Forensic Training for Human Rights and Humanitarian Investigations

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Physicians for Human Rights, with support from USIP, developed this web-based distance-learning course in the forensic sciences. It targets a wide audience, from less experienced volunteer human rights investigators to expert international professionals. In addition to collecting physical evidence, the course also covers working with families and communities affected by violence. Regular 'quizzes' and exercises encourage trainees to reflect on the material that they have been exposed to and h...

Type: Tools for Peacebuilding

Peace Agreements Digital Collection

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

The Peace Agreements Digital Collection, part of the Margarita S. Studemeister Digital Library in International Conflict Management, strives to contain the full text of agreements signed by the major contending parties ending inter- and intra-state conflicts worldwide since 1989. It is a collection constantly under development by the Jeannette Rankin Library Program as a means to strengthen worldwide access to information on peaceful means to end international conflict.

Type: Article

New Tactics in Human Rights: A Resource for Practitioners

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

This material, developed by The Center for Victims of Torture with the support of USIP, is an essential toolkit for human rights advocates. A Workbook includes practical options for the practitioner, while Tactical Training Notebooks illustrate how human rights advocates and practitioners can effectively engage with a wide variety of community leaders using actual cases.

Type: Tools for Peacebuilding

Culture and Conflict Resolution

Culture and Conflict Resolution

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

This highly acclaimed book explores divergent theories of social conflict and differing strategies that shape the conduct of diplomacy, and examines the role that culture has (and has not) played in conflict resolution. In a lively style, the author challenges both scholars and practitioners not only to develop a clearer understanding of what culture is, but also to take that understanding and incorporate it into more effective conflict resolution processes.

Type: Book

The Diplomat's Dictionary

The Diplomat's Dictionary

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Diplomacy means very different things to different people. In this entertaining and informative collection, the author brings together keen observations, witty insights, shrewd advice, and classic words of wisdom on the art and practice of diplomacy. In so doing, this wide-ranging compendium draws on many cultures, ancient and modern.

Type: Book

Negotiating Across Cultures: International Communication in an Interdependent World

Negotiating Across Cultures: International Communication in an Interdependent World

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Over the last decade, USIP has produced a definitive series of books on culture and negotiating styles. Described as "profoundly useful," this series is essential reading for diplomats, trade negotiators, policymakers, business leaders, and students. Books have been produced on French, Russian, German, North Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Israeli, Palestinian, and Indian negotiating styles. American, Pakistan, and Iranian negotiating styles are currently under development. USIP also published ...

Type: Book

State-Building Competencies

State-Building Competencies

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

State-building is an increasingly important foreign policy mission, whether in the form of assistance to the developing world or in the form of stability and reconstruction operations in post-conflict societies.

Type: Tools for Peacebuilding

On the Issues: Somalia

Friday, April 10, 2009

By: Raymond Gilpin

Raymond Gilpin, Associate Vice President and director of USIP’s Sustainable Economies Center of Innovation, talked about this new development, factors fueling Somali piracy, and offers policy options to address the problem.

Type: Analysis

Land, Property, and the Challenge of Return for Iraq’s Displaced

Land, Property, and the Challenge of Return for Iraq’s Displaced

Thursday, April 9, 2009

By: Deborah Isser;  Peter Van der Auweraert

Iraq today is faced with a multilayered displacement crisis that is massive in both size and complexity. It is estimated that 3.8 million Iraqis were displaced from their homes from 2003 to 2008, with the majority of them becoming displaced in 2006 and the first half of 2007

Type: Special Report