The Next Chapter: The United States and Pakistan

Thursday, October 2, 2008

By: Pakistan Policy Working Group

On October 2, 2008, the USIP-cosponsored Pakistan Policy Working Group released a report with recommendations to the next administration as it develops its strategic options relating to Pakistan. The recommendations are endorsed by Richard L. Armitage, former deputy secretary of state and Lee Hamilton, former U.S. representative and co-chair of the 9/11 Commission and the Iraq Study Group.  

The Treasury Approach to State-Building and Institution-Strengthening Assistance: Experience in Iraq and Broader Implications

The Treasury Approach to State-Building and Institution-Strengthening Assistance: Experience in Iraq and Broader Implications

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

By: Jeremiah S. Pam

Drawing on a series of consultations convened by USIP's Center for Sustainable Economies, author Jeremiah S. Pam focuses on the role of the U.S. Treasury Department in finance-related state-building and institution-strenthening. Specifically, the report identifies key dynamics in the field and discusses aiding local institutions, providing technical assistance, improving interagency coordination and enabling local champions for such efforts.

Type: Special Report

EnvironmentEconomics

Model Codes for Post-Conflict Criminal Justice

Model Codes for Post-Conflict Criminal Justice

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

By: Vivienne O'Connor;  Colette Rausch;  editors / Hans-Joerg Albrecht;  Goran Klemencic;  contributors

Volume II of Model Codes for Post-Conflict Criminal Justice continues the path-breaking work of volume I, providing an indispensable resource for those striving to reestablish the rule of law in societies recently wracked by violent conflict.

Type: Book

Iran's Long Reach

Iran's Long Reach

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

By: Suzanne Maloney

As the third book in the series from the Institute’s Muslim World Initiative on pivotal states in the Muslim world, this lucid and timely volume sheds much-needed light on Iran’s strikingly complex political system and foreign policy and its central role in the region.

Type: Book

Religion

Media, Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding: Mapping the Edges

Media, Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding: Mapping the Edges

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

By: Sheldon Himelfarb;  Megan Chabalowski

There is growing recognition among policymakers and conflict management experts that the media should be a building block of any comprehensive peacebuilding strategy. Yet there are scant guidelines in this regard. Projects are still planned and implemented in a relatively ad-hoc manner, with minimal reference to lessons learned from previous initiatives. This USIP Peacebriefing examines the field.

Type: Peace Brief

Iraq’s Cultural Heritage: Preserving the Past for the Sake of the Future

Iraq’s Cultural Heritage: Preserving the Past for the Sake of the Future

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

By: Elizabeth Detwiler

The looting of Iraq’s museums and archaeological sites is an overlooked consequence of the 2003 invasion. The loss of such precious history would be tragic for any nation or culture. As Iraqis struggle to redefine a sense of nationhood after five years of war, they will need to draw on that common heritage to reconstruct their communities.

Type: Peace Brief

Abrahamic Alternatives to War: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives on Just Peacemaking

Abrahamic Alternatives to War: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives on Just Peacemaking

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

By: *Susan Thistlethwaite;  Glen Stassen

Eight Muslim scholar-leaders, six Jewish scholar-leaders, and eight Christian scholar-leaders met from June 13 to 15, 2007, in Stony Point, N.Y., at a conference sponsored by the United States Institute of Peace and the Churches’ Center for Theology and Public Policy. The purpose of the conference, titled Alternatives to War, was to specify practices within each of the three Abrahamic traditions that could lay the groundwork for a nonviolent program to resolve global conflict and address inju...

Type: Special Report

Religion

Whither Peace Operations?

Whither Peace Operations?

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

By: Donald C. F. Daniel

Peace operations have undergone several evolutions since the first United Nations–administered peace mission in 1948. A characteristic feature of the most recent evolution, which began about a decade ago, is that today peace operations are more broadly accepted as a tool for contending with destabilizing events in all regions of the globe.

Type: Special Report

On the Issues: Georgia

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Recent violence between Russia and Georgia, preceded by Georgia's hostility with South Ossetia and Abkhazia, has led many to reconsider emerging paradigms in conflict analysis and conflict management. Over the past decade, USIP has produced a series of resources and facilitated a number of events and trainings related to the region.

Type: Analysis

On the Issues: Philippines

Thursday, September 18, 2008

By: Eugene Martin

In the Philippines, a peace agreement—eleven years in the making—between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front is now in question because of a Supreme Court decision. Renewed violence has broken out. Eugene Martin, who directed USIP's Philippine Facilitation Project between 2003 and 2007, discusses the situation.

Type: Analysis

Religion