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.
Peace Agreements: Tajikistan
General Agreement on the Establishment of Peace and National Accord in Tajikistan (06-27-1997) Posted by USIP Library on: April, 9 2002 Source Name: Text e-mailed from the United Nations Information Centre, Washington, D.C. Source Document Number: U.N. Doc. No. A/52/219 Date e-mailed: February 24, 2000 The Moscow Declaration (06-27-1997) Posted by USIP Library on: April 9, 2002 Source Name: Text e-mailed from the United Nations Information Centre, Washington, D.C. Source...
Training for Peace and Humanitarian Relief Operations: Advancing Best Practices
While the four communities in peace operations--governmental and non- governmental organizations (NGOs), the military, and international civilian police--frequently find themselves sharing the same field of operation, their approaches to and structures for training for that interaction and the articulation of training needs are quite different.
Peace Agreements: Mozambique
General Peace Agreement for Mozambique (10-04-1992) Posted by USIP Library on: March 26, 2002 Source Name: The United Nations and Mozambique 1992-1995, the United Nations Blue Books Series, vol. V. (New York: United Nations, Dept. of Public Information, 1995), PP. 105-123. Source Document Number: U.N. Doc. Doc. No. S/24635 Date Digitized: November 4, 2000 Joint Declaration (08-07-1992) Posted by USIP Library on: March 26, 2002 Source Name: The United Nations and Mozambique 1...
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.
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...