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.
Year in Review: Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding
USIP Senior Program Officer Qamar-ul Huda looks at 2012 lessons learned in religion, conflict, and peacebuilding, including the Koran desecration incident in Afghanistan and the controversial “Innocence of Muslims” film.
Year in Review: Reconciliation in a Transformed Libya
Manal Omar, director of Iraq, Iran, and North Africa Programs, discusses efforts to promote reconciliation and governance in a Libya emerging from years of dictatorship.
Year in Review: A "Big Year” for Burma
Burma began emerging from years of isolation as it took major steps towards building a democratic state in 2012. Colette Rausch looks back at “a big year” for Burma and discusses the prospects ahead.
Year in Review: The Global Peacebuilding Center
The Global Peacebuilding Center, USIP’s youth-focused education program, marked its first full year in 2012. Ann-Louise Colgan, director of the GPC, highlights some of the ways that the GPC is empowering the next generation of peacebuilders.
Pakistani Police Women Examine Unique, Common Obstacles in USIP Visit
Seven women from Pakistan’s police forces explored the unique obstacles they face, such as the debate over all-female police stations in their country, during a recent visit to USIP.
Year in Review: Conflict Continues in the Two Sudans
Jon Temin, director of the Sudan and South Sudan programs at USIP, examines “a difficult year” for Sudan and South Sudan, and highlights some of USIP’s work in the region.
A New Opportunity: Agricultural Extension as a Peacebuilding Tool
USIP’s Andrew Robertson explains how agricultural extension systems—a common feature in rural areas including those afflicted by conflict—might be utilized in the service of preventing and managing conflict and promoting positive change.
Year in Review: 2012’s “Quiet Revolution” in Social Media
Sheldon Himelfarb, director of the Media, Conflict, and Peacebuilding Center at USIP, looks at 2012’s “quiet revolution” in social media.
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.
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.