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.
![Dayton Implementation: The Train and Equip Program](https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/styles/summary_image/public/SR25-Dayton-implementation-train%2Bequip-cover.jpg?itok=w5e_LAQg)
Dayton Implementation: The Train and Equip Program
The Dayton Implementation Working Group project envisions meetings on the Train and Equip program, the apprehension of war criminals, the return of refugees, and Brcko as a model for peace implementation. The purpose of this working group is to encourage dialogue among representatives from the administration and Capitol Hill and policy analysts on how best to implement these critical elements of the Dayton peace agreement
![Dayton Implementation: The Return of Refugees](https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/styles/summary_image/public/sr26-Dayton-Implementation-return-of-refugees-cover.jpg?itok=2eUZCqGQ)
![Zaire's Crises of War and Governance](https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/styles/summary_image/public/SR22-Zaires-crises-cover.jpg?itok=KriUzkUM)
Zaire's Crises of War and Governance
On January 16, 1997, the United States Institute of Peace and the U.S. Department of State cosponsored a one-day roundtable discussion of diplomats, scholars, and nongovernmental organization specialists on the unfolding crises in Zaire-both the complex humanitarian emergency and civil war in eastern Zaire and the ongoing crisis of governmental legitimacy and capacity stemming from a lagging transition to multiparty democracy.
![Managing Communications: Lessons from Interventions in Africa](https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/styles/summary_image/public/SR21-managing-communications-Africa-cover.jpg?itok=CHXZ4hAi)
Managing Communications: Lessons from Interventions in Africa
"Managing Communications: Lessons from Interventions in Africa," the conference was jointly sponsored by the United States Institute of Peace and the National Defense University. It examined the effectiveness of communications and information-sharing practices (including organizational structures and technologies) among humanitarian and peacekeeping organizations in recent complex emergency operations in Somalia, Rwanda, and Liberia.
![The Taliban and Afghanistan: Implications for Regional Security and Options for International Action](https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/styles/summary_image/public/SR39-taliban%2BAfghanistan-cover.jpg?itok=GcI5cu72)
The Taliban and Afghanistan: Implications for Regional Security and Options for International Action
The United States Institute of Peace and the Middle East Institute cosponsored a Current Issues Briefing to explore the regional and security ramifications of the Taliban movement's consolidation of power in Afghanistan. After twenty years of war that has ravaged Afghanistan, peace remains elusive, and leaders in adjacent countries and the international community face a dearth of options. In addition to persistent and credible reports of abysmal human rights violations in Afghanistan, the cou...
![Mistrust and the Korean Peninsula: Dangers of Miscalculation](https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/styles/summary_image/public/SR38-mistrust%2BKorean-peninsula-cover.jpg?itok=FNrZ1d_A)
Mistrust and the Korean Peninsula: Dangers of Miscalculation
An unwillingness to challenge North Korea now with a more concerted diplomatic and deterrence policy, lest it precipitate a repeat of the 1994 crisis, risks being confronted later by a qualitatively different North Korean military threat. There is a significant danger of miscalculation: while previous North Korean induced crises have strengthened Pyongyang's negotiating leverage in general and perhaps the Korean People's Army's strong hold on power in particular, there is a serious risk that ...
!["Trialogue": U.S.-Japan-China Relations and Asian-Pacific Stability](https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/styles/summary_image/public/SR37-trialogue-US-Japan-China-cover.jpg?itok=SbiZ-qMj)
"Trialogue": U.S.-Japan-China Relations and Asian-Pacific Stability
The exchange of summits between the leaders of the People's Republic of China and the United States, the Asian financial crisis, and the decision by India and Pakistan to engage in nuclear testing have redirected the security agenda of the Asia-Pacific region. Such developments underscore the ongoing difficulties inherent in the transition from traditional approaches to security defined by the Cold War to a post-Cold War structure of international relations in the Asia-Pacific.
![Croatia After Tudjman](https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/styles/summary_image/public/SR36-Croatia-after-Tudjman-cover.jpg?itok=4F3qZRQS)
Croatia After Tudjman
Recognizing that Bosnia cannot exist as a viable, democratic state unless it is embedded in a region that is itself stable and democratic, the Institute has begun a Bosnia in the Balkans Initiative to explore the prospects for regional political and economic development. The Balkans Working Group on "Croatia After Tudjman" met in order to understand longer term factors that might affect regional stability. The recent meeting on Croatia is one component of this work, which has included separ...
![Kosovo: Escaping the Cul-de-Sac](https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/styles/summary_image/public/SR35-Kosovo-escaping-culdesac-cover.jpg?itok=GYlQiQx-)
Kosovo: Escaping the Cul-de-Sac
The United States Institute of Peace hosted a second meeting of its Bosnia Working Group to discuss the unfolding crisis in Kosovo. Participants were asked to provide recommendations for how the negotiating process could achieve a viable and acceptable outcome for all parties to the conflict. In addition, members of the working group were asked to critique the international community's role in attempting to mediate, resolve, and simply contain the conflict.
![Kosovo Dialogue: Too Little, Too Late](https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/styles/summary_image/public/SR33-Kosovo-dialogue-too-little-cover.jpg?itok=hBw4Xcl1)
Kosovo Dialogue: Too Little, Too Late
The United States Institute of Peace hosted a meeting of its Balkans Working Group to discuss potential solutions to the conflict in Kosovo, the negotiation process between Serbia and Kosovo, and possible outcomes of those negotiations.