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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.
Peacebuilding Toolkit for Educators - High School Edition
This Peacebuilding Toolkit for Educators is designed to support the work of educators as peacebuilders. We believe that young people have tremendous capacity, as individuals and as a community, to learn about and contribute to international conflict management, and that educators can channel students’ energy and enthusiasm in positive ways.
Putting Theory into Action in Baghdad
When the U.S. Institute of Peace decided it would open a permanent office in Baghdad in 2004 to bring its training expertise and conflict resolution skills to the war in Iraq, it quickly became apparent to USIP personnel that the Institute was entering a whole new phase.
Counting the Dead and Wounded: Improving Capacity to Measure the Casualties of Armed Conflict
Tallying the fatalities and injuries resulting from armed conflict is an enormous challenge, with major political implications. Comprehensive, accurate information may be hard to collect, and conflict protagonists are prone to distort casualty figures. Meanwhile, the means of gathering data and evaluating competing claims have emerged in an ad hoc fashion. As a result, casualty statistics can be highly controversial and subject to misuse, exacerbating the risks of both further hostilities an...
The Challenge of Keeping Haitians Safe
Robert Maguire, Chairman of USIP's Haiti Working Group, analyzes the various aspects of security – political, economic, personal and criminal – in Haiti.
New Government Announced in Lebanon
USIP’s Mona Yacoubian examines the implications of the recently announced cabinet in Lebanon.
Achieving Durable Peace in Afghanistan
The July deadline for the beginning of a drawdown of American troops from Afghanistan is looming, and the debate in Washington is increasingly focused now on how reconciliation and reintegration efforts will affect the long-term peace process. Experts from Capitol Hill, Kabul and Washington think tanks gathered at USIP on June 13 to discuss how to build a “durable peace” in Afghanistan.
Promoting Stability and Resolving Provincial Disputes in Afghanistan
Currently numerous disputes at the local level are unresolved in Afghanistan, leading to local instability, a growing distance between the government and people and encouraging communities to turn to the Taliban. In March 2010, USIP began working with local elders, government officials (particularly governors and officials from the Ministry of Tribal Affairs) and religious figures to address a range of disputes in Nangarhar and Kunar provinces in eastern Afghanistan.
Peace in Sudan
USIP’s Andrew Blum and Jon Temin discuss the recent troubling developments in Sudan and why there are renewed concerns about prospects for peace in Sudan.
Libyan Forces Use Rape as Weapon of War, Experts Say
While opposition fighters struggle to tip the balance against Libyan leader Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi’s forces, a growing number of women living in rebel strongholds are allegedly being raped by members of the Libyan military.
China and the United States
While China continues to call for US respect of its core interests as a means toward greater cooperation on the Korean Peninsula and global climate change, the United States prefers an immediate focus on cooperating on those common concerns. A leading Chinese scholar examines how these differences can be bridged to build a genuine partnership.