Publications
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.
Question And Answer
Whither NATO at 75?
Oral Histories: Afghanistan Provincial Reconstruction Teams (2004-2005)
The experiences of Americans who served in Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) in Afghanistan provide important lessons for current and future peace and stability operations. Provincial Reconstruction Teams are small, joint, civil-military organizations whose mission is to promote good governance, improved security and reconstruction. In November 2005, there were 22 PRTs in Afghanistan: nine were directed by the U.S. and countries belonging to the NATO-led International Security Assistance...
Six-Party Talks: Defining A Realistic Roadmap for Success
This USIPeace Briefing outlines points to guide preparation for the fifth round of the Six-Party Talks.
Lessons for the Future of Civic Resistance: Georgia and Ukraine
This USIPeace Briefing discusses lessons learned from nonviolent political change in Georgia and Ukraine.
Hungry for Peace
This revealing and challenging study of the impact of famine on North Korea not only significantly enlarges our understanding of that hermetic country but also urges us to reassess how we deal with it.
Iran and Iraq: The Shia Connection, Soft Power, and the Nuclear Factor
Summary Predominantly Shiite Iran emerges from the aftermath of Saddam Hussein's fall with considerable power and influence in Iraq as Iraqis themselves struggle to acquire a semblance of unity and forge a new political order acceptable to Iraq's three key groups: Shia, Kurds, and Sunnis. Iran's leaders meet with Iraq's most influential personality, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani; American diplomats do not meet with Sistani. Iraq's new elected leaders make visits to Tehran and negotia...
Oral Histories: The Iraq Experience Project
The Iraq Experience Project is designed to collect, distill, and disseminate lessons learned from U.S. government officials, military officers, and contractors who served in the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq. Using a combination of tools from printed reports to interactive DVDs and interviews collected in 2004, the Iraq Experience Project seeks to help U.S. civilian and military personnel by providing the training and skills needed for Americans serving in Iraq and beyond.
Resolving the Boundary Dispute in Sudan's Abyei Region
A USIPeace Briefing on a recent meeting of the Institute's Sudan Peace Forum discussing the implications of the Abyei Boundary Commission report for the Abyei region in Sudan.
Afghanistan: Old Problems, New Parliament, New Expectations
This USIPeace Briefing discusses the recent parliamentary elections in Afghanistan from an Afghanistan Working Group session at the Institute.
Draft Constitution Gained, but an Important Opportunity Was Lost
This USIPeace Briefing discusses the possible outcomes of Iraq's October 15 national referendum in light of the constitutional process.
Iraq at a Juncture: Constitution, Referendum and Elections
This USIPeace Briefing analyzes a series of meetings held by the Institute's Iraq Working Group on the constitution-making process in Iraq.