USIP Peace Briefs
The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) is an independent, nonpartisan, national institution established and funded by US Congress. Its mission is to help prevent and resolve violent international conflicts, promote post-conflict stability and democratic transformations, and increase peacebuilding capacity, tools and intellectual capital worldwide. The USIP Peace Briefs provide an array of comprehensive analysis and policy recommendations on international affairs issues, especially on the prevention and resolution of conflict.
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- Armed Groups Maintaining Law and Order
- Afghanistan and the International Drug Control Regime
- The Security Sector in Yemen
- Towards a European Institute of Peace: Innovative Peacebuilding or Excessive Bureaucracy?
- Justice in Côte d’Ivoire: Ouattara’s Dilemma
- Egypt's 2012 Constitution: Devil in the Details, Not in Religion
- Middle East in 2013: Promise and (Lots of) Peril
- Political Economy and Conflict Dimensions of Afghanistan’s Mineral Resources
- A Diplomatic Milestone for Mindanao?
- Governance Reforms in Pakistan’s Tribal Areas
- Using Entrepreneurship to Promote Stability in Fragile Regions
- Providing Space for Positive Youth Engagement
- Mutual Accountability
- Haiti: Turning the Page?
- Avoiding Meeting Fatigue
- Atrocity Prevention Through Persuasion and Deterrence
- The PTI and Pakistan's Changing Political Landscape
- Drugs in Afghanistan -- A Forgotten Issue?
- Fixing Pakistan’s Civil-Military Imbalance: A Dangerous Temptation
- Paying for Afghanistan’s Security Forces During the Transition
- Myths and Misconceptions in the Afghan Transition
- Providing Justice in Haiti
- The Koran Desecration and the Role of Religion in Conflict
- Climate Change as a Conflict Multiplier
- The Diversity of Truth Commissions and Commissions of Inquiry
- Haitian Women: The Centerposts of Reconstructing Haiti
- Traditional Dispute Resolution and Afghanistan’s Women
- From Militants to Policemen: Three Lessons from US Experience with DDR and SSR
- Jordan and the Current Unrest in Syria
- Constitutional Interpretation and the Continuing Crisis in Afghanistan
- Watching from the Sidelines: Israel and the Syrian Uprising
- Return to War in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains
- Syrian Uprising: Looking In, Looking Out
- From Endearment to Estrangement: Turkey's Interests and Concerns in Syria
- Baghdad’s Wary Support for the Syrian Status Quo
- Regional Dynamics of the Syrian Uprising: The Impact on Lebanon and Hezbollah
- The Gulf States and Syria
- Impact or Illusion? Reintegration Under the Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Program
- Istanbul and Bonn Conferences: Building Blocks of the Afghan Transition Process
- Extending Libya's Transitional Period
- Nigeria's 2011 Elections: Best Run, But Most Violent
- US Special Envoys: A Flexible Tool
- The Kabul Courts and Conciliators
- Pakistan, the United States and the End Game in Afghanistan
- Afghan Civil Society and a Comprehensive Peace Process
- Optimism and Obstacles in India-Pakistan Peace Talks
- Second Annual Conference on Preventing Violent Conflict
- The Challenge of Keeping Haitians Safe
- Afghan Perspectives on Achieving Durable Peace
- EU Conflict Prevention Revisited
- The United States in Iraq: Options for 2012
- Constitutional Reform in Transitional States: Challenges and Opportunities Facing Egypt and Tunisia
- Peace Negotiations in the Philippines: The Government, the MILF and International NGOs
- Traveling Toward the Rule of Law in the Middle East and North Africa: Avenues and Obstacles
- Counterrevolution in the Gulf
- Analyzing Post-Conflict Justice and Islamic Law
- Preventing Arab-Kurd Conflict in Iraq after the Withdrawal of US Forces
- The Future of Pakistan
- What Is in Haiti's Future?
- Lessons from Haiti and Beyond: Report from the 2010 International Conference on Crisis Mapping
- Defusing Egypt’s Demographic Time Bomb
- Covering and Countering Extremism in Pakistan’s Developing Media
- Côte d'Ivoire's Political Stalemate
- Belgium, from Model to Case Study for Conflict Resolution
- Bleak Outlook for 2011 Conference on Disarmament
- Toxic Legacy: Hunger, Oppression, Migration, and Health in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Salam Shabab: Views and Voices of Iraqi Youth
- The Other Side of Gender
- Security After the Quake?
- Mapping the Russian Blogosphere
- Conflict and Post-Conflict Governance
- Transcending the Past to Build Haiti's Future
- Chad's 2007 Peace Agreement Plagued by Poor Implementation
- Secession and Precedent in Sudan and Africa
- Kosovo: The Next Steps
- Zimbabwe: Power-Sharing Deal Under Stress
- When Is International Peacemaking Illegal?
- Defying Expectations: Polio Vaccination Programs Amid Political and Armed Conflict
- Stabilizing Chad: Security, Governance and Development Challenges
- Transparency is the Key to Legitimate Afghan Parliamentary Elections
- Persistent Challenges to Long-Term Peace in Côte d’Ivoire
- Humanitarian Space Shrinking for Health Program Delivery in Afghanistan and Pakistan
- Crime, Politics and Violence in Post-Earthquake Haiti
- Mental Health Services During and After Armed Conflict
- The Civil Society-Military Relationship in Afghanistan
- The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Kosovo
- Cautious Optimism for Peace in Colombia
- Afghanistan: Conditions-Based Redeployment
- Navigating Negotiations in Afghanistan
- Many Shuras Do Not a Government Make
- Iran’s Subsidies Conundrum
- Correcting America‘s Image Problem in Pakistan
- Conflict Prevention: Principles, Policies and Practice
- Flooding Challenges Pakistan’s Government and the International Community
- Improving High-Value Resource Contracting in Afghanistan
- Real Change for Afghan Women's Rights
- The Quest for Nuclear Disarmament in South Asia
- Scenarios for Sudan's Future, Revisited
- Haiti After the Quake: Six Months and Counting
- Iraq Is Spinning Its Wheels, But in the Right Direction
- The Premiership
- Haiti: A Forward Look
- Rebuilding Afghanistan’s Political Immunity
- Iran's Youth: The Protests Are Not Over
- A New Kind of Balkans Drama
- Cooperation and Tension in Regional and Global Infectious Disease Surveillance
- Lebanon's Evolving Relationship with Syria
- Fighting Corruption in Security Sector Reform
- Finding Common Ground: Kirkuk as a Special Governorate
- The Road to Successful Transition in Afghanistan
- The Afghan Peace Jirga: Ensuring that Women Are at the Peace Table
- Group Inequality and Conflict: Some Insights for Peacebuilding
- The International Donors' Conference and Support for Haiti's Future
- Is Nigeria a Hotbed of Islamic Extremism?
- The Health Sector and Gender-Based Violence in a Time of War
- Nuclear Weapon-Free Zones as a New Deterrent?
- Haiti: A Republic of NGOs?
- Western Sahara: The Failure of "Negotiations Without Preconditions"
- Preventing Conflict in the “Stans”
- The Tigris-Euphrates River Basin
- Hydrocarbons in the Amazon
- The Rule Of Law in Haiti After the Earthquake
- Haiti: Towards and Beyond the Donors' Conference
- Preventing Media Incitement to Violence in Iraq
- Media and Peacebuilding in Afghanistan
- Can Economic Reform Open a Peaceful Path to Ending Burma’s Isolation?
- Trends in Electoral Violence in Sub-Sahara Africa
- Health Initiatives and Counterinsurgency Strategy in Afghanistan
- Local Ownership of Security Sector Reform
- Traditional Dispute Resolution and Stability in Afghanistan
- Delays Will Not Improve Afghan Elections
- Time for a Peace Paradigm in Colombia
- Peacebuilding through Health Among Israelis and Palestinians
- Negotiating Sudan’s Post-Referendum Arrangements
- Haiti After the Earthquake
- International Engagement With Somalia
- Iraqi Voices Entering 2010
- Prospects for Haiti's New Government
- Congress and Parliaments in Security Sector Reform
- Online Discourse in the Arab World
- What Next for the Democratic Republic of Congo?
- Establishing Leadership on Civilian Assistance to Afghanistan
- Lebanon's Unstable Equilibrium
- The Current Status of Religious Coexistence and Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- What Role for the United Nations in Haiti?
- Six Important Issues for Sudan and Its Future
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Parsing the Options
- Crisis in the Niger Delta
- Media for Next Generation Peacebuilding in Iraq
- A New Agenda for Bosnia and Herzegowina
- Building the Rule of Law in Haiti
- Beyond Emergency Reponses in the Democratic Republic of Congo
- An Education Track for the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
- United States Institute of Peace Teaches International Security Personnel to Resolve Conflicts without Resorting to the Use of Force
- Iraq's Interior Ministry
- US Policy and Bosnia-Herzegovina
- A Renewable Energy Peace Park in the Golan as a Framework to an Israeli-Syrian Agreement
- What to do About Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- Haiti: Is Economic Security Possible if Diplomats and Donors Do Their Part?
- Maliki's Iraq between Two Elections
- Unfinished Business in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- The Role of the Ministerial Advisor in Security Sector Reform
- Conducting Elections in Darfur
- Building Blocks for Citizenship and a Peaceful Transition in Sudan
- Resolving the Crisis over Constitutional Interpretation in Afghanistan
- Reconstructing Gaza - Lessons from Lebanon
- Recruitment of Rule of Law Specialists for the Civilian Response Corps
- The Private Sector in Security Sector Reform
- Iraq in the Obama Administration
- Toward Resolving Chad's Interlocking Conflicts
- Disaster in the DRC
- Telling the Story: Documentation Lessons for Afghanistan from the Cambodian Experience
- Toward the End of Poverty in Haiti
- What Iraq Needs from the Obama Administration
- Haiti After the Storms: Weather and Conflict
- Media, Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding
- Iraq's Cultural Heritage
- The Future of the US Military Presence in Iraq
- Moving Beyond Relief
- Depoliticizing Zimbabwe's Economy
- Killing Friends, Making Enemies
- Iraq: Positive Change in the Detention System
- Colombia's Crossroads: The FARC and the Future of the Hostages
- Making Bosnia Work: Why EU Accession is Not Enough
- Domestic Agencies in Reconstruction and Stabilization
- Afghanistan: Not Lost, But Needs More Attention
- Opposition Alliances and Democratization in Egypt
- Half Full or Half Empty: Assessing Prospects for Peace in Lebanon
- Iraq After the Surge: Options and Questions
- The Justice Dilemma in Uganda
- A Toxic Cocktail: Pakistan's Growing Instability
- Iraq: Politics Unfrozen, Direction Still Unclear
- Negotiating Peace in Darfur
- Paper Versus Steel
- Côte d’Ivoire : assurer une transition pacifique
- Transitional Justice in Nepal
- Syria's Alliance with Iran
- Syria's Role in Lebanon
- Édification d’une paix plus inclusive en Côte d’Ivoire
- Syria and Political Change II
- A Hamas Government: Isolate or Engage?
- Syria and Political Change
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