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
Amid a Changing Global Order, NATO Looks East
In Pakistan, a Frenetic Pace of Controversy and Upheaval
Photo Credit: Wiki Commons/Khalid Mahmood
Yemen and Transitional Justice
Victims from Taiz
Looking at What's New in the "New Deal" for Fragile States
The December 2011 high-level forum on aid effectiveness in Busan, South Korea outlined a strategy to improve the way the international community works in fragile states in what was dubbed the "New Dea
The World Becomes a Better Place with Liberia's Taylor Behind Bars
Liberian President Charles Taylor
Trashing Social Divides in Pakistan
Photo by Farhat Abbas
Will a "New Egypt Be Born?"
Photo courtesy of NY Times
How Capacity Building Abroad Saves Money
Photo Credit: UNAMID/Flickr
Giving Peacetech a Chance
I hope lots of people saw this great line from George Clooney, when he was asked about his recent work -- the Sentinel project -- to rent a satellite and point it at Sudan. Ironically, he offered these words to a CNN interviewer on the same week that USAID announced it had partnered with an NGO called Humanity United to issue a global challenge grant for new ideas on ways to use technology to prevent atrocities.
Revolution to Retribution on Facebook
A Facebook page created for the killing of Egyptian teen Khaled Said that originally helped to crystallize the sentiment of the opposition is now being used as a platform to incite violence, showing how social media can be used not only to prevent violence, but to stoke it as well. In this case, a still image of the shooter was posted on the revolutionary Facebook page, "We Are All Khaled Said." Within hours, page visitors identified the shooter as Karem Baskoeta and posted detailed personal information in hopes of inspiring retaliation.