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The Guiding Principles for Stabilization and Reconstruction (S&R) manual presents the first strategic “doctrine” ever produced for civilians engaged in peacebuilding missions. It is a practical roadmap for helping countries transition from violent conflict to peace.
Measuring Progress in Conflict Environments (MPICE): A Metrics Framework is a hierarchical metrics system of outcome-based goals, indicators, and measures that offers a comprehensive framework for measuring progress during stabilization and reconstruction operations. A vital tool that can be used in conjunction with the groundbreaking Guiding Principles for Stabilization and Reconstruction, this manual provides the basis for baseline operation and strategic-level assessment, allowing policymakers to diagnose potential obstacles to stabilization prior to an intervention.
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By the end of August, the number of U.S. troops in Iraq will be 50,000. After a seven-year military presence, the U.S. will shift to a civilian-led effort in Iraq. This unprecedented transition takes place at a key time as Iraq tries to form a new government after the March 2010 elections. USIP’s Sean Kane, Manal Omar and Daniel Serwer, who all recently visited Iraq, share their views on Iraq and what this transition means for Iraq’s future and the United States.
Six months after the Haiti earthquake, the official statistics remain difficult to fully comprehend. Some 222,750 people were killed, and 300,000 injured. More than 1.3 million were displaced. Total damage was $7.8 billion. Losses from the quake were historic.
The next seven months leading up to the December policy review will be crucial for Afghanistan’s future; at that time the Obama administration—and the citizens of Afghanistan, the United States and ISAF nations—will make a judgment about progress towards stability there. Afghans and Americans need to set a course for success, and reach an agreement of what realistic, achievable progress means, and how to accomplish it.
Developed in concert with the Department of Defense and Interaction (the umbrella organization for major American humanitarian non-governmental organizations), these guidelines address how the US military and US non-governmental organizations should behave towards each other in non-permissive environments like those in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Senior Vice President, Center for Conflict Management
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Center Experts
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Chairman, Haiti Working Group
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Country Director, Afghanistan
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The Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations designs and manages the Institute's efforts in areas emerging from conflict. The Center also conducts research, identifies best practices, develops new tools for post-conflict peace and stability operations, and supports related training and education efforts.
The Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations conducts work in the following zones of conflict:
- Afghanistan - USIP is conducting a number of initiatives in this country to: promote a secure environment; build the rule of law; strengthen public education and civil society; and promote a better understanding in the U.S. policy community of critical issues related to the country.
- Democratic Republic of the Congo - The conflict in the DRC involved seven countries and took four million lives. USIP is raising awareness of continuing threats to peace in the DRC; providing a forum for discussions of peace efforts in the country; and investing in local peacebuilding projects.
- Haiti - Recent events in Haiti have produced a sense of cautious optimism that the country is making progress, although significant problems persist, including bitter social divisions and abject poverty. In this light, USIP has established the Haiti Working Group, the only D.C.-based forum of its kind, to promote peacebuilding in Haiti and to strengthen U.S.-Haitian relations.
- Iraq - In Iraq, it is now vital to create safe space for reconciliation efforts at the local, provincial, and national levels and to promote peaceful political engagement. USIP is helping these endeavors by promoting reconciliation; strengthening government institutions, and facilitating positive international engagement.
- Liberia - Liberia's November 2005 elections capped the end of long period of conflict. On the ground in Liberia, USIP is helping promote the rule of law. In Washington, we are continuing to sponsor the Liberia Working Group—a forum for Liberian leaders to collaborate with U.S. policymakers and organizations.
- Sri Lanka - After twenty-six years of civil war, in May 2009, the Government of Sri Lanka announced it had defeated the separatist group the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). USIP is working to help Sri Lanka move from a post-war to post-conflict environment through supporting constructive political negotiations and supporting sound demobilization, disarmament, and reintegration policies and practices of former combatants.