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.
![Episode 7 - Sharon Morris](https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/styles/summary_image/public/2018-03/usip-peace-frequency-podcast-logo.jpg?itok=3BDqah7z)
Episode 7 - Sharon Morris
In this episode, we talk with former USIP Senior Advisor, Dr. Sharon Morris about the changing face of conflict and the importance of conducting deep conflict analysis with multiple voices and perspec
![Episode 6 - Candace Karp](https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/styles/summary_image/public/2018-03/usip-peace-frequency-podcast-logo.jpg?itok=3BDqah7z)
Episode 6 - Candace Karp
In this episode, we interview former USIP Senior Program Officer Candace Karp on countering violent extremism, as part of the course on Conflict Analysis. In this interview, Dr. Karp explains what CVE
![Episode 5 - Fiona Mangan](https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/styles/summary_image/public/2018-03/usip-peace-frequency-podcast-logo.jpg?itok=3BDqah7z)
Episode 5 - Fiona Mangan
In this episode, we interview USIP Senior Program Officer Fiona Mangan on the topic of rule of law. As part of the course on Strategic Peacebuilding, Ms. Mangan discusses prison reform and the importa
![Episode 4 - Maria Stephan](https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/styles/summary_image/public/2018-03/usip-peace-frequency-podcast-logo.jpg?itok=3BDqah7z)
Episode 4 - Maria Stephan
In this episode, USIP Senior Policy Fellow Maria Stephan, co-author of Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict, discusses the concept of civil resistance as a tool for b
![Episode 3 - Nadia Gerspacher](https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/styles/summary_image/public/2018-03/usip-peace-frequency-podcast-logo.jpg?itok=3BDqah7z)
Episode 3 - Nadia Gerspacher
In this episode, USIP Academy Director Nadia Gerspacher discusses the fundamentals of community policing. As part of the course on Strategic Peacebuilding, she distinguishes community policing from ha
![Episode 2 - George Lopez](https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/styles/summary_image/public/2018-03/usip-peace-frequency-podcast-logo.jpg?itok=3BDqah7z)
Episode 2 - George Lopez
In this episode we speak with former USIP Academy Vice President Lopez. As part of our series on Strategic Peacebuilding, Dr. Lopez addresses a variety of topics, including the meaning of strategic pe
![Episode 1 - Severine Autesserre](https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/styles/summary_image/public/2018-03/usip-peace-frequency-podcast-logo.jpg?itok=3BDqah7z)
Episode 1 - Severine Autesserre
In this episode, author and academic Severine Austesserre discusses her book, Peaceland. She offers personal stories from her years of work on the ground including issues of dissonance between field o
![Collaborative Design in Peacebuilding](https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/styles/summary_image/public/2018-04/sr425-cover.jpg?itok=o1iwgnUs)
Collaborative Design in Peacebuilding
Despite clear evidence of the effectiveness of individual peacebuilding efforts, the field as a whole often struggles to have a meaningful collective impact on broader conflict dynamics. This report, drawing on a pilot initiative in the Central African Republic—IMPACT-CAR—to develop a shared measurement and reporting system aimed at improving collaboration and shared learning across peacebuilding implementers, reflects on the results, successes, and challenges of the initiative to offer a road map for future initiatives focused on collective impact in the peacebuilding field.
![Grading Counterterrorism Cooperation with the GCC States](https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/styles/summary_image/public/2018-04/20180427-erdberg-testimony.jpg?itok=9r8pZNAr)
Grading Counterterrorism Cooperation with the GCC States
This testimony covers the following questions: (1) How have GCC countries addressed violent extremism and terrorism within their own national borders; (2) How have GCC countries addressed violent extremism and terrorism regionally and internationally; and, (3) What recommendations can enable future GCC efforts to go beyond eliminating today’s terrorists and prevent terrorism from emerging in the first place?
![Nancy Lindborg on Nigeria's Central Role in Africa](https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/styles/summary_image/public/2018-02/usip-sirius-on-peace-podcast-logo.jpg?itok=P6tKk4cz)
Nancy Lindborg on Nigeria's Central Role in Africa
Fresh from her USIP delegation trip to Nigeria, Nancy Lindborg explains Nigeria’s importance to Africa and the United States. Lindborg discusses the critical on-the-ground work happening to prevent violence and underscores the importance of Nigerian governors to countering Boko Haram.