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.
NATO Push on Women’s Roles Calls for Treading onto Delicate Turf: Islam
With Islam as a common underpinning for many of the societies in turmoil where NATO is likely to be involved in the foreseeable future, USIP expert Hamid Khan says the alliance needs to be better prepared to deal on those terms.
Breaking through Jordan’s Apathy Barrier?
Jordan’s parliamentary elections this week is being met by the country’s citizens with a kind of collective “Why bother?” USIP expert Steven Heydemann, who is in Jordan as an election monitor for the nonprofit International Republican Institute, considers the odds of changing that familiar pattern.
The Peace Puzzle: Appendices and Resources
The last 20 years of American efforts to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict have seen many more failures than successes. The Peace Puzzle offers uniquely objective account of the American role in the post-Cold War era. In writing The Peace Puzzle, the members of USIP's Study Group on Arab-Israeli Peacemaking had broad access to key policymakers and official archives in their research process, making this book one of few that offers a comprehensive history from the Madrid Conference through the...
Conflict Dynamics in Gilgit-Baltistan
In Northern Pakistan, the Gilgit-Baltistan region is experiencing growing sectarian violence but also is key to increasing regional trade ties. This report examines the root causes of the conflict and the means for its resolution.
Economic Drivers in Fragile States Need More Attention in 2013, USIP Expert Says
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Understanding Sudan and South Sudan's Cooperation Agreements Through a Gender Lens
Although gender concerns do not figure explicitly in the Sudan and South Sudan's September 2012 framework agreements, implementation offers both countries an important opportunity to develop an inclusive process whereby women actively participate and voice their own priorities and concerns.
Adviser to Afghan President Karzai, an Ex-USIP Fellow, Confers with Institute Staff
Minister Masoom Stanekzai, the head of the joint secretariat of Afghanistan’s High Peace Council, visited USIP’s Afghanistan team, as Presidents Barack Obama and Hamid Karzai met at the White House to discuss the future ties between the two nations.
Year in Review: Sustainable Economies and Natural Resources
USIP’s Raymond Gilpin, director of the Center for Sustainable Economies, talks about the big projects in 2012 to help Afghanistan, Nigeria, and other countries manage their natural resources – and what the center will focus on in 2013.