Publications
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.
Question And Answer
Blinken’s China Trip Shows Both Sides Want to Stabilize Ties
Syria's Opposition
The uprisings in Syria that started in March have sparked international condemnation and concern over human rights abuses by the Assad regime. USIP’s Steven Heydemann discusses the state of Syria’s opposition and why the U.S. may be hesitant to recognize an emerging opposition.
State Official to Discuss U.S. Responses to Humanitarian Crises
In the humanitarian crisis hitting the Horn of Africa, the international community faces a complex set of factors that extend beyond the need to relieve the region’s vast famine and human dislocation.
World Recognizes International Day of Peace
To honor this worldwide event, USIP presents some highlights of peacebuilding around the world in 2011.
Diversity, Unity, and Nation Building in South Sudan
South Sudan’s success as a nation depends on getting its many distinct ethnic groups to promote, teach, and celebrate a shared cultural heritage. In this new Special Report, USIP Senior Fellow and former South Sudan government official Jok Madut Jok urges concrete steps toward creating a national identity.
Designing a Comprehensive Peace Process for Afghanistan
This report, sponsored by the Center for Conflict Management at the U.S. Institute of Peace, draws on comparative research literature on peace processes to identify lessons applicable to Afghanistan and makes recommendations to the international community, the Afghan government, and Afghan civil society for ensuring a more comprehensive, successful, and sustainable peace process.
The Economics of Peace
Efforts to rebuild economies in postconflict zones around the world underscore a central lesson: development practices that work in peaceful countries often don’t apply to countries in transition.
USIP Staff Take Cover as Insurgents Mount Brazen Attack in Kabul
USIP’s Sylvana Sinha had just finished lunch and was in the middle of doing some last-minute planning for a rule of law conference the Institute is hosting in Kabul this month when she got word of large blasts downtown.
Panel at USIP Calls for Assessing Media Actions in Conflicts
Although media has become a core part of the international community’s efforts to manage conflict and promote peacebuilding, the ability to evaluate media interventions in conflict lags behind. There is an urgent need to ramp up the monitoring and evaluation of those efforts, a group of specialists said at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) on September 9.
The Way Forward: Building Libya’s New Security Forces
While the new Libyan leadership may come up with an interim security plan, which could include an international peacekeeping force, a long-term solution will be one of the biggest issues facing the new leadership.
Déjà vu: Famine and Crisis in Somalia
Somalia is currently experiencing the worst drought and famine in over half a century. Half of the population (close to four million people) is dependent on food aid, while tens of thousands are estimated to have died since the drought began this past summer.