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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.
Lethal Ethnic Riots: Lessons from India and Beyond
Briefly Because deadly ethnic riots are activities undertaken by crowds, understanding why these riots occur and how they unfold requires analysis of the dynamics of crowd behavior. Rioters display a mixture of lucid calculation and irrational passion in their behavior, carefully targeting their victims but finding emotional release in their killing.
Peace Agreements: Aceh (Indonesia)
Cessation of Hostilities Framework Agreement Between Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement (12-09-2002) Posted by USIP Library on: February 5 2003 Source Name: Department of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Indonesia web site Source URL: www.dfa-deplu.go.id/policy/view/aceh/cessationofhostilities.htm Date downloaded: February 4 2003
Crises on the Korean Peninsula
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?
North Korea's Nuclear Posture: Policy Options for the United States
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...
Case Studies in Japanese Negotiating Behavior
This volume explores four recent U.S.–Japanese negotiations—two over trade, two over security-related issues—looking for patterns in Japan’s approach and behavior.
Humanitarian Assistance in North Korea (DPRK) Web Links
Below are links to resources primarily in English that provide substantive content on humanitarian assistance in the DPRK (North Korea). International and Non-Governmental Organizations Selected Documents These links complement the Institute Special Report: Overcoming Humanitarian Dilemmas in the DPRK (North Korea). International and Non-Governmental Organizations Caritas Internationalis Caritas Internationalis Web site describes the mission, guiding values and ...
Overcoming Humanitarian Dilemmas in the DPRK (North Korea)
Summary In 1995 the DPRK (North Korean) government appealed to the international community for assistance to cope with gross food shortages, which threatened starvation for its people. UN humanitarian agencies that had had some relationship with the DPRK since the 1980s—the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the World Food Program (WFP)— responded to these appeals and became fully operational and resident in the country after 1995.
Democratic Values, Political Structures, and Alternative Politics in Greater China
This study addresses the relationship among popular attitudes toward democracy, a state's political structures--parties, elections, and the government bodies to which candidates in these societies are elected--and the ways in which people participate in politics. It argues that high levels of popular democratic consciousness and strong demands for participation, in the absence of legitimate democratic institutions, lead citizens to resort to nonformal political strategies, including civil dis...
Peace Agreements: Bougainville (Papa New Guinea)
Bougainville Peace Agreement (08-30-2001) Posted by USIP Library on: April 9 2002 Source Name: Text e-mailed from the Adviser to the Papua New Guinea Government on the Bougainville Peace Process Date e-mailed: October 31 2001 Lincoln Agreement on Peace, Security and Development on Bougainville (01-23-1998) Posted by USIP Library on: April 11 2002 Source Name: Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade web site Source URL: www.dfat.gov.au/geo/png/bougainville/png_l...
Peace Agreements: Tajikistan
General Agreement on the Establishment of Peace and National Accord in Tajikistan (06-27-1997) Posted by USIP Library on: April, 9 2002 Source Name: Text e-mailed from the United Nations Information Centre, Washington, D.C. Source Document Number: U.N. Doc. No. A/52/219 Date e-mailed: February 24, 2000 The Moscow Declaration (06-27-1997) Posted by USIP Library on: April 9, 2002 Source Name: Text e-mailed from the United Nations Information Centre, Washington, D.C. Source...