Haiti: Hope for the Future

Haiti: Hope for the Future

Friday, June 1, 2007

By: Robert M. Perito

Over the past year, Haiti has witnessed the democratic election of a new parliament, the return of relative security, and the first hints of economic recovery. Still, massive problems remain to challenge Haiti and Haiti’s primary international partner, the United States.

Type: Special Report

Public Opinion in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: From Geneva to Disengagement to Kadima and Hamas

Public Opinion in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: From Geneva to Disengagement to Kadima and Hamas

Friday, June 1, 2007

By: Jacob Shamir

Israeli analysts and pundits enjoy quoting Henry Kissinger’s assertion that "Israel has no foreign policy, only domestic policy." Kissinger’s comment, while stressed too strongly, captures well the common understanding among political scientists and international relations specialists that domestic considerations have a significant effect on foreign policy. This monograph focuses on one particular domestic imperative of utmost importance in periods of conflict and its resolution: public opini...

Type: Peaceworks

Religion

2006-2007 Winning Essay

Saturday, May 5, 2007

National First Place Winner Wendy Cai Corona Del Sol High School Tempe, Arizona Coordinator: Virginia Teeples In 2002, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Kofi Annan solemnly declared, "To accept the use of child soldiers in conflict is to accept the destruction of our future, one child at a time... we must reclaim them—every one of them."1 It is critical to understand the legacy of child soldiering and its implications for peacebuilding in order to help young soldiers rejoin civil so...

Truth Commission: Ecuador 07

Thursday, May 3, 2007

Truth Commission: Truth Commission to Impede Impunity Duration:  2007 - 2009 Charter: Ministerial Accord No. 305 Commissioners: 4 Report: Public report in 2010.  

Type: Truth Commission

Correlates of Public Support for Terrorism in the Muslim World

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

By: Ethan Beuno de Mesquita

This report was commissioned by USIP's Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention. Consistent with the center’s commitment to conflict prevention, this report aims to inform the center’s ongoing work to expand the understanding of the determinants of terrorism and its support base.

Correlates of Public Support for Terrorism in the Muslim World

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

By: Ethan Beuno de Mesquita

This report was commissioned by USIP's Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention. Consistent with the center’s commitment to conflict prevention, this report aims to inform the center’s ongoing work to expand the understanding of the determinants of terrorism and its support base.  

Religion

Options for Police in a U.S. Civilian Reserve Corps

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

By: Robert Perito;  Michael Dziedzic;  Beth Cole

In the State of the Union address this year, President Bush joined calls for a U.S. civilian reserve corps. In mid-2006, USIP convened federal law enforcement officials and chiefs of police from across the United States to examine the range of choices for creating the police component of a civilian reserve corps that could rapidly deploy to states emerging from conflict.

Type: Peace Brief