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Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability OperationsFilling the Gaps: Stabilization and Reconstruction SeriesThe U.S. government is currently facing enormous challenges in stabilizing nations emerging from conflict. After more than a decade of experience in war-torn states such as Afghanistan, Haiti, and the Balkans, reconstruction and stabilization operations are still plagued by persistent failures. While some national and international mechanisms have been developed to successfully address specific aspects of these interventionssuch as conducting elections, coordinating the return of refugees, and privatizing state enterprisesreconstruction and stabilization operations have produced mixed results in other essential areas. USIP's Filling the Gaps series is taking a hard look at some of these weak but essential areas including: transitional governance, natural resources, mass media, economic development, and the role of women. For each of these sectors, USIP is convening top practitioners and experts in working groups to identify best practices and to generate policy options for those who conduct these complex missions. USIP is also currently developing a framework on best practices, one that will enable a more comprehensive approach to achieving clearly defined end-states for societies emerging from conflict. The recommendations of the Filling the Gaps working groups are summarized in the Stabilization and Reconstruction report series. The current reports in the series are:
Filling the Gaps is directed by Vice President for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations Daniel Serwer and managed by Senior Program Officer Beth Cole. |
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