Publications

Publications by Region

Below you'll find Special Reports and Peaceworks organized by region.

Africa Africa: North Africa: East & The Horn Africa: Western & Central Africa: Southern Americas: North Americas: Central Americas: South

Asia: Central & The Caucasus Asia: East Asia: South Asia: Southeast Asia: Philippines Europe Europe: Western & North Atlantic The Balkans Middle East Middle East: Iraq

Africa

• Smart Partnerships for African Development
• AIDS and Violent Conflict in Africa
• U.S. Human Rights Policy toward Africa
• Peacekeeping in Africa
• Creative Approaches to Managing Conflict in Africa
• Managing Communications: Lessons from Interventions in Africa
• Future U.S. Engagement in Africa: Opportunities and Obstacles for Conflict Management
• Humanitarian Assistance and Conflict in Africa
• U.S. Contribution to Conflict Prevention, Management, and Resolution in Africa

North Africa

• The United Nations and Western Sahara: A Never-ending Affair
• Morocco: Betting on a Truth and Reconciliation Commission
• Islamists at the Ballot Box: Findings from Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, and Turkey

East Africa & The Horn

• Political Violence and Democratic Uncertainty in Ethiopia
• The United Nations and Western Sahara: A Never-ending Affair
• Morocco: Betting on a Truth and Reconciliation Commission
• Political Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Need for a New Research and Diplomatic Agenda
• Terrorism in the Horn of Africa
• U.S. Leadership in Resolving African Conflict: The Case of Ethiopia-Eritrea
• Building for Peace in the Horn of Africa: Diplomacy and Beyond
• A New Approach to Peace in Sudan
• Removing Barricades in Somalia: Options for Peace and Rehabilitation
• Restoring Hope: The Real Lessons of Somalia for the Future of Intervention
• Sudan: Ending the War, Moving Talks Forward
• Sudan Symposium Generates Momentum for Mediation
• Economic, Social and Administrative Reconstruction of Somalia

Western & Central Africa

• Nigeria's 2007 Elections: The Fitful Path to Democratic Citizenship
• The United Nations and Western Sahara: A Never-ending Affair
• Morocco: Betting on a Truth and Reconciliation Commission
• Political Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Need for a New Research and Diplomatic Agenda
• Rethinking Truth and Reconciliation Commissions: Lessons from Sierra Leone
• Responding to War and State Collapse in West Africa
• Postgenocidal Reconciliation: Building Peace in Rwanda and Burundi
• Putting Humpty Dumpty Together: Reconstructing Peace in the Congo
• Preventing Genocide in Burundi
• Can Nigeria Make a Peaceful Transition to Democratic Governance?
• Zaire's Crises of War and Governance
• Zaire: Predicament and Prospects
• Rwanda: Accountability for War Crimes and Genocide

Southern Africa

• Downward Spiral: HIV/AIDS, State Capacity, and Political Conflict in Zimbabwe
• Zimbabwe and the Prospects for Nonviolent Political Change
• Zimbabwe and the Politics of Torture
• Angola's Deadly War: Dealing with Savimbi's Hell on Earth
• NGOs and the Peace Process in Angola
• South Africa: The National Peace Accord and the International Community
• Achieving Post-Settlement Peace in Mozambique: The Role of the International Community

Americas

North America

• American Foreign Policy and Islamic Renewal
• The Diversity of Muslims in the United States: Views as Americans
• Washington and Damascus: Between Confrontation and Cooperation
• U.S.-Pakistan Engagement: The War on Terrorism and Beyond
• U.S.-China Cooperation on the Problem of Failing States and Transnational Threats
• Building Civilian Capacity for U.S. Stability Operations: The Rule of Law Component
• After Saddam Hussein: Winning a Peace If It Comes to War
• U.S. Negotiating Behavior
• The Diplomacy of Counterterrorism: Lessons Learned, Ignored, and Disputed
• Passing the Baton: Challenges of Statecraft for the New Administration
• American Civilian Police in UN Peace Operations: Lessons Learned and Ideas for the Future
• U.S. Human Rights Policy toward Latin America
• Adapting to the New National Security Environment
• The Role of the Ambassador in Promoting U.S. Human Rights Policy Abroad
• Training U.S. Army Officers for Peace Operations: Lessons from Bosnia
• U.S. Human Rights Policy: A 20-Year Assessment
• "Trialogue": U.S.-Japan-China Relations and Asian-Pacific Stability
• The Quest for Democratic Security: The Role of the Council of Europe and U.S. Foreign Policy
• U.S. Responses to Self-Determination Movements: Strategies for Nonviolent Outcomes and Alternatives to Secession
• Training for Peace Operations: The U.S. Army Adapts to the Post–Cold War World
• The U.S. Contribution to Conflict Prevention, Management, and Resolution in Africa

Central America

• Haiti: Hope for the Future
• El Salvador: Implementation of the Peace Accords
• Achieving Post-Settlement Peace in Mozambique: The Role of the International Community
• Territorial Disputes and Their Resolution: The Case of Ecuador and Peru
• Southern Mexico: Counterinsurgency and Electoral Politics
• The Constitutional Crisis in Guatemala

South America

• Harbingers of Hope: Peace Initiatives in Colombia
• Civil Society under Siege in Colombia
• Boundary Disputes in Latin America
• U.S. Human Rights Policy toward Latin America
• State and Soldier in Latin America

Asia

Central Asia & The Caucasus

• Georgia's Rose Revolution: A Participant's Perspective
• The Challenge of Regional Cooperation in Central Asia: Preventing Ethnic Conflict in the Ferghana Valley
• Nagorno-Karabakh: Searching for a Solution
• Sovereignty After Empire: Self-Determination Movements in Former Soviet Union
• War in the Caucasus: A Proposal for Settlement of the Conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh
• The War in Tajikistan Three Years On
• Central Asians Take Stock

East Asia

• Chinese Views: Breaking the Stalemate on the Korean Peninsula
• Dismantling the DPRK's Nuclear Weapons Program
• U.S.-China Cooperation on the Problem of Failing States and Transnational Threats
• A Comprehensive Resolution of the Korean War
• Democratic Values, Political Structures, and Alternative Politics in Greater China
• Overcoming Humanitarian Dilemmas in the DPRK (North Korea)
• The Road Ahead: Lessons in Nation Building from Japan, Germany, and Afghanistan for Postwar Iraq
• From Revolutionary Internationalism to Conservative Nationalism: The Chinese Military's Discourse on National Security and Identity
• The Politics of Famine in North Korea
• Mistrust and the Korean Peninsula: Dangers of Miscalculation
• “Trialogue”: U.S.-Japan-China Relations and Asian-Pacific Stability
• Muddling toward Democracy: Political Change in Grassroots China
• The China Challenge in the Twenty-First Century
• Challenges of Building a Korean Peace Process
• Beyond the Asian Financial Crisis
• North Korea's Decline and China's Strategic Dilemmas
• A Coming Crisis on the Korean Peninsula? The Food Crisis, Economic Decline, and Political Considerations
• South China Sea Dispute: Prospects for Preventive Diplomacy
• The North Korean Nuclear Challenge: The Post–Kim Il Sung Phase Begins
• North Korea's Nuclear Program: Challenge and Opportunity

South Asia

• Bangladesh at the Crossroads
• Resolving the Pakistan- Afghanistan Stalemate
• The Rise of Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh
• Afghanistan and Its Neighbors: An Ever Dangerous Neighborhood
• Chaplains as Liaisons with Religious Leaders: Lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan
• Provincial Reconstruction Teams: Military Relations with International and Nongovernmental Organizations in Afghanistan
• U.S.-Pakistan Engagement: The War on Terrorism and Beyond
• Quickstep or Kadam Taal? The Elusive Search for Peace in Jammu and Kashmir
• India and Pakistan Engagement: Prospects for Breakthrough or Breakdown?
• Establishing the Rule of Law in Afghanistan
• The Road Ahead: Lessons in Nation Building from Japan, Germany, and Afghanistan for Postwar Iraq
• Unfinished Business in Afghanistan: Warlordism, Reconstruction, and Ethnic Harmony
• The Taliban and Afghanistan: Implications for Regional Security and Options for International Action
• The Future of Afghanistan: The Taliban, Regional Security and U.S. Foreign Policy

Southeast Asia

• The Aceh Peace Process: Nothing Less than Success
• Ancestral Domain in Comparative Perspective
• The Mindanao Peace Talks: Another Opportunity to Resolve the Moro Conflict in the Philippines
• The Political Economy of the Kashmir Conflict: Opportunities for Economic Peacebuilding and for U.S. Policy
• Beyond the Asian Financial Crisis

Europe

• From Dayton to Brussels: Constitutional Preparations for Bosnia's EU Accession
• Europe in the 21st Century: A Strategy for Achieving Stable Peace
• Defining the Path to a Peaceful, Undivided, and Democratic Europe
• Building Security in Post-Cold War Eurasia
• The Quest for Democratic Security: The Role of the Council of Europe and U.S. Foreign Policy
• The Future of the Conference in Security and Cooperation in Europe: A United States Institute of Peace Roundtable

Western Europe & North Atlantic

• Northern Ireland: Prospects for Progress in 2006?
• The Basque Conflict: New Ideas and Prospects for Peace
• The Road Ahead: Lessons in Nation Building from Japan, Germany, and Afghanistan for Postwar Iraq
• French Negotiating Style
• Nato at Fifty: New Challenges, Future Uncertainties
• Managing NATO Enlargement

Middle East

• Iraq and the Gulf States: The Balance of Fear
• Ayatollah Sistani and the Democratization of Post-Ba'athist Iraq
• Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Iraq
• Iraq's New Political Map
• From Rejection to Acceptance: Israeli National Security Thinking and Palestinian Statehood
• Jordan and Iraq: Between Cooperation and Crisis
• Scenarios for the Insurgency in Iraq
• Weak Viability: The Iraqi Federal State and the Constitutional Amendment Process
• Who Are Iraq's New Leaders? What Do They Want?
• How Not to Make Peace: "Conflict Syndrome" and the Demise of the Oslo Accords
• Chaplains as Liaisons with Religious Leaders: Lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan
• Willing to Compromise: Palestinian Public Opinion and the Peace Process
• Iran and Iraq: The Shia Connection, Soft Power, and the Nuclear Factor
• Iraq's Constitutional Process II: An Opportunity Lost
• Strategies for Promoting Democracy in Iraq
• The Future of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Critical Trends Affecting Israel
• Washington and Damascus: Between Confrontation and Cooperation
• Iraq Election Scenarios: Anticipating Alternative Futures
• Iraq and Its Neighbors Series: Turkey and Iraq: The Perils (and Prospects) of Proximity
• Islamists at the Ballot Box: Findings from Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, and Turkey
• The Coalition Provisional Authority's Experience with Governance in Iraq
• Promoting Middle East Democracy II: Arab Initiatives
• Who Are the Insurgents? Sunni Arab Rebels in Iraq
• The Coalition Provisional Authority's Experience with Economic Reconstruction in Iraq: Lessons Identified
• The Coalition Provisional Authority's Experience with Public Security in Iraq: Lessons Identified
• Iraq's Constitutional Process: Shaping a Vision for the Country's Future
• Promoting Middle East Democracy: European Initiatives
• Donor Activities and Civil Society Potential in Iraq
• Building the Iraqi Special Tribunal: Lessons from Experiences in International Criminal Justice
• Postconflict Iraq: A Race for Stability, Reconstruction, and Legitimacy
• Global Terrorism after the Iraq War
• Islamist Politics in Iraq after Saddam Hussein
• Healing the Holy Land: Interreligious Peacebuilding in Israel/Palestine
• The Road Ahead: Lessons in Nation Building from Japan, Germany, and Afghanistan for Postwar Iraq
• Establishing the Rule of Law in Iraq
• After Saddam Hussein: Winning a Peace If It Comes to War
• Would an Invasion of Iraq Be a "Just War"?
• The Palestinian Reform Agenda
• The Israeli Military and Israel's Palestinian Policy: From Oslo to the Al Aqsa Intifada
• Islam and Democracy
• Islamic Perspectives on Peace and Violence
• Thinking Out Loud: Policies Toward Iraq
• Between Impediment and Advantage: Saddam's Iraq
• Turkey's Role in the Middle East