Center for Preventive Action

Crisis Between Ukraine and Russia

This CPA Contingency Planning Memo by Steven Pifer analyzes potential crises in Crimea or over natural gas, and recommends steps to prevent or manage these contingencies.

Averting Crisis in Ukraine

Read this Council Special Report on potential crises in Ukraine.
Recent Research and Commentary

CPA Op-Eds

Collateral Damage in Afghanistan is Unavoidable

Micah Zenko

Guardian UK

June 30, 2009

Controlling America's Deadly Drones

Micah Zenko

Guardian UK

May 15, 2009

Are U.S. Missile Strikes in Pakistan a Dud Policy?

Micah Zenko

Christian Science Monitor

May 4, 2009

Bombing Somalia is a Dud

Micah Zenko

Los Angeles Times

April 23, 2009

For Obama and Medvedev, Bombs Away

Micah Zenko

Guardian UK

April 1, 2009

Pakistan Strikes Are Not the Answer

Micah Zenko

Guardian UK

March 19, 2009

CPA Special Reports

Preparing for Sudden Change in North Korea

Paul B. Stares and Joel S. Wit

Council Special Report No. 42

January 2009

Averting Crisis in Ukraine

Steven Pifer

Council Special Report No. 41

January 2009

Congo

Anthony W. Gambino

Council Special Report No. 40

October 2008

Securing Pakistan's Tribal Belt

Daniel Markey

Council Special Report No. 36

July/August 2008

Dealing with Damascus

Mona Yacoubian and Scott Lasensky

Council Special Report No. 33

June 2008

CFR Materials on Conflict Prevention

U.S. Policy Shift Needed in the Horn of Africa

Expert Brief

August 6, 2009

State of Secrecy

Op-Ed

August 6, 2009

Clinton to Pyongyang: Criteria for Success

Op-Ed

August 4, 2009

The Real Tragedy in Nigeria's Violence

Must Read

August 3, 2009

Washington Monthly: Winning the Good War

Must Read

July/August 2009

Stalling Over Israeli Settlements

Interview

July 29, 2009

Raising Human Rights Concerns with N. Korea

Interview

July 23, 2009

CSIS: The Afghanistan Campaign: Can We Win?

Must Read

July 22, 2009

Prisoner of the System

Op-Ed

July 21, 2009

UN Secretary-General's Report: Implementing the Responsibility to Protect

Essential Documents

January 2009

Iran's Political Crisis Far From Over

Interview

Updated: July 22, 2009

Negotiating With a Troubled Iran

Interview

July 20, 2009

CPA Contingency Planning Memorandums

Crisis Between Ukraine and Russia

Steven Pifer

This CPA Contingency Planning Memo by Steven Pifer analyzes potential crises in Crimea or over natural gas, and recommends steps to prevent or manage these contingencies.

Reversal in Iraq

Stephen Biddle

This CPA Contingency Planning Memo by Stephen Biddle assesses four interrelated scenarios in Iraq that could derail the prospects for peace and stability and provides recommendations to prevent such reversals.

If the U.S. Dollar Plummets

Brad W. Setser

This CPA Contingency Planning Memorandum by Brad W. Setser examines potential triggers and indicators of a sharp depreciation of the U.S. dollar and posits concrete policy options to limit U.S. vulnerability to the possibility of such a crisis.

CPA Working Paper

Fragility, Instability, and the Failure of States

In this CPA working paper, Monty G. Marshall argues that "early warning" systems should do more to inform and temper our expectations for policy response than to trigger costly and risky interventions.

CFR Expert Brief

Mumbai: A Battle in the War for Pakistan

Daniel Markey

December 12, 2008

The terror attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai represent an escalation in Pakistan's battle between the forces of extremism and moderation, writes CFR's Daniel Markey.

CPA and Partner Resources

2008 Annual Symposium: Preventive Priorities for a New Era

Event date:
Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Keynote Address: Preventive Priorities for the Next Administration

Session One, Keynote: Madeleine K. Albright

Presider: Richard N. Haass

Watch the video

Listen to the audio

Read the transcript

Session Two: Preventive Priorities in Critical Regions

Speakers: Steven A. Cook, Michelle D. Gavin, Daniel S. Markey

Presider: Jane Holl Lute

Read the transcript

Session Three: Enhancing Capacities to Respond

Speakers: Martin Griffiths, Jean-Marie Guehenno, Elisabeth Kvitashvili

Presider: Paul B. Stares

Session Three Talking Points (PDF)

Read the 2008 Symposium Summary: "Preventive Priorities for a New Era"

Read the 2007 Symposium Summary: "The Future of Conflict Prevention"

CPA Partners
Conflict Prevention and Resolution Forum
With CPA support, CPRF monitors events and trends in conflict regions, helps sustain a policy focus on conflict prevention and resolution, and increases collaboration amongst practitioners who work to resolve violent conflict.
Calendar of Events
Audio and Video Interviews
Tips for Conflict Resolution

Great Lakes Policy Forum
With CPA support, the Forum seeks to influence the process by which important actors deal with conflict and coordinate their actions and interventions in The Great Lakes Region.
Calendar of Events
Training Resources: Cooperative Problem Solving
Reading List: Understanding Conflict
CPA Preventive Priorities Survey

In June 2009, the CPA polled CFR Fellows and other experts on what they thought the most pressing conflict prevention priorities would be over the next six months.

Results of June 2009 Questionnaire (PDF)

Crisis Guides

In-depth, Multimedia Features
Darfur

Climate Change

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

The Korean Peninsula

About the CPA

Leadership and Staff
The CPA seeks to help prevent, defuse, or resolve deadly conflicts around the world and to expand the body of knowledge on conflict prevention.

For more information call:
Alexander Noyes
Research Associate
+1.212.434.9744
anoyes@cfr.org

Elise Vaughan
Research Associate
+1.202.509.8463
evaughan@cfr.org

Paul B. Stares

General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Center for Preventive Action

Micah Zenko

Fellow for Conflict Prevention

CFR Newsletters

Subscribe to a CFR Newsletter. Stay on top of global news, expert analysis, and editorial content from around the U.S. and the world.

Center for Preventive Action

Recent Research and Commentary

CPA Op-Eds

CPA Special Reports

CFR Materials on Conflict Prevention

CPA Contingency Planning Memorandums

CPA Working Paper

CFR Expert Brief

CPA and Partner Resources

2008 Annual Symposium: Preventive Priorities for a New Era

CPA Partners

With CPA support, CPRF monitors events and trends in conflict regions, helps sustain a policy focus on conflict prevention and resolution, and increases collaboration amongst practitioners who work to resolve violent conflict.

With CPA support, the Forum seeks to influence the process by which important actors deal with conflict and coordinate their actions and interventions in The Great Lakes Region.

CPA Preventive Priorities Survey

Crisis Guides

About the CPA

Leadership and Staff

CFR Newsletters