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The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) is an independent and nonpartisan organization created and funded by the US Congress. It's most basic mission is to help prevent, manage, and peacefully resolve international conflicts. To support this aim, USIP regularly publishes reports that focus on various aspects of global violence and how to address it.

Publishers: United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
Publications: China’s Response to Sudan’s Political Transition
The “Green Diamond”: Coffee and Conflict in the Central African Republic
Syria Study Group: Final Report and Recommendations
Negotiations, Continued: Ensuring the Positive Performance of Power-Sharing Arrangements
Injecting Humanity: Community-Focused Responses for People Exiting Violent Extremist Conflict
Exposure to Violence and Voting in Karachi, Pakistan
China’s Engagement with Smaller South Asian Countries
How Peace Was Made: An Inside Account of Talks Between the Afghan Government and Hezb-e Islami
Violent Extremism and Community Policing in Tanzania
Pakistan’s Approach to Navigating the Saudi-Iranian Split
Securing China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Satellite Imagery, Remote Sensing, and Diminishing the Risk of Nuclear War in South Asia
Providing for the Common Defense: The Assessment and Recommendations of the National Defense Strategy Commission
South Sudan’s Civil War and Conflict Dynamics in the Red Sea
Sudan after Sanctions: Sudanese Views of Relations with the United States
Mainstreaming Pakistan´s Federally Administered Tribal Areas: Reform Initiatives and Roadblocks
Leveraging US-China Cooperation to Build a Regional Consensus on Afghanistan
USAID in Afghanistan: Challenges and Successes
Governance Challenges in Raqqa after the Islamic State
Preserving Stability Amidst Regional Conflagration: US Engagement in Jordan 2011 to 2016
Engaging Religion and Religious Actors in Countering Violent Extremism
North Korea and the Need for a US-ROK-PRC Dialogue
Afghan Views of Government and Elections: Legitimacy Pending
What Works in Facilitated Dialogue Projects
Political Stability in Afghanistan: A 2020 Vision and Roadmap
Aid and Stabilization in Afghanistan: What Do the Data Say?
The 2015-2016 CAR Elections, a Look Back: Peaceful Process Belies Serious Risk
Returning Foreign Fighters and the Reintegration Imperative
China and Myanmar´s Peace Process
Peace Education in Pakistan
Women in Nonviolent Movements
The Jihadi Threat: ISIS, Al Qaeda, and Beyond
Dynamics of Radicalization and Violent Extremism in Kosovo
Afghan Women and Violent Extremism: Colluding, Perpetrating, or Preventing?
Gender and Fragility: Ensuring a Golden Hour
The Rise and Stall of the Islamic State in Afghanistan
Education and Training in Nonviolent Resistance
Closing Space and Fragility
Fragility and Resilience
Corruption and State Fragility
Understanding the Informal Security Sector in Nigeria
Countering Militancy and Terrorism in Pakistan: The Civil-Military Nexus
Understanding the Informal Security Sector in Nigeria
Atrocity Prevention through Dialogue: Challenges in Dealing with Violent Extremist Organizations
US Leadership and the Challenge of State Fragility
Justice and Security Needs in Iraq after ISIL: Understanding Displaced Population´s Concerns with Returning Home
Gender and the Role of Women in Colombia´s Peace Process
What Can Be Done to Revive Afghanistan’s Economy?
Resources Over Reform in Afghanistan
Provincial Governors in Afghan Politics
The Basque Conflict and ETA: The Difficulties of an Ending
Afghan Economic Policy, Institutions, and Society Since 2001
Ten Years in Afghanistan's Pech Valley
Women’s Leadership Roles in Afghanistan
Understanding and Countering Violent Extremism in Afghanistan
Lessons and Opportunities from the Tokyo Mutual Accountability Framework
An Appraisal of Pakistan’s Anti-Terrorism Act
Ashraf Ghani’s Pakistan Outreach
Pakistan’s Power Crisis: The Way Forward
Customary Practice and Restorative Justice in Libya
Addressing Land Conflict in Afghanistan
Charting Pakistan’s Internal Security Policy
Failed Relations between Hamid Karzai and the United States
Understanding Afghanistan's 2014 Presidential Election
Myanmar: Anatomy of a Political Transition
Education and Attitudes in Pakistan: Understanding Perceptions of Terrorism
Libyan Television and Its Influence on the Security Sector
The Ukraine-Russia Conflict: Signals and Scenarios for the Broader Region
UN Peacekeeping in the Sahel: Overcoming New Challenges
Islamic Law, Customary Law, and Afghan Informal Justice
Political Parties in Afghanistan
Neutrality in Afghanistan’s Foreign Policy
Aid to Civil Society: A Movement Mindset
Religion and Conflict in Nigeria: Countdown to the 2015 Elections
Afghanistan's Emerging Mining Oligarchy
Using Technology in Nonviolent Activism against Repression
Talking with the Taliban
Preventing Violent Extremism in Kyrgyzstan
Religious Authority and the Promotion of Sectarian Tolerance in Pakistan
Using Special Envoys in High-Stakes Conflict Diplomacy
Inclusive Approaches to Community Policing and CVE
A Counterterrorism Role for Pakistan’s Police Stations
Civil Defense Groups: Developing Accountability
Rethinking Afghan Local Governance Aid After Transition
Why do Youth Join Boko Haram?
Sharia and Women’s Rights in Afghanistan
The Afghan National Police in 2015 and Beyond
New Technologies in Constitution Making
Dispute Resolution and Justice Provision in Yemen’s Transition
A Rough Guide to Afghan Youth Politics
Process Lessons Learned in Yemen’s National Dialogue
Youth Mobilization and Political Constraints in Afghanistan
The Other Side of Gender: Men as Critical Agents of Change
Extractive Industries and Peacebuilding in Afghanistan
2014 Presidential and Provincial Council Elections in Afghanistan
Countering Violent Extremism: A Peacebuilding Perspective
Criminalizing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by Peacekeepers
Midterm Challenges in Nigeria
What’s Next for Security in the Niger Delta?
Empowering the Pakistan Police
Mali’s Precarious Democracy and the Causes of Conflict
Establishing a Mining Sector in Postwar South Sudan
Mitigating Media Incitement to Violence in Iraq
Iraq's Budget as a Source of Political Stability
Pakistan and the Narratives of Extremism
Justifying the Means: Afghan Perceptions of Electoral Processes
Perceptions of Politically Engaged, Influential Afghans on the Way Forward
Natural Disasters as Threats to Peace
Wartime Sexual Violence: Misconceptions, Implications, and Ways Forward
Police Transition in Afghanistan
Conflict Dynamics in Gilgit-Baltistan
Enabling Agricultural Extension for Peacebuilding
Peacebuilding Efforts of Women from Afghanistan and Iraq
The Politics of Security Sector Reform in Egypt
Security Sector Transformation in the Arab Awakening
The US Surge and Afghan Local Governance
How Business Can Foster Peace
Lessons from Afghanistan’s History for the Current Transition and Beyond
Religion and Peacebuilding
Preparing Advisers for Capacity-Building Missions
Rethinking Nigeria's Indigene-Settler Conflicts
Sexual Violence and Justice in Postconflict Peru
Learning from Women's Success in the 2010 Afghan Elections
What Is Boko Haram?
Afghanistan’s Civil Order Police
Maritime Security Sector Reform
Moving Forward with the Legal Empowerment of Women in Pakistan
Security Sector Reform in Tunisia
Learning from Sudan’s 2011 Referendum
Lessons from Women's Programs in Afghanistan and Iraq
Health in Postconflict and Fragile States
Stakeholders of Libya's February 17 Revolution
Multilateral Political Missions and Preventive Diplomacy
Gender and Statebuilding in South Sudan
Who Controls Pakistan's Security Forces?
Security Sector Transformation in North Africa and the Middle East
Dowry and Division: Youth and State Building in South Sudan
Police Corruption: What Past Scandals Teach about Current Challenges
Youth in Rwanda and Burundi
Reconstruction Zones in Afghanistan and Haiti
The Iraq Federal Police
Lessons from Embedded Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Iraq
Leadership, Peace, Stability, and Prosperity in the DRC
Science Diplomacy for Nuclear Security
Diversity, Unity, and Nation Building in South Sudan
The Economics of Peace
The Politics of Dispute Resolution and Continued Instability in Afghanistan
NGOs and Nonstate Armed Actors
China’s North Korea Policy
Oil and State Building in South Sudan
Tourism and Peacebuilding in Jammu and Kashmir
Improving Peacebuilding Evaluation
Political Trends in the African Great Lakes Region
Toward a New Republic of Sudan
China and the United States: Core Interests, Common Interests, and Partnership
The Coming Turkish-Iranian Competition in Iraq
Conflict Assessment and Intelligence Analysis
Climate Change Adaptation and Conflict in Nigeria
Humanitarianism in Crisis
Conflict in the Niger Delta
Exchange 2.0
Missed Opportunities
The Need to Pursue Mutual Interests in US-PRC Relations
Refugees and IDPs After Conflict
Making Peace in Afghanistan
Reforming Pakistan's Police and Law Enforcement Infrastructure
The EU's Experience with Security Sector Governance
The Role of Women in Global Security
Breaking the Cycle of Electoral Violence in Nigeria
Countering Radicalization in America
Hydropolitics in Pakistan’s Indus Basin
Why Sudan's Popular Consultation Matters
Can You Help Me Now?
Evaluating the 2010 NPT Review Conference
Realism and Pragmatism in Security Sector Development
Dangerous Liaisons with the Afghan Taliban
Institutionalizing Security Sector Reform
Civic Education and Peacebuilding
Make It Theirs
Crowdsourcing Crisis Information in Disaster-Affected Haiti
Internal Displacement and Local Peacebuilding in Kenya
Advancing New Media Research
Averting Hell on Earth
Informal Dispute Resolution in Afghanistan
Graduate Education and Professional Practice in International Peace and Conflict
Education and Conflict in Haiti
Pandemic Preemption
Rape in War: Motives of Militia in DRC
Improving Natural Resource Management in Sudan
The Economy of Burma/Myanmar on the Eve of the 2010 Elections
When Should We Talk to Terrorists?
Mediating Peace with Proscribed Armed Groups
The Link Between DDR and SSR in Conflict-Affected Countries
Turkey's New Engagement in Iraq
Why Youth Join al-Qaeda
Education and Conflict in Côte d’Ivoire
Conflict-Business Dynamics in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Tourism in the Developing World
Haiti after the Donors' Conference
Preventing Violent Conflict
Promoting Cross-LoC Trade in Kashmir
Blood Oil in the Niger Delta
Scenarios for Sudan: Avoiding Political Violence Through 2011
Afghanistan's Police
Media as Global Diplomat
Justice Interrupted: Historical Perspectives on Promoting Democracy in the Middle East
Hamas: Ideological Rigidity and Political Flexibility
The Interior Ministry's Role in Security Sector Reform
The Limits of Institutional Engineering
Land, Property, and the Challenge of Return for Iraq's Displaced
The Kurds in Syria
Mapping Peace Between Syria and Israel
Islamic Peacemaking Since 9/11
Consolidating Disarmament
Whither Peace Operations?
The Treasury Approach to State-Building and Institution-Strengthening Assistance
Abrahamic Alternatives to War
Reconciliation Strategies in Iraq
Thwarting Afghanistan's Insurgency
Would You Fight Again? Understanding Liberian Ex-Combatant Reintegration
Making Borders Irrelevant in Kashmir
Securing the Future - A Primer on Security Sector Reform in Conflict Countries
Haiti - Confronting the Gangs of Port-au-Prince
Integrated Security Assistance
Mullahs, Money, and Militias
Why We Should Still Study the Cuban Missile Crisis
Using Quantitative and Qualitative Models to Forecast Instability
Sudanese Universities as Sites of Social Transformation
Toward Peace in the Southern Philippines
Religion in World Affairs
Elections in the DRC - The Bemba Surprise
Negotiating with the Islamic Republic of Iran
Media and Conflict - Afghanistan as a Relative Success Story
Conflict-Sensitive Approach to Infrastructure Development
Higher Education and the Future of Iraq
Political Progress in Iraq during the Surge
Some Assembly Required - Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement
Burma's Long Road to Democracy
Developing Media in Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations
Political Violence and Democratic Uncertainty in Ethiopia
U.S. Police in Peace and Stability Operations
Engaging Islamists and Promoting Democracy
Iraq and the Gulf States: The Balance of Fear
Haiti: Hope for the Future
Ayatollah Sistani and the Democratization of Post-Ba'athist Iraq
Promoting Middle East Democracy II
Personal Transformations: Moving from Violence to Peace
Provincial Reconstruction Team in Iraq
The Aceh Peace Process
Employment Generation and Economic Development in Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations
Chinese Views: Breaking the Stalemate on the Korean Peninsula
From Rejection to Acceptance: Israeli National Security Thinking and Palestinian Statehood
Nigeria's 2007 Elections
Bangladesh at the Crossroads
Iraq's New Political Map
The Urge to Remember
Remembering George Kennan
Jordan and Iraq: Between Cooperation and Crisis
Resolving the Pakistan-Afghanistan Stalemate
From Dayton to Brussels: Constitutional Preparations for Bosnia's EU Accession
Scenarios for the Insurgency in Iraq
Northern Ireland: Prospects for Progress in 2006?
Kosovo: Ethnic Nationalism at Its Territorial Worst
The Rise of Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh
Temporary Courts, Permanent Records
Harbingers of Hope: Peace Initiatives in Colombia
Managing Natural Resource Wealth
The Role of Women in Stabilization and Reconstruction
Weak Viability: The Iraqi Federal State and the Constitutional Amendment Process
Georgia's Rose Revolution
The United Nations and Western Sahara
Morocco: Betting on a Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Unite or Divide? The Challenges of Teaching History in Societies Emerging from Violent Conflict
Afghanistan and Its Neighbors
Transitional Governance
The Basque Conflict: New Ideas and Prospects for Peace
Who Are Iraq's New Leaders? What Do They Want?
Measuring Progress in Stabilization and Reconstruction
The Diversity of Muslims in the United States
Willing to Compromise: Palestinian Public Opinion and the Peace Process
Saudi Arabia and Iraq: Oil, Religion, and an Enduring Rivalry
Iran and Iraq: The Shia Connection, Soft Power, and the Nuclear Factor
Iraq's Constitutional Process II
Strategies for Promoting Democracy in Iraq
The US Experience with Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan
Orphans of Conflict: Caring for the Internally Displaced
Orphans of Conflict
Ancestral Domain in Comparitive Perspective
Applying Islamic Principles in the Twenty-First Century
Applying Islamic Principles in the Twenty-first Century
The Future of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Provincial Reconstruction Teams and Military Relations with International and Nongovernmental Organizations in Afghanistan
US-Pakistan Engagement
Islamists at the Ballot Box
Teaching About the Religious Other
Teaching about the Religious Other
Iraq Election Scenarios
Turkey and Iraq
Political Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa
Political Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Coalition Provisional Authority's Experience with Governance in Iraq
Promoting Middle East Democracy II: Arab Initiatives
Washington and Damascus
The Coalition Provisional Authority's Experience with Economic Reconstruction in Iraq
The Coalition Provisional Authority's Experience with Public Security in Iraq
Trauma and Transitional Justice in Divided Societies
Who are the Insurgents? Sunni Arab Rebels in Iraq
Quickstep or Kadam Taal?
Iraq's Constitutional Process
Rethinking Truth and Reconciliation Commissions
Rethinking Truth and Reconciliation Commissions
The Mindanao Peace Talks
India and Pakistan Engagement
Cyberterrorism: How Real is the Threat?
Cyberterrorism: How Real Is the Threat?
Serbia at the Crossroads Again
Promoting Middle East Democracy
US-China Cooperation on the Problem of Failing States and Transnational Threats
Ijtihad: Reinterpreting Islamic Principles for the Twenty-first Century
Donor Activities and Civil Society Potential in Iraq
What Works? Evaluating Interfaith Dialogue Programs
Building the Iraqi Special Tribunal
The Political Economy of the Kashmir Conflict
Postconflict Iraq: A Race for Stability, Reconstruction, and Legitimacy
Building Civilian Capacity for US Stability Operations
Establishing the Rule of Law in Afghanistan
www.terror.net: How Modern Terrorism Uses the Internet
Macedonia: Understanding History, Preventing Future Conflict
Civil Society under Siege in Colombia
Terrorism in the Horn of Africa
International Judges and Prosecutors in Kosovo
Global Terrorism after the Iraq War
Use and Abuse of Media in Vulnerable Societies
Zimbabwe and the Prospects for Nonviolent Political Change
Islamist Politics in Iraq after Saddam Hussein
Democratic Constitution Making
A Comprehensive Resolution of the Korean War
Unfinished Business in Afghanistan
Establishing the Rule of Law in Iraq
Can Faith-Based NGOs Advance Interfaith Reconciliation?
After Saddam Hussein
Lethal Ethnic Riots: Lessons from India and Beyond
Kosovo Decision Time: How and When?
Building Interreligious Trust in a Climate of Fear
Would an Invasion of Iraq Be a
Lawless Rule Versus Rule of Law in the Balkans
Putting Peace into Practice
Simulating Kosovo
US Negotiating Behavior
Islam and Democracy
Islam and Democracy
Zimbabwe and the Politics of Torture
Kosovo Final Status
Overcoming Humanitarian Dilemmas in the DPRK (North Korea)
Islamic Extremists
Smart Partnerships for African Development
Strategic Nonviolent Conflict
Advancing Human Rights and Peace in a Complex World
Enhancing International Civilian Police in Peace Operations
Serbia Still at the Crossroads
Taking Stock and Looking Forward: Intervention in the Balkans and Beyond
Islamic Perspectives on Peace and Violence
Responding to War and State Collapse in West Africa
The Diplomacy of Counterterrorism
Training to Help Traumatized Populations
Options for Prosecuting International Terrorists
Albanians in the Balkans
Faith-Based NGOs and International Peacebuilding
AIDS and Violent Conflict in Africa
US Leadership in Resolving African Conflict
US Human Rights Policy Toward Africa
Whither the Bulldozer? Nonviolent Revolution and the Transition to Democracy in Serbia
American Civilian Police in UN Peace Operations
French Negotiating Style
Catholic Contributions to International Peace
Serbia and Montenegro - Reintegration, Divorce, or Something Else?
The Future of Macedonia
Peacekeeping in Africa
US Human Rights Policy Toward Latin America
Adapting to the New National Security Environment
Europe in the 21st Century - A Strategy for Achieving Stable Peace
Bosnia's next five Years - Dayton and beyond
The Role of the Ambassador in Promoting US Human Rights Policy Abroad
Defining the Path to a Peaceful, Undivided, and Democratic Europe
Transatlantic Relations in the Aftermath of Kosovo
Macedonia - Prevention Can Work
Training US Army Officers for Peace Operations: Lessons from Bosnia
Angola’s Deadly War: Dealing with Savimbi's Hell on Earth
Putting Humpty Dumpty Together: Reconstructing Peace in the Congo
The Politics of Famine in North Korea
US Human Rights Policy: A 20-Year Assessment
How Terrorism Ends

NATO at Fifty: New Challenges, Future Uncertainties
A New Approach to Peace in Sudan
Thinking Out Loud: Policies Toward Iraq
Montenegro - And More - At Risk
The Genocide Convention at Fifty
Southern Mexico: Counterinsurgency and Electoral Politics
Bosnia Report Card: Pass, Fail, or Incomplete?
The Future of Afghanistan: The Taliban, Regional Security and U.S. Foreign Policy
Restoring Hope: The Real Lessons of Somalia for the Future of Intervention
The Future of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
North Korea's Nuclear Program
Sudan Symposium Generates Momentum for Mediation
South Africa: The National Peace Accord and the International Community
Achieving Post-Settlement Peace in Mozambique: The Role of the International Community
Economic, Social and Administrative Reconstruction of Somalia
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