United States Institute of Peace

The Iraq Study Group report by Iraq Study Group (U.S.) ( )
4 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 406 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Iraq Study Group conducts assessments of the current situation in Iraq, its impact on the surrounding region, and consequences for U.S. interests

Muddling toward democracy : political change in grassroots China by Anne F Thurston ( Book )
6 editions published in 1998 in English and held by 386 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The reader is sure to find this report an important contribution to the ongoing debate in the United States about U.S.-Sino relations

Removing barricades in Somalia : options for peace and rehabilitation by Hussein Mohamed Adam ( Book )
5 editions published in 1998 in English and held by 369 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In summer 1997, a team of four Somali intellectuals and two American Africanists spent three weeks in Somalia on behalf of the United States Institute of Peace. The Somalis represented different clans and professional perspectives--one is a medical doctor, another an economist, another a political scientist, and the fourth a professor of literature. A Somali advisory committee supported the work of the field team, bringing comparable diversity in clan, professional specialization, and gender. The purpose of the visit was to assess the present circumstances and future prospects for peace and reconciliation in Somalia and to recommend how it might be appropriate for the United States, working with colleagues and institutions in Somalia and neighboring countries as well as within the larger donor community, to play a constructive role in promoting peace. The major causes of fragmentation in present-day Somalia are twofold. One is recent, the second centuries old. The former stems from the oppressive, capricious, and clan-based autocracy of the late dictator, Siyad Barre, who used his interpretation of clan institutions for his own ends, to oppress political opponents, create inequality, and promote conflict and violence. So great was his malevolence and abuse of power that virtually all Somalis now hold a deep-seated fear and distrust of any centralized authority. The older source of discord is the profound Somali individualism and resilience, rooted in a clan structure that, though it has sustained them in a harsh environment for centuries, makes it difficult to create and sustain a centralized state. These two powerful forces have created a setting in which Western concepts of the nation-state are unlikely to work, at least not in the next decade or so

Iran's long reach : Iran as a pivotal state in the Muslim world by Suzanne Maloney ( Book )
4 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 368 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"This volume sheds much-needed light on Iran's strikingly complex political system and foreign policy and its central role in the region. Suzanne Maloney systematically outlines Iran's sources of influence in the Muslim world, including its strategic ambitions and historical and cultural linkages. Maloney argues that although its leadership and rhetoric often appear stagnant, Iran is in reality one of the least static societies in the Muslim world. Maloney analyzes the social, economic, and regional forces that are driving Iran toward change and asks what these factors mean for U.S. foreign policy."--BOOK JACKET

Zaire, predicament and prospects : a report to the Minority Rights Group (USA) ( Book )
3 editions published in 1997 in English and Undetermined and held by 366 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
For more than five years, the people of Zaire have struggled to survive in a state on the brink of utter collapse. Amid growing economic disarray and infrastructural breakdown, standards of living have plummeted, moral and ethical standards have withered, and violence has risen. Political authority is almost hopelessly fragmented and discredited. The massive inflow and outflow of Hutu refugees from Rwanda has exacerbated Zaire's multifaceted predicament, a predicament that, for political and economic as well as humanitarian reasons, the international community cannot ignore. But what practical steps can and should be taken by the international community, and which actors (individual governments, multilateral organizations, or NGOs) should take them? In the search for answers to these questions, and for an accurate portrait of the extent and nature of Zaire's malaise, Minority Rights Group (USA), supported by the United States Institute of Peace and the Carnegie Corporation, initiated a project in 1995 that brought together academics, government officials, and NGO experts to consider the case of Zaire and the prospects for effective preventive diplomacy there. This two-part report presents the results of this project: part I offers a broad-ranging examination of Zaire's predicament; part II presents three suggestions for preventive action to ameliorate Zaire's problems

Coercive prevention : normative, political, and policy dilemmas by Bruce W Jentleson ( Book )
4 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 363 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The news media and peace processes : the Middle East and Northern Ireland by Gadi Wolfsfeld ( Book )
3 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 358 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Making peace among Arabs and Israelis : lessons from fifty years of negotiating experience by Kenneth W Stein ( Book )
6 editions published between 1991 and 1992 in English and Undetermined and held by 356 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Private peacemaking : USIP-assisted peacemaking projects of nonprofit organizations by D. (ed.) Smock ( Book )
3 editions published in 1998 in English and held by 354 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The peacemaking activities described here have been targeted on conflicts in East Timor, the Middle East, Georgia and South Ossetia, the Transcaucasus, Sri Lanka, North Ireland, Algeria, Kosovo, and Bosnia. The forms include Track II diplomacy, training as peacemaking, use of the media for peacemaking, economic development for peacemaking, and interaction programs for young people in conflict situations

Preventing genocide in Burundi : lessons from international diplomacy by Stephen R Weissman ( Book )
5 editions published in 1998 in English and Undetermined and held by 354 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Since 1993, interethnic violence between the 15 to 20 percent Tutsi minority and the 80 to 85 percent Hutu majority in Burundi has taken an estimated 150,000 lives. The continuation of the conflict helps place tens of millions of people at risk in Central Africa and erodes the international norm against genocide. Despite considerable time and effort, the world's peacemakers have been unable to stop the bloodshed and facilitate a political settlement. An examination of the international response to the crisis furnishes valuable lessons for peacemaking in Burundi and other areas of genocidal conflict. A long-term political settlement that took adequate account of Burundian history and circumstances would have three basic characteristics: (1) a form of democratic power sharing that was more majoritarian than consociational but provided significant protection for minority security and economic interests; (2) measures to address collective fears and memories of genocide by acknowledging past crimes and fixing individual responsibility for them; and (3) impartial outside military forces sufficient to control the Burundian military until it is reformed and ethnically integrated. However, as the democratization and power-sharing movements of the early 1990s indicated, a settlement is unlikely to develop without substantial international pressure and assistance. The lesson of these movements' tragic demise is that outside carrots and sticks must be focused on obtaining the engagement of all important parties, especially the powerful extremists, in compromise political negotiations