Publications & Tools
September 2012
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Special Report
by Donald J. Planty
Countries transitioning to democracy must change old models of organizing the police, armed services, and intelligence services, which typically were characterized by mistreatment of the public, for models that stress transparency, accountability, and citizen involvement. Yet each new government in the Middle East and North Africa must tailor its reforms carefully and patiently in order to avoid backlash among security services. Countries: Africa, Asia, Egypt, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Libya, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Political Reform, Rule of Law, Security Sector Reform/Governance
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September 2012
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On the Issues
by Virginia M. Bouvier
The Colombian government announced that it will begin peace negotiations with the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC), signaling a potential end to the hemisphere’s longest-running armed conflict. USIP’s Virginia Bouvier examines the steps ahead. |
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September 2012
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Olive Branch Post
by USIP Staff
The USIP Baghdad Office (BDO) earlier this month hosted a meeting between USIP President- select Jim Marshall, Senior Vice President of the Center for Conflict Management Abiodun Williams, and members from the Network of Iraqi Facilitators (NIF) and Alliance of Iraqi Minorities (AIM). |
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September 2012
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Olive Branch Post
by Virginia M. Bouvier
With the recent announcement that the Colombian government is going to begin formal peace talks with the FARC this coming October, USIP's Virginia Bouvier reflects on USIP's contribution to the country's pathway to peace. |
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August 2012
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Olive Branch Post
by Virginia M. Bouvier
On August 27, 2012, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos confirmed that he had authorized secret peace talks in Havana, Cuba between government authorities and the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC). USIP’s Virginia Bouvier looks at the state of the peace process and what might happen next. |
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August 2012
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Olive Branch Post
by Gordon Lubold
Sudan and South Sudan reached a deal recently over the fees South Sudan would pay to Sudan to move oil from the oil-rich South through Sudan to northern ports, ending a contentious period in which both sides appeared to be far apart from each other about how to pay the fees. Countries: South Sudan, Sudan, The Two Sudans
| Issue Areas: Economics and Conflict, Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy
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August 2012
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On the Issues
by Jonathan Temin
USIP's Sudan program director, Jon Temin, discusses the recent oil deal between Sudan and South Sudan. Countries: South Sudan, Sudan, The Two Sudans
| Issue Areas: Economics and Conflict, Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy
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August 2012
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Peace Brief
by William Byrd
This paper builds on remarks on mutual accountability at the July 18 U.S. Institute of Peace panel discussion “From Transition to the Transformation Decade: Afghanistan’s Economic and Governance Agenda after Tokyo” (second session on “Filling the trust gap—what does ‘mutual accountability’ mean, what are the first steps, what is the role of civil society?”). The views expressed in this brief do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Institute of Peace, which does not take policy positions. |
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July 2012
When USIP’s Alison Milofsky traveled to Togo in early July to provide negotiation training to the country’s military for upcoming peacekeeping missions, she armed herself with a 1994 New York Times article about Rwanda. This marked the second Togo visit for Milofsky, who works for USIP’s Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding, which trains African security personnel as part of the State Department’s African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance program, or ACOTA, that USIP has worked with for the last few years. Countries: Africa, Togo
| Issue Areas: Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Training
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July 2012
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Peaceworks
by Ray Salvatore Jennings
Although each revolution is different, each successful case of democratic breakthrough shares common domestic and international influences. This report examines 11 cases of past successes at removing autocratic regimes and establishing elections. It then applies its findings to the emerging revolutions of the Arab Spring. Countries: Algeria, Azerbaijan, China, Ghana, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Poland, Russian Federation, Serbia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, Ukraine
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Political Reform, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
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Issue Areas
- Arts and Peacebuilding
- Conflict Analysis and Prevention
- Economics and Conflict
- Education
- Gender and Peacebuilding
- Health and Peacebuilding
- Human Rights
- Media, Conflict, and Peacebuilding
- Mediation and Facilitation
- Negotiation and Diplomacy
- Political Reform
- Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
- Religion and Peacemaking
- Rule of Law
- Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding
- Security Sector Reform/Governance
- Training
- WMD, Nonproliferation, and Arms Control
- Youth and Peacebuilding