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.
Transatlantic Relations In the Aftermath of Kosovo
Summary The NATO intervention in Kosovo reinforced ongoing trends in the alliance such as the establishment of a European Security and Defense Identity (ESDI) and the growing gap in military capabilities between Europe and the United States. At the same time, the crisis in Kosovo marked a turning point for Europe, which acknowledged that violence and conflict were no longer acceptable in the "new" Europe--even on its periphery.
Grappling with Peace Education in Serbia
Since the violent breakup of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia began in 1991, the children of Serbia have suffered the debilitating effects of wartime conditions. These include various forms and degrees of deprivation: social, emotional, moral, and intellectual.
Peace Agreements: Macedonia-Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Agreement on the Regulation of Relations and Promotion of Cooperation between the Republic of Macedonia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (04-08-1996) Posted by USIP Library on: March 30, 2000 Source Name: United Nations Information Centre, Washington, D.C. Source Document Number: U.N. Doc. No. S/1996/291 Date Digitized: March 10, 2000
Macedonia: Prevention Can Work
This report focuses on recent developments in Macedonia, and seeks to identify the obstacles to and opportunities for continued democratization and greater ethnic harmony in a country that has--despite many difficulties--avoided the kind of violent conflict seen elsewhere in the Balkans during the past decade.
Peace Agreements: Cambodia
Final Act of the Paris Conference on Cambodia (10-23-1991) Posted by USIP Library on: February 22, 2000 Source Name: United Nations, Department of Public Information, Agreements on a Comprehensive Political Settlement of the Cambodia Conflict: Paris, 23 October 1991, January 1992, 1-6. Agreement on a Comprehensive Political Settlement of the Cambodia Conflict (10-23-1991) Posted by USIP Library on: February 22, 2000 Source Name: United Nations, Department of Public Information, Agreeme...
Peace Agreements: Croatia
Erdut Agreement (11-12-1995) Posted by USIP Library on: February 14, 2000 Source: The United States and Croatia: a documentary history, 1992-1997. (Printing by USIA Regional Program Office, Vienna) [1997?], 270-271.
Peace Agreements: Sudan-Uganda
Agreement between the Governments of Sudan and Uganda (12-08-1999) Posted by USIP Library on: February 14 2000 Source Name: The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Date faxed: December 15 1999
Balkan Returns: An Overview of Refugee Returns and Minority Repatriation
Summary In spite of the provisions spelled out in the peace agreements that concluded the Yugoslav wars, the number of minority returns throughout the former Yugoslavia is still low, indicating that there are considerable barriers to repatriation. The failure to draw refugees back to their towns and villages threatens the reconstruction of civic life, hinders the process of reconciliation and postpones the permanent conclusion of hostilities. The return of minorities is a regional m...
Three Dimensions of Peacebuilding in Bosnia: Findings from USIP-Sponsored Research and Field Projects
The purpose of this Peaceworks is to highlight some of the Institute-funded programs focusing on Bosnia and Herzegovina and to share some of the lessons gleaned from policy-related research covering foreign aid, human rights and rule of law, and programs devoted to reconciliation and civil society institutions in Bosnia.
Angola's Deadly War: Dealing with Savimbi's Hell on Earth
Summary The rebel organization National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) has plunged Angola back into a recurring nightmare of war and human rights depredations. Dissatisfied with any scenario in which he is not Angola's president, UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi has chosen war over peace, for the second time this decade.