Coercive Inducement and the Containment of International Crises

Coercive Inducement and the Containment of International Crises

Monday, March 1, 1999

By: Donald C. F. Daniel;  Bradd C. Hayes;  with Chantal de Jonge Oudraat

The concept of a “middle ground” between simple peace enforcement and traditional peacekeeping by lightly armed observers has been both ill defined and controversial. But the authors of this thoughtful yet challenging volume make a strong case for both the practicability and the desirability of such operations 

Type: Book

Removing Barricades in Somalia: Options for Peace and Rehabilitation

Removing Barricades in Somalia: Options for Peace and Rehabilitation

Thursday, October 1, 1998

By: Hussein Adam;  Richard Ford with Ali Jimale Ahmed;  Abdinasir Osman Isse;  Nur Weheliye;  David Smock

In summer 1997, a team of four Somali intellectuals and two American Africanists spent three weeks in Somalia on behalf of the United States Institute of Peace.  The purpose of the visit was to assess the present circumstances and future prospects for peace and reconciliation in Somalia and to recommend how it might be appropriate for the United States, working with colleagues and institutions in Somalia and neighboring countries as well as within the larger donor community, to play a constru...

Type: Peaceworks

Managing Communications: Lessons from Interventions in Africa

Managing Communications: Lessons from Interventions in Africa

Sunday, March 30, 1997

"Managing Communications: Lessons from Interventions in Africa," the conference was jointly sponsored by the United States Institute of Peace and the National Defense University.  It examined the effectiveness of communications and information-sharing practices (including organizational structures and technologies) among humanitarian and peacekeeping organizations in recent complex emergency operations in Somalia, Rwanda, and Liberia.

Type: Special Report

Humanitarian Assistance and Conflict in Africa

Humanitarian Assistance and Conflict in Africa

Thursday, February 1, 1996

By: David R. Smock

The good work of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in recent conflicts in such countries as Somalia, Haiti, and Bosnia is well known—providing food, shelter, medicine, and a host of other materials and services under extremely difficult conditions. But does humanitarian assistance in some cases actually exacerbate conflict?

Type: Peaceworks

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

Somalia and Operation Restore Hope

Somalia and Operation Restore Hope

Thursday, June 1, 1995

By: John L. Hirsch;  Robert B. Oakley / Chester A. Crocker;  Foreword

“Somalia” has become a symbol for the unacceptable costs of humanitarian intervention, for the type of foreign involvement that should be avoided. But the authors of this timely book, themselves key participants in the U.S.-led operation there, argue that substantial good was done—the tide of famine was stayed, hundreds of thousands of lives saved, and steps toward political reconciliation begun.

Type: Book

Somalia - The Missed Opportunities

Somalia - The Missed Opportunities

Saturday, October 1, 1994

By: Mohamed Sahnoun

By 1992, starvation, disease, and death had engulfed Somalia and its people. Plagued by the violence of civil war, Somalia had become a country with few resources and great despair—electricity, communications, transportation, health services, and food were all in short supply.  

Type: Book

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

Relief, Reconciliation, and Reconstruction in Somalia: Views of Prominent Somalis

Relief, Reconciliation, and Reconstruction in Somalia: Views of Prominent Somalis

Friday, January 1, 1993

The purpose of the meeting was to see if this diverse gathering of Somali professionals could develop consensusre commendations about how to promote more effective relief efforts in Somalia and how to advance toward political reconciliation and reconstruction  Given their divergent perspectives, the group was able to achieve an impressive degree of consensus on key points. The purpose of this report is to summarize these points of consensus.

Type: Special Report