Preventing Arab-Kurd Conflict in Iraq after the Withdrawal of U.S. Forces

Preventing Arab-Kurd Conflict in Iraq after the Withdrawal of U.S. Forces

Monday, March 28, 2011

By: Emma Sky

Since the fall of the former regime in 2003, there has been continuous concern that fighting might break out between the Arabs and the Kurds over Kirkuk and the boundary of the Kurdistan Regional Government. Unless new conflict prevention mechanisms are put in place, there is a real risk that tensions could boil over as people tire of waiting for a political resolution.

Type: Peace Brief

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

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

A Multimedia Online Atlas of War Crimes in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Over the years, the USIP Grant Program has supported a number of noteworthy projects aiming to develop large-scale public archives of primary and secondary information about conflicts in various countries.  A particularly impressive documentation effort is being carried out by a nongovernmental organization in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Research and Documentation Center (RDC), whose work has been supported by two USIP grants, one of which commenced in May 2010 and remains ongoing.  

Making Economics Work for Peace

Thursday, March 17, 2011

By: Thomas Omestad

Economists typically work in the realm of modeling rational economic behavior and drafting policies to foster growth, income and financial stability in that context. But when conflict strikes, the best designed models and the normal interplay of supply and demand can run head-on into some brutal realities. The disconnect between economic theory and real-world practice in societies torn by conflict is something that USIP’s Raymond Gilpin experienced firsthand early in his career as the res...

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & PreventionEnvironmentEconomics