Traditional Dispute Resolution and Afghanistan’s Women

Traditional Dispute Resolution and Afghanistan’s Women

Thursday, December 22, 2011

By: Sylvana Q. Sinha

This brief is based on recent discussions USIP held in Kabul on traditional dispute resolution (TDR) and women’s rights. Based on these discussions and USIP’s research, it outlines recommendations on how to increase access to justice for women. Sylvana Q. Sinha served as rule of law adviser in USIP’s Kabul office from November 2010 to November 2011.

Type: Peace Brief

Education & TrainingGenderMediation, Negotiation & DialogueEducation & Training

Multilateral Political Missions and Preventive Diplomacy

Multilateral Political Missions and Preventive Diplomacy

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

By: Richard Gowan

Multilateral teams can often bring a level of expertise and impartiality to preventing conflicts that other missions cannot. With a little more support, they can be an even better tool for conflict prevention. The report is based on Review of Political Missions, a project launched by New York University ’s Center on International Cooperation in 2010. The United States Institute of Peace funded this project in association with the governments of Norway and Switzerland.

Type: Special Report

Conflict Analysis & PreventionMediation, Negotiation & Dialogue

After 2014: Managing the Transition in Afghanistan

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

USIP hosted an event in which experts look at building the Afghan economy in anticipation of the big transition in 2014, when American and NATO forces will finish turning responsibility for the country's security to the Afghan government. It's also when, a new World Bank report suggests, the bulk of foreign assistance, now keeping the Afghan economy alive, will begin to dry up.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & PreventionEnvironmentMediation, Negotiation & DialogueEconomics

Beyond Power-sharing: Institutional Options for an Afghan Peace Process

Beyond Power-sharing: Institutional Options for an Afghan Peace Process

Friday, December 9, 2011

By: Hamish Nixon;  Caroline Hartzell

Much of the debate about a peace settlement with insurgents in Afghanistan focuses only on political or territorial power sharing. But a successful peace process will require a broader array of measures that allow conflicting parties to share influence and balance that influence with more roles for noncombatants, civilian political actors, and vulnerable groups.

Type: Peaceworks

Conflict Analysis & PreventionMediation, Negotiation & Dialogue

Building Peace and a Partnership with the Military

Thursday, December 8, 2011

We asked USIP leaders, from board members to senior staff and experts to explain the effect that events around the world and here at home will have on the U.S. and the contributions the Institute can and does make during a time of tremendous challenge – and opportunity. USIP Chief of Staff Retired Col. Paul Hughes served nearly 30 years on active duty with the Army.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & PreventionEducation & TrainingMediation, Negotiation & DialogueEducation & Training

Afghan Peace Requires ‘Will and Ideas’

Friday, December 2, 2011

By: Thomas Omestad

Doubts about mounting a successful peace process in Afghanistan are running high as 2011 nears an end. However, hopes for it have not been extinguished and considerable work needs to be done on laying out what a viable process would include and how it might proceed, according to several Afghanistan specialists appearing at an event held at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) on Nov. 29.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & PreventionMediation, Negotiation & Dialogue

Value of Police Assistance

Friday, December 2, 2011

By: Robert Perito

December 2, 2011 Bob Perito, director of USIP’s Security Sector Governance Center of Innovation, discusses the value of police assistance programs in conflict affected countries – and the importance police can play in counter-insurgency operations.   What role should local police play in counter-insurgency operations like those in Iraq and Afghanistan? In the formula for successful counter-insurgency operations—clear, hold and build—local police play a critical role. After U.S. and hos...

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

From Militants to Policemen: Three Lessons from U.S. Experience with DDR and SSR

From Militants to Policemen: Three Lessons from U.S. Experience with DDR and SSR

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

By: Alison Laporte-Oshiro

Consolidating the legitimate use of force in the hands of the state is a vital first step in post-conflict peacebuilding. This USIP Peace Brief analyzes two processes that are vital to securing a monopoly of force: disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) and security sector reform (SSR).  

Type: Peace Brief

Conflict Analysis & PreventionMediation, Negotiation & Dialogue