The Coming Turkish-Iranian Competition In Iraq

The Coming Turkish-Iranian Competition In Iraq

Monday, June 20, 2011

By: Sean Kane

This report reviews the growing competition between Turkey and Iran for influence in Iraq as the U.S. troop withdrawal proceeds. In doing so, it finds an alignment of interests between Baghdad, Ankara, and Washington, D.C., in a strong and stable Iraq fueled by increased hydrocarbon production. Where possible, the United States should therefore encourage Turkish and Iraqi cooperation and economic integration as a key part of its post-2011 strategy for Iraq and the region. This analysis is bas...

Type: Special Report

Conflict Analysis & PreventionReligionEnvironmentEconomics

Improving Peacebuilding Evaluation

Improving Peacebuilding Evaluation

Monday, June 20, 2011

By: Andrew Blum

In May 2010, the Alliance for Peacebuilding in collaboration with the United States Institute of Peace launched the Peacebuilding Evaluation Project. The goal of the project was to foster collaboration among funders, implementers, and policymakers to improve evaluation practice in the peacebuilding field. This report is inspired by the deep and far-ranging conversations that took place at the meetings.

Type: Special Report

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

Peacebuilding Toolkit for Educators - Middle School Edition

Peacebuilding Toolkit for Educators - Middle School Edition

Sunday, June 19, 2011

By: Alison Milofsky

This Peacebuilding Toolkit for Educators is designed to support the work of educators as peacebuilders. We believe that young people have tremendous capacity, as individuals and as a community, to learn about and contribute to international conflict management, and that educators can channel students’ energy and enthusiasm in positive ways.

Type: Tools for Peacebuilding

Conflict Analysis & PreventionEducation & TrainingEducation & TrainingYouth

Counting the Dead and Wounded: Improving Capacity to Measure the Casualties of Armed Conflict

Friday, June 17, 2011

By: David Backer

Tallying the fatalities and injuries resulting from armed conflict is an enormous challenge, with major political implications. Comprehensive, accurate information may be hard to collect, and  conflict protagonists are prone to distort casualty figures. Meanwhile, the means of gathering data and evaluating competing claims have emerged in an ad hoc fashion. As a result, casualty statistics can be highly controversial and subject to misuse, exacerbating the risks of both further hostilities an...

Conflict Analysis & PreventionHuman Rights