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.
Controlling Weapons of Mass Destruction: Findings from USIP-Sponsored Projects
More than thirty years after the passage of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), the record is mixed on the effectiveness of the non-proliferation regime.
Peace Agreements: Macedonia
Framework Agreement (08-13-2001) Posted by USIP Library on: August 14, 2001 Source Name: President of the Republic of Macedonia web site: Press Releases from the Presidential Cabinet Source URL: www.president.gov.mk/eng/info/soopstenija.asp?id=90 Date Downloaded: August 14, 2001
U.S. Human Rights Policy toward Africa
The Human Rights Implementation Project of the U.S. Institute of Peace's Research and Studies Program has completed a series of country case studies on Africa. As part of a larger effort to examine U.S. foreign policy and its impact on human rights around the world, the project has critically examined the efficacy of policy to promote human rights in Rwanda, Kenya, and South Africa. The lessons learned from these three diverse cases will be instrumental in determining how best to formulate an...
Whither the Bulldozer?: Nonviolent Revolution and the Transition to Democracy in Serbia
Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic fell from power in October 2000 after a concerted campaign of strategic nonviolent action that was similar to democratic revolutions in other countries, thus offering a paradigm for foreign-supported strategic nonviolent action against other autocratic regimes.
Truth Commission: Peru 01
Truth Commission: Truth and Reconciliation Commission Duration: 2001 - 2003 Charter: Supreme Decree No. 065-2001-PCM Commissioners: 12 Report: Public report
American Civilian Police in UN Peace Operations: Lessons Learned and Ideas for the Future
Summary With the advent of the United Nations missions in Kosovo and East Timor, civilian police (CIVPOL) mandates expanded in scope and scale to assume the full spectrum of executive law enforcement authority, along with the crucial peacebuilding tasks of creating indigenous law enforcement and criminal justice systems based on democratic values and institutions. The Clinton administration's Presidential Decision Directive (PDD) 71 sought to address the "public security gap," creat...
From Revolutionary Internationalism to Conservative Nationalism
Ever since Deng's 1985 "strategic decision" and the corresponding doctrinal change from the country's highest military decision-making body that same year to change Mao Zedong's emphasis on preparing for an early, large-scale, nuclear war, China's military has engaged in a new discourse that is departing from Maoist ideology and moving in a more conservative, nationalist direction. This new military discourse has driven China's foreign policy away from its internationalist and revolutionary f...
Passing the Baton: Challenges of Statecraft for the New Administration
This report summarizes discussions at a conference of leading officials and specialists on January 17, 2001. The conference program was organized around five panel discussions covering two functional topics (organizing for national security and international conflict management) and three geographic regions of special concern to the United States (Russia, the Balkans, and Northeast Asia).
French Negotiating Style
The Research and Studies Program of the United States Institute of Peace convened a meeting of American and French academic experts and policy practitioners to examine the French negotiating style. Focusing on the French approach to bilateral and multilateral relations, the animated discussion yielded useful insight into the French approach to international politics.
Peace Agreements: El Salvador
Peace Agreement (Chapultepec) (01-16-1992) Posted by USIP Library on: April 16, 2001 Source Name: The United Nations and El Salvador 1990-1995, United Nations Blue Books Series, vol. IV. (New York: United Nations, Dept. of Public Information, 1995), 193-230. Source Document Number: U.N. Doc. No. A/46/864-S/23501 Date digitized: March 2, 2001 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 ...