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.
Truth Commission: South Korea 2000
Truth Commission: Presidential Truth Commission on Suspicious Deaths Duration: 2000 – 2004 Charter: The Special Act to Find the Truth on Suspicious Deaths Commissioners: 9 for each of two terms Report: Public report
Coercive Prevention: Normative, Political, and Policy Dilemmas
For all that has been proclaimed about the importance of preventive diplomacy, the reality of international action falls far short. This report focuses on one particular aspect of this agenda, namely, the need to take a harder look at "coercive prevention," and particularly at the threat or use of military force as frequently necessary parts of overall preventive strategies. This is a very different approach from versions of preventive diplomacy that make its noncoercive nature a defining pa...
The Role of the Ambassador in Promoting U.S. Human Rights Policy Abroad
Summary The ambassador is a key player in determining tough trade-offs or policy emphasis: between short-term and long-term objectives, between executive and legislative priorities, between strategic interests and specific human rights concerns, between public and private diplomacy, between coercive and cooperative approaches, and between unilateral and multilateral approaches to specific problems.
Truth Commission: Uruguay
Truth Commission: Commission for Peace Duration: 2000 – 2002 Charter: Resolución de la Presidencia de la República No. 858/200 Commissioners: 6 Report: Public report
Women in War and Peace: Grassroots Peacebuilding
While much of the work of conflict resolution focuses on the government or public level, the resolution of contemporary conflict is very much a holistic process that is simultaneously conducted at the private, grassroots level. Many of the efforts under way to sustain peace in countries and regions beset by or emerging from violent conflict are undertaken by grassroots organizations formed by those whose lives are most directly and significantly affected by the conflict. A substantial proport...
A Very Political Economy
A Very Political Economy spares no political sensitivities in its dissection of the aid process, but also argues persuasively that without international assistance there would have been no Palestinian Authority left to negotiate with, and no peace process to revive.
Defining the Path to a Peaceful, Undivided, and Democratic Europe
Summary A peaceful and undivided Europe must include both the United States and Russia if it is to be stable and successful over time. The United States wants a Europe that is a reliable strategic partner in trade and security issues, both in the region and potentially elsewhere. There can be considerable flexibility of form in the way this "single security community" of Europe arranges itself.
Watching the Wind
A compelling, inspiring account of peacemaking in action,Watching the Wind takes us to the front lines of South Africa's struggle to manage the tempestuous transition from apartheid to democracy.
Exiting Indochina
This book recounts the diplomacy that brought an end to great power involvement in Indochina, including the negotiations for a UN peace process in Cambodia and construction of a “road map” for normalizing U.S.-Vietnam relations.
Peoples Versus States
Picking up where Minorities at Risk left off, Peoples Versus States offers an expanded and updated perspective on ethnic and nationalist conflict throughout the world, as well as efforts to manage it.