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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 Political Economy of the Kashmir Conflict: Opportunities for Economic Peacebuilding and for U.S. Policy
Summary The governments of India and Pakistan have recently indicated a desire to develop warmer relations and to settle the issues that divide them by peaceful means. This endeavor will not succeed, however, unless political violence in Kashmir is substantially reduced.
Truth Commission: Paraguay
Truth Commission: Truth and Justice Commission Duration: 2004 - 2008 Charter: Ley No. 2225 Commissioners: 9 Report: Public report
Building Civilian Capacity for U.S. Stability Operations: The Rule of Law Component
Establishing public order in the aftermath of an international military intervention is "job one." The success of all other activities hinges on getting this job done. Military combat units, however, are neither trained nor equipped for riot control and law enforcement functions. No rapidly deployable U.S. civilian capacity exists to provide the full spectrum of rule of law functions—from intelligence to incarceration—needed to support military forces engaged in peace and stability operations...
Civil Society Under Siege in Colombia
This report is based on material gathered during and after a delegation visit to Colombia from February 14 to 20, 2003, organized by the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), to evaluate the effects of the internal armed conflict on Colombian civil society.
Where is the Lone Ranger When We Need Him?
A penetrating study of U.S. policy on peace operations, examining the challenges of establishing sustainable security in postconflict environments in places like the Balkans, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Robert Perito chronicles the history of American conceptions and misconceptions regarding peacekeeping forces.
Implementing U.S. Human Rights Policy
Since the 1970s, the promotion of human rights has been an explicit goal of U.S. foreign policy. Successive presidents have joined with senators and representatives, hundreds of NGOs, and millions of ordinary citizens in deploring human rights abuses and urging that American power and influence be used to right such wrongs.
Teaching Peace or War?
Congressional Testimony by Richard H. Solomon, president of the U.S. Institute of Peace.
Commission of Inquiry: Chile 03
Commission of Inquiry: National Commission on Political Imprisonment and Torture Duration: 2003 - 2005 Charter: Supreme Decree No. 1040 Commissioners: 8 Report: Public reports
The United States and Coercive Diplomacy: Past, Present, and Future
With increasing frequency, U.S. leaders try to achieve their foreign policy goals by marrying diplomacy to military muscle. How does coercive diplomacy operate and how well does it work?
Boundary Disputes in Latin America
Since the start of 2000, five Latin American boundary disputes between neighboring states have resulted in the use of force, and two others in its deployment. These incidents involved ten of the nineteen independent countries of South and Central America.