USIP Special Reports
The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) is an independent, nonpartisan US federal institution created by Congress aiming to promote the prevention, management, and peaceful resolution of international conflicts. The institute regularly publishes reports concerned with various aspects of international conflict and its resolution in all regions of the world.
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Publications:
- Establishing a Mining Sector in Postwar South Sudan
- Justifying the Means: Afghan Perceptions of Electoral Processes
- Perceptions of Politically Engaged, Influential Afghans on the Way Forward
- Natural Disasters as Threats to Peace
- Wartime Sexual Violence: Misconceptions, Implications, and Ways Forward
- Police Transition in Afghanistan
- Conflict Dynamics in Gilgit-Baltistan
- Enabling Agricultural Extension for Peacebuilding
- Peacebuilding Efforts of Women from Afghanistan and Iraq
- The Politics of Security Sector Reform in Egypt
- Security Sector Transformation in the Arab Awakening
- The US Surge and Afghan Local Governance
- How Business Can Foster Peace
- Lessons from Afghanistan’s History for the Current Transition and Beyond
- Religion and Peacebuilding
- Preparing Advisers for Capacity-Building Missions
- Rethinking Nigeria's Indigene-Settler Conflicts
- Sexual Violence and Justice in Postconflict Peru
- Learning from Women's Success in the 2010 Afghan Elections
- What Is Boko Haram?
- Afghanistan’s Civil Order Police
- Maritime Security Sector Reform
- Moving Forward with the Legal Empowerment of Women in Pakistan
- Security Sector Reform in Tunisia
- Learning from Sudan’s 2011 Referendum
- Lessons from Women's Programs in Afghanistan and Iraq
- Health in Postconflict and Fragile States
- Stakeholders of Libya's February 17 Revolution
- Multilateral Political Missions and Preventive Diplomacy
- Gender and Statebuilding in South Sudan
- Who Controls Pakistan's Security Forces?
- Security Sector Transformation in North Africa and the Middle East
- Dowry and Division: Youth and State Building in South Sudan
- Police Corruption: What Past Scandals Teach about Current Challenges
- Youth in Rwanda and Burundi
- Reconstruction Zones in Afghanistan and Haiti
- The Iraq Federal Police
- Lessons from Embedded Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Iraq
- Leadership, Peace, Stability, and Prosperity in the DRC
- Science Diplomacy for Nuclear Security
- Diversity, Unity, and Nation Building in South Sudan
- The Economics of Peace
- The Politics of Dispute Resolution and Continued Instability in Afghanistan
- NGOs and Nonstate Armed Actors
- China’s North Korea Policy
- Oil and State Building in South Sudan
- Tourism and Peacebuilding in Jammu and Kashmir
- Improving Peacebuilding Evaluation
- Political Trends in the African Great Lakes Region
- Toward a New Republic of Sudan
- China and the United States: Core Interests, Common Interests, and Partnership
- The Coming Turkish-Iranian Competition in Iraq
- Conflict Assessment and Intelligence Analysis
- Climate Change Adaptation and Conflict in Nigeria
- Humanitarianism in Crisis
- Conflict in the Niger Delta
- Exchange 2.0
- Missed Opportunities
- The Need to Pursue Mutual Interests in US-PRC Relations
- Refugees and IDPs After Conflict
- Making Peace in Afghanistan
- Reforming Pakistan's Police and Law Enforcement Infrastructure
- The EU's Experience with Security Sector Governance
- The Role of Women in Global Security
- Breaking the Cycle of Electoral Violence in Nigeria
- Countering Radicalization in America
- Hydropolitics in Pakistan’s Indus Basin
- Why Sudan's Popular Consultation Matters
- Can You Help Me Now?
- Evaluating the 2010 NPT Review Conference
- Realism and Pragmatism in Security Sector Development
- Dangerous Liaisons with the Afghan Taliban
- Institutionalizing Security Sector Reform
- Civic Education and Peacebuilding
- Make It Theirs
- Crowdsourcing Crisis Information in Disaster-Affected Haiti
- Internal Displacement and Local Peacebuilding in Kenya
- Advancing New Media Research
- Averting Hell on Earth
- Informal Dispute Resolution in Afghanistan
- Graduate Education and Professional Practice in International Peace and Conflict
- Education and Conflict in Haiti
- Pandemic Preemption
- Rape in War: Motives of Militia in DRC
- Improving Natural Resource Management in Sudan
- The Economy of Burma/Myanmar on the Eve of the 2010 Elections
- When Should We Talk to Terrorists?
- Mediating Peace with Proscribed Armed Groups
- The Link Between DDR and SSR in Conflict-Affected Countries
- Turkey's New Engagement in Iraq
- Why Youth Join al-Qaeda
- Education and Conflict in Côte d’Ivoire
- Conflict-Business Dynamics in the Democratic Republic of Congo
- Tourism in the Developing World
- Haiti after the Donors' Conference
- Preventing Violent Conflict
- Promoting Cross-LoC Trade in Kashmir
- Blood Oil in the Niger Delta
- Scenarios for Sudan: Avoiding Political Violence Through 2011
- Afghanistan's Police
- Media as Global Diplomat
- Justice Interrupted: Historical Perspectives on Promoting Democracy in the Middle East
- Hamas: Ideological Rigidity and Political Flexibility
- The Interior Ministry's Role in Security Sector Reform
- The Limits of Institutional Engineering
- Land, Property, and the Challenge of Return for Iraq's Displaced
- The Kurds in Syria
- Mapping Peace Between Syria and Israel
- Islamic Peacemaking Since 9/11
- Consolidating Disarmament
- Whither Peace Operations?
- The Treasury Approach to State-Building and Institution-Strengthening Assistance
- Abrahamic Alternatives to War
- Reconciliation Strategies in Iraq
- Thwarting Afghanistan's Insurgency
- Would You Fight Again? Understanding Liberian Ex-Combatant Reintegration
- Making Borders Irrelevant in Kashmir
- Securing the Future - A Primer on Security Sector Reform in Conflict Countries
- Haiti - Confronting the Gangs of Port-au-Prince
- Integrated Security Assistance
- Mullahs, Money, and Militias
- Why We Should Still Study the Cuban Missile Crisis
- Using Quantitative and Qualitative Models to Forecast Instability
- Sudanese Universities as Sites of Social Transformation
- Toward Peace in the Southern Philippines
- Religion in World Affairs
- Elections in the DRC - The Bemba Surprise
- Negotiating with the Islamic Republic of Iran
- Media and Conflict - Afghanistan as a Relative Success Story
- Conflict-Sensitive Approach to Infrastructure Development
- Higher Education and the Future of Iraq
- Political Progress in Iraq during the Surge
- Some Assembly Required - Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement
- Burma's Long Road to Democracy
- Developing Media in Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations
- Political Violence and Democratic Uncertainty in Ethiopia
- U.S. Police in Peace and Stability Operations
- Engaging Islamists and Promoting Democracy
- Iraq and the Gulf States: The Balance of Fear
- Haiti: Hope for the Future
- Ayatollah Sistani and the Democratization of Post-Ba'athist Iraq
- Promoting Middle East Democracy II
- Personal Transformations: Moving from Violence to Peace
- Provincial Reconstruction Team in Iraq
- The Aceh Peace Process
- Employment Generation and Economic Development in Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations
- Chinese Views: Breaking the Stalemate on the Korean Peninsula
- From Rejection to Acceptance: Israeli National Security Thinking and Palestinian Statehood
- Nigeria's 2007 Elections
- Bangladesh at the Crossroads
- Iraq's New Political Map
- The Urge to Remember
- Remembering George Kennan
- Jordan and Iraq: Between Cooperation and Crisis
- Resolving the Pakistan-Afghanistan Stalemate
- From Dayton to Brussels: Constitutional Preparations for Bosnia's EU Accession
- Scenarios for the Insurgency in Iraq
- Northern Ireland: Prospects for Progress in 2006?
- Kosovo: Ethnic Nationalism at Its Territorial Worst
- The Rise of Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh
- Temporary Courts, Permanent Records
- Harbingers of Hope: Peace Initiatives in Colombia
- Managing Natural Resource Wealth
- The Role of Women in Stabilization and Reconstruction
- Weak Viability: The Iraqi Federal State and the Constitutional Amendment Process
- Georgia's Rose Revolution
- The United Nations and Western Sahara
- Morocco: Betting on a Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- Unite or Divide? The Challenges of Teaching History in Societies Emerging from Violent Conflict
- Afghanistan and Its Neighbors
- Transitional Governance
- The Basque Conflict: New Ideas and Prospects for Peace
- Who Are Iraq's New Leaders? What Do They Want?
- Measuring Progress in Stabilization and Reconstruction
- The Diversity of Muslims in the United States
- Willing to Compromise: Palestinian Public Opinion and the Peace Process
- Saudi Arabia and Iraq: Oil, Religion, and an Enduring Rivalry
- Iran and Iraq: The Shia Connection, Soft Power, and the Nuclear Factor
- Iraq's Constitutional Process II
- Strategies for Promoting Democracy in Iraq
- The US Experience with Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan
- Orphans of Conflict: Caring for the Internally Displaced
- Orphans of Conflict
- Ancestral Domain in Comparitive Perspective
- Applying Islamic Principles in the Twenty-First Century
- Applying Islamic Principles in the Twenty-first Century
- The Future of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- Provincial Reconstruction Teams and Military Relations with International and Nongovernmental Organizations in Afghanistan
- US-Pakistan Engagement
- Islamists at the Ballot Box
- Teaching About the Religious Other
- Teaching about the Religious Other
- Iraq Election Scenarios
- Turkey and Iraq
- Political Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Political Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa
- The Coalition Provisional Authority's Experience with Governance in Iraq
- Promoting Middle East Democracy II: Arab Initiatives
- Washington and Damascus
- The Coalition Provisional Authority's Experience with Economic Reconstruction in Iraq
- The Coalition Provisional Authority's Experience with Public Security in Iraq
- Trauma and Transitional Justice in Divided Societies
- Who are the Insurgents? Sunni Arab Rebels in Iraq
- Quickstep or Kadam Taal?
- Iraq's Constitutional Process
- Rethinking Truth and Reconciliation Commissions
- Rethinking Truth and Reconciliation Commissions
- The Mindanao Peace Talks
- The Mindanao Peace Talks
- India and Pakistan Engagement
- Cyberterrorism: How Real is the Threat?
- Cyberterrorism: How Real Is the Threat?
- Serbia at the Crossroads Again
- Promoting Middle East Democracy
- US-China Cooperation on the Problem of Failing States and Transnational Threats
- Ijtihad: Reinterpreting Islamic Principles for the Twenty-first Century
- Donor Activities and Civil Society Potential in Iraq
- What Works? Evaluating Interfaith Dialogue Programs
- Building the Iraqi Special Tribunal
- The Political Economy of the Kashmir Conflict
- Postconflict Iraq: A Race for Stability, Reconstruction, and Legitimacy
- Building Civilian Capacity for US Stability Operations
- Establishing the Rule of Law in Afghanistan
- www.terror.net: How Modern Terrorism Uses the Internet
- Macedonia: Understanding History, Preventing Future Conflict
- Civil Society under Siege in Colombia
- Terrorism in the Horn of Africa
- International Judges and Prosecutors in Kosovo
- Global Terrorism after the Iraq War
- Use and Abuse of Media in Vulnerable Societies
- Zimbabwe and the Prospects for Nonviolent Political Change
- Islamist Politics in Iraq after Saddam Hussein
- Democratic Constitution Making
- A Comprehensive Resolution of the Korean War
- Unfinished Business in Afghanistan
- Establishing the Rule of Law in Iraq
- Can Faith-Based NGOs Advance Interfaith Reconciliation?
- After Saddam Hussein
- Lethal Ethnic Riots: Lessons from India and Beyond
- Kosovo Decision Time: How and When?
- Building Interreligious Trust in a Climate of Fear
- Would an Invasion of Iraq Be a "Just War"?
- Lawless Rule Versus Rule of Law in the Balkans
- Putting Peace into Practice
- Simulating Kosovo
- US Negotiating Behavior
- Islam and Democracy
- Islam and Democracy
- Zimbabwe and the Politics of Torture
- Kosovo Final Status
- Overcoming Humanitarian Dilemmas in the DPRK (North Korea)
- Islamic Extremists
- Smart Partnerships for African Development
- Strategic Nonviolent Conflict
- Advancing Human Rights and Peace in a Complex World
- Enhancing International Civilian Police in Peace Operations
- Serbia Still at the Crossroads
- Taking Stock and Looking Forward: Intervention in the Balkans and Beyond
- Islamic Perspectives on Peace and Violence
- Responding to War and State Collapse in West Africa
- The Diplomacy of Counterterrorism
- Training to Help Traumatized Populations
- Options for Prosecuting International Terrorists
- Albanians in the Balkans
- Faith-Based NGOs and International Peacebuilding
- AIDS and Violent Conflict in Africa
- US Leadership in Resolving African Conflict
- US Human Rights Policy Toward Africa
- Whither the Bulldozer? Nonviolent Revolution and the Transition to Democracy in Serbia
- American Civilian Police in UN Peace Operations
- French Negotiating Style
- Catholic Contributions to International Peace
- Serbia and Montenegro - Reintegration, Divorce, or Something Else?
- The Future of Macedonia
- Peacekeeping in Africa
- US Human Rights Policy Toward Latin America
- Adapting to the New National Security Environment
- Europe in the 21st Century - A Strategy for Achieving Stable Peace
- Bosnia's next five Years - Dayton and beyond
- The Role of the Ambassador in Promoting US Human Rights Policy Abroad
- Defining the Path to a Peaceful, Undivided, and Democratic Europe
- Transatlantic Relations in the Aftermath of Kosovo
- Macedonia - Prevention Can Work
- Training US Army Officers for Peace Operations: Lessons from Bosnia
- Angola’s Deadly War: Dealing with Savimbi's Hell on Earth
- Putting Humpty Dumpty Together: Reconstructing Peace in the Congo
- The Politics of Famine in North Korea
- US Human Rights Policy: A 20-Year Assessment
- How Terrorism Ends
- "Yugoslavia": Building Democratic Institutions
- NATO at Fifty: New Challenges, Future Uncertainties
- A New Approach to Peace in Sudan
- Thinking Out Loud: Policies Toward Iraq
- Montenegro - And More - At Risk
- The Genocide Convention at Fifty
- Southern Mexico: Counterinsurgency and Electoral Politics
- Bosnia Report Card: Pass, Fail, or Incomplete?
- The Future of Afghanistan: The Taliban, Regional Security and U.S. Foreign Policy
- Restoring Hope: The Real Lessons of Somalia for the Future of Intervention
- The Future of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
- North Korea's Nuclear Program
- Sudan Symposium Generates Momentum for Mediation
- South Africa: The National Peace Accord and the International Community
- Achieving Post-Settlement Peace in Mozambique: The Role of the International Community
- Economic, Social and Administrative Reconstruction of Somalia
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