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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.
The Role of the Ambassador in Promoting U.S. Human Rights Policy Abroad
Summary The ambassador is a key player in determining tough trade-offs or policy emphasis: between short-term and long-term objectives, between executive and legislative priorities, between strategic interests and specific human rights concerns, between public and private diplomacy, between coercive and cooperative approaches, and between unilateral and multilateral approaches to specific problems.
Truth Commission: Uruguay
Truth Commission: Commission for Peace Duration: 2000 – 2002 Charter: Resolución de la Presidencia de la República No. 858/200 Commissioners: 6 Report: Public report
Women in War and Peace: Grassroots Peacebuilding
While much of the work of conflict resolution focuses on the government or public level, the resolution of contemporary conflict is very much a holistic process that is simultaneously conducted at the private, grassroots level. Many of the efforts under way to sustain peace in countries and regions beset by or emerging from violent conflict are undertaken by grassroots organizations formed by those whose lives are most directly and significantly affected by the conflict. A substantial proport...
Defining the Path to a Peaceful, Undivided, and Democratic Europe
Summary A peaceful and undivided Europe must include both the United States and Russia if it is to be stable and successful over time. The United States wants a Europe that is a reliable strategic partner in trade and security issues, both in the region and potentially elsewhere. There can be considerable flexibility of form in the way this "single security community" of Europe arranges itself.
Transatlantic Relations In the Aftermath of Kosovo
Summary The NATO intervention in Kosovo reinforced ongoing trends in the alliance such as the establishment of a European Security and Defense Identity (ESDI) and the growing gap in military capabilities between Europe and the United States. At the same time, the crisis in Kosovo marked a turning point for Europe, which acknowledged that violence and conflict were no longer acceptable in the "new" Europe--even on its periphery.
Grappling with Peace Education in Serbia
Since the violent breakup of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia began in 1991, the children of Serbia have suffered the debilitating effects of wartime conditions. These include various forms and degrees of deprivation: social, emotional, moral, and intellectual.
Peace Agreements: Macedonia-Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Agreement on the Regulation of Relations and Promotion of Cooperation between the Republic of Macedonia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (04-08-1996) Posted by USIP Library on: March 30, 2000 Source Name: United Nations Information Centre, Washington, D.C. Source Document Number: U.N. Doc. No. S/1996/291 Date Digitized: March 10, 2000
Macedonia: Prevention Can Work
This report focuses on recent developments in Macedonia, and seeks to identify the obstacles to and opportunities for continued democratization and greater ethnic harmony in a country that has--despite many difficulties--avoided the kind of violent conflict seen elsewhere in the Balkans during the past decade.
Peace Agreements: Cambodia
Final Act of the Paris Conference on Cambodia (10-23-1991) Posted by USIP Library on: February 22, 2000 Source Name: United Nations, Department of Public Information, Agreements on a Comprehensive Political Settlement of the Cambodia Conflict: Paris, 23 October 1991, January 1992, 1-6. Agreement on a Comprehensive Political Settlement of the Cambodia Conflict (10-23-1991) Posted by USIP Library on: February 22, 2000 Source Name: United Nations, Department of Public Information, Agreeme...
Peace Agreements: Sudan-Uganda
Agreement between the Governments of Sudan and Uganda (12-08-1999) Posted by USIP Library on: February 14 2000 Source Name: The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Date faxed: December 15 1999