grade material from highly enriched uranium (HEU), in violation of the 1994 U.S.-DPRK Agreed Framework and its other nonproliferation commitments, has spiked tensions in the region, distracted Washington from Iraq and the war on terrorism, and left the a...

Type: Peace Brief

The Northern Ireland Peace Process

The Northern Ireland Peace Process

Monday, December 23, 2002

The Good Friday Agreement of 1998 brought the combatants in the Northern Ireland conflict closer to a settlement on core issues than many had thought possible. However, the political process the agreement set in motion faces serious challenges in the years ahead.

Type: Peace Brief

Marshland Arabs of Iraq

Marshland Arabs of Iraq

Thursday, December 12, 2002

The near total destruction of the vast marshlands of southern Iraq by Saddam Hussein's regime has had significant ecological consequences and devastated the 500,000 Ma'dan or "Marsh Arab" people, who have populated the area for 5,000 years.

Type: Peace Brief

Eye of the Hurricane: Liberia and Instability in West Africa

Eye of the Hurricane: Liberia and Instability in West Africa

Wednesday, December 11, 2002

As armed conflict continues to spread in West Africa, what are the possible pathways to peace and stability in the region? What role does Liberia play in this problem? What are the prospects for peace and regime change in Liberia? Can the current instability and ongoing army mutiny in the Ivory Coast be traced to problems in Liberia?

Type: Peace Brief