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.
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Amid a Changing Global Order, NATO Looks East
Peace Agreements: Somalia
Addis Ababa Agreement concluded at the first session of the Conference on National Reconciliation in Somalia, 27 March 1993 (03-27-1993) Posted by USIP Library on: March 20, 2002 Source Name: The United Nations and Somalia 1992-1996, the United Nations Blue Books Series, vol. VIII. (New York: United Nations, Dept. of Public Information, 1996), pp. 264-266. Date digitized: November 4, 2000 Agreement on the establishment of an ad hoc committee, signed in Addis Ababa, on 15 January 199...
Peace Agreements: Sri Lanka
Agreement on a ceasefire between the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (02-22-2002) Posted by USIP Library on: February 25, 2002 and March 18, 2002 Source Name: Web site of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for text of the agreement. Source Name: Embassy of Norway in Washington, D.C. for text of Annexes A and B via e-mail.
Serbia Still at the Crossroads
Summary Serbia today represents an opportunity more than a problem: democratization coupled with economic recovery would allow resolution of remaining issues throughout the Balkans. Since January 2001, a lot has been achieved, especially in economic reform, but political and institutional changes are just beginning and many of the major reform challenges Serbia faces remain unmet.
NATO at Fifty: Web Links
Below are links by topical categories to resources primarily in English providing information on NATO's 50th anniversary and NATO expansion. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Other International Organizations and Councils Primary Documents These links complement the Institute Special Report: NATO at Fifty: New Challenges, Future Uncertainties. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) NATO's 50th Anniversary NATO: the 50th Anniversary Homepage Home...
Southeastern Europe Web Links
Below are links by topical categories to resources primarily in English providing information on Southeastern Europe. For related web links, see Regional Resources: Europe and NATO at Fifty: Web Links. General Resources Government Agencies International Organizations and Regional Initiatives Primary Documents These links complement these Special Reports: De-Balkanizing the Balkans: Security and Stability in Southeastern Europe Taking Stock and Looking Forw...
Taking Stock and Looking Forward: Intervention in the Balkans and Beyond
Ten years of intervention in the Balkans—beginning with European monitors in 1991, extending through the ill-fated humanitarian efforts of the UN Protection Force in Bosnia (1992–95), to the current multi-purpose interventions in Bosnia (1995), Kosovo (1999), and Macedonia (2001)—have provided the most extensive post–Cold War experience in international community efforts to stabilize a conflict zone. Where do the Balkans stand now? What more needs to be done there? What has been learned? What...
Truth Commission: Timor-Leste (East Timor)
Truth Commission: Commission for Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation Duration: 2002 – 2005 Charter: UN Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) Regulation 2001/10 Commissioners: 7 Report: Public report
Truth Commission: Serbia and Montenegro
Truth Commission: Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Serbia and Montenegro Duration: 2002 - 2003 Charter: Presidential decree 59/02 Commissioners: 15-19 Report: No report
The Diplomacy of Counterterrorism: Lessons Learned, Ignored, and Disputed
Summary Recent lessons learned in the diplomacy of counterterrorism included: the importance of consistent, long-term incremental steps taken against a phenomenon that will not disappear the necessity for a multifaceted policy that includes political, legal, social, diplomatic, economic, and military elements the need to develop realistic expectations and avoid a crisis mentality that is ultimately satisfying to terrorists, playing down military analogies that might lead to pub...
Islamic Perspectives on Peace and Violence
Summary Islam and the West share cultural roots, including a shared commitment to peace, but Islam and the West are out of touch with each other. The clash between the two, however, is one of symbols rather than of civilizations.