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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.
Zimbabwe Web Links
Below are links by topical categories to resources primarily in English providing information on Zimbabwe and specifically, the politics of torture in Zimbabwe and prospects for nonviolent political change. For related web links, see Trauma and Conflict, U.S. Human Rights Policy, Religion and Peacemaking, and Regional Resources: Africa. For more USIP resources see Zimbabwe. General Resources Government Agencies, International and Non-Governmental Orga...
Zimbabwe and the Prospects for Nonviolent Political Change
This report examines the obstacles to change and considers the roles of key domestic actors, their strategies, and their interests in a new Zimbabwe. It assesses the current mechanisms for change and potential outcomes.
Islamist Politics in Iraq after Saddam Hussein
Two critical political questions arise as the new Iraq emerges. Will the numerically dominant Shiite majority be open to full political collaboration with the Sunni and Christian minorities? What are the strengths and ideologies of Islamist political movements, particularly Shiite, that have asserted themselves since the fall of Saddam Hussein?
The United States and Coercive Diplomacy: Past, Present, and Future
With increasing frequency, U.S. leaders try to achieve their foreign policy goals by marrying diplomacy to military muscle. How does coercive diplomacy operate and how well does it work?
Islamist Politics in Iraq after Saddam Hussein (Arabic Edition)
Summary Islamism, as a basic feature of Muslim and especially Arab politics, is destined to play a major role in the future of Iraqi politics. A huge moral and ideological vacuum has now emerged in Iraq, and Islam is tailor-made to provide a new moral compass to the people.
Prospects for Iraqi Economic and Political Reconstruction Are Better Than Anticipated
George Ward, director of U.S. humanitarian operations in Iraq from February to June 2003, explores the state of reconstruction in Iraq.
Healing the Holy Land: Interreligious Peacebuilding in Israel/Palestine
Even though the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is primarily a political dispute between two nations over a common homeland, it has religious aspects that need to be addressed in any effective peacemaking strategy. The peace agenda cannot be the monopoly of secular nationalist leaders, for such an approach guarantees that fervent religious believers on all sides will feel excluded and threatened by the diplomatic process.
Boundary Disputes in Latin America
Since the start of 2000, five Latin American boundary disputes between neighboring states have resulted in the use of force, and two others in its deployment. These incidents involved ten of the nineteen independent countries of South and Central America.
Establishing Justice and the Rule of Law in Iraq: A Blueprint for Action
The Future of Iraq working group explores the findings from the new blueprint for establishing justice and the rule of law in Iraq.
Building Civil Society: An Overlooked Aspect of Iraq's Reconstruction?
Even as it deals with the immediate challenge of creating governing and administrative structures in Iraq, the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) faces the additional long-term task of establishing civil society in the embattled country.