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.
Pakistan, the United States and the End Game in Afghanistan: Perceptions of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy Elite
This brief summarizes the perceptions of Pakistani foreign policy elite about Pakistan’s strategy and interests in Afghanistan, its view of the impending “end game”, and the implications of its policies towards Afghanistan for the U.S.-Pakistan relationship.
Beyond Tahrir: The Trajectory of Egypt's Transition
A senior figure in Egypt’s Supreme Council of the Armed Forces answered questions at USIP on July 25 about the Council’s role in the current transition. Read the full event summary.
NGOs and Nonstate Armed Actors
Two seasoned NGOs engage nonstate combatants on international human rights law to get them to change behaviors, from eliminating use of landmines to protecting civilians. Their work can inform and complement other attempts at engagement.
Mass Atrocities in Syria: the International Response
USIP’s Scott Lasensky and Lawrence Woocher discuss the growing concerns over crimes against humanity being committed in Syria.
Afghan Civil Society and a Comprehensive Peace Process
The peace brief summarizes key findings of the field research undertaken during five trips to Kabul, Afghanistan and one trip to Pakistan between 2009 and 2011.
Praise for "Negotiating Peace and Confronting Corruption"
“This book effectively analyses the characteristics and effects of building anticorruption provisions into negotiated settlements in post civil war situations.” —Jens Andvig, Research Professor, Department of International Economics, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs “The enduring prevalence of corruption in conflict-affected countries is frequently bemoaned, but rarely addressed in ways that lead to its reduction. Bert Spector’s Negotiating Peace and Confronting Corruption fil...
"Negotiating Peace and Confronting Corruption": Questions and Answers with the Author
What is the principal challenge for those negotiating peace and confronting corruption in post-conflict societies? Why did you select these six cases, and how did you structure your analysis of each case? How do you define corruption? What were the findings in comparing the six case studies to the seven country control group? What measures can be taken in postconflict reconstruction processes to discourage corruption? What are integrity provisions, and how do they prevent corruption...
Haiti's Progress
Robert Maguire, chairman of the USIP Haiti Working Group and professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, visited Haiti earlier this month to meet with government officials concerning Haiti’s current political impasse. He provides an update on the situation.
At USIP Event, U.S. Calls on Sudan to Halt Violence, Keep Its Promises
The government of Sudan should halt its military attacks in border regions adjacent to newly independent South Sudan and meet all of its obligations under the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), Johnnie Carson, the assistant secretary of state for African affairs, said during a conference at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) on July 14.
Status of Israeli-Palestinian Peace
USIP’s Scott Lasensky, co-author of "Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace: American Leadership in the Middle East" (with Daniel C. Kurtzer), reports from Israel on the prospects for reviving Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations and why all eyes are focused on the upcoming U.N. General Assembly.