Strengthening Justice and Security in the Himalayas

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

By: Thomas Omestad

The U.S. Institute of Peace has unveiled a pathbreaking survey of attitudes toward the police, justice and rule of law in politically troubled Nepal, an effort that could help guide reforms needed to tame the violence and corruption plaguing the Himalayan nation’s young democracy.

Type: Analysis

How Pakistan Negotiates with the United States

How Pakistan Negotiates with the United States

Friday, April 1, 2011

By: Howard B. Schaffer;  Teresita C. Schaffer

How Pakistan Negotiates with the United States analyzes the themes, techniques, and styles that have characterized Pakistani negotiations with American civilian and military officials since Pakistan’s independence. Drawing from their vast diplomatic experience, authors Teresita and Howard Schaffer examine how Pakistan’s ideological core, geopolitical position, culture, and military and governmental structures shape negotiations with the United States.

Type: Book

The Unfolding Situation in Yemen

Monday, March 28, 2011

By: Steven Heydemann

USIP’s Steven Heydemann, a leading expert on Middle East politics, answers questions about the unfolding situation in Yemen.

Type: Analysis

Upheaval in Syria

Monday, March 28, 2011

By: Scott Lasensky

Scott Lasensky is the co-author of Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace (USIP Press) and Dealing with Damascus (Council on Foreign Relations). He travels regularly to Syria.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

Analyzing Post-Conflict Justice and Islamic Law

Analyzing Post-Conflict Justice and Islamic Law

Monday, March 28, 2011

By: Scott Worden;  Shani Ross;  Whitney Parker;  Sahar Azar

Post-conflict justice mechanisms such as truth commissions, war crimes tribunals and reparations programs have emerged as a fundamental building block of durable peace settlements in Latin America, Africa and Asia. They are relatively rare, however, in Muslim countries recovering from conflict—despite the fact that social and criminal justice is a fundamental principle of Islamic law.

Type: Peace Brief

Religion