2015 USIP Press Catalog

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Table of Contents
BOOKS ......................................................................................................................................................................... 2
Conflict Analysis .................................................................................................................................................... 2
Cross-Cultural Negotiation ........................................................................................................................................ 2

Global Governance ................................................................................................................................................. 3
Peacebuilding ....................................................................................................................................................... 4
Arms Control ......................................................................................................................................................... 5
Ethnic Conflict ...................................................................................................................................................... 5
International Law .................................................................................................................................................. 6
International Systems ............................................................................................................................................ 7
Mediation ............................................................................................................................................................. 7
Negotiation, Diplomacy, and Foreign Policy ................................................................................................................ 8

Regions ............................................................................................................................................................... 9
Africa ............................................................................................................................................................. 9
Asia .............................................................................................................................................................. 10
Europe ........................................................................................................................................................... 10
Russia ............................................................................................................................................................ 11
Latin America .................................................................................................................................................. 11
Middle East ..................................................................................................................................................... 11
Religion, Ethics, and Human Rights.......................................................................................................................... 13
Reference............................................................................................................................................................. 14
PEACEWORKS ............................................................................................................................................................... 14
SPECIAL REPORTS .......................................................................................................................................................... 16
PEACE BRIEFS .............................................................................................................................................................. 19
INSIGHTS .................................................................................................................................................................... 20
BOOKS Turbulent Peace:
The Challenges of Managing International Conflict
To browse our book selection, please visit usip.org. Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson, and Pamela Aall, editors
2001 • 978-1-929223-29-9
Conflict Analysis This comprehensive volume explores the sources of contemporary
conflict and the vast array of possible responses to it.
NEW!
Managing Conflict in a World Adrift
Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson, and Pamela Aall, editors Herding Cats: Multiparty Mediation in a Complex World
2014 • 978-1-60127-222-5 • eBook: 978-1-60127-223-2 Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson, and Pamela Aall, editors
In the midst of a global political shift where power moves from cen- 1999 • 978-1-878379-92-4
tral institutions to smaller, more disbursed units, Managing Conflict in An illustrious cast of practitioners describe their personal experi-
a World Adrift features lessons in contemporary theory and practice ences in working to bring peace in significant conflicts across four
of conflict management. continents.
Conflict Analysis:
Understanding Causes, Unlocking Solutions
Matthew Levinger
2013 • 978-1-60127-143-3 • eBook: 978-1-60127-166-2
Cross-Cultural Negotiation
Conflict Analysis is a guide for practitioners seeking to prevent deadly
conflict or mitigate political instability. How Pakistan Negotiates with the United States:
Riding the Roller Coaster
Howard B. Schaffer and Teresita C. Schaffer
Women and War: 2011 • 978-1-60127-075-7 • eBook: 978-1-61027-096-2
Power and Protection in the 21st Century
How Pakistan Negotiates with the United States analyzes the themes,
Kathleen Kuehnast, Chantal de Jonge Oudraat, and Helga Hernes, editors
techniques, and styles that have characterized Pakistani negotia-
2011 • 978-1-60127-064-1 • eBook: 978-1-60127-095-5
tions with American civilian and military officials since Pakistan’s
This volume takes stock of the current state of knowledge on women, independence.
peace, and security issues, including efforts to increase women’s
participation in post-conflict reconstruction strategies and their American Negotiating Behavior:
protection from wartime sexual violence. Wheeler-Dealers, Legal Eagles, Bullies, and Preachers
Richard H. Solomon and Nigel Quinney
Rewiring Regional Security in a Fragmented World 2010 • 978-1-60127-047-4 • eBook: 978-1-61027-048-1
Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson, and Pamela Aall, editors
Informed by discussions and interviews with more than fifty seasoned
2011 • 978-1-60127-070-2 • eBook: 978-1-60127-101-3
foreign and American negotiators, this landmark study offers a rich and
Rewiring Regional Security in a Fragmented World examines conflict detailed portrait of the negotiating practices of American officials.
management capacities and gaps regionally and globally and assesses
whether regions—through their regional organizations or through
loose coalitions of states, regional bodies, and nonofficial actors—are Negotiating with Iran:
able to address an array of new and emerging security threats. Wrestling the Ghosts of History
John W. Limbert
2009 • 978-1-60127-043-6 • eBook: 978-1-61027-044-3
Leashing the Dogs of War:
Through four detailed case studies of past successes and failures,
Conflict Management in a Divided World
Limbert draws lessons for today’s negotiators and outlines fourteen
principles to guide the American who finds himself in a negotia-
2007 • 978-1-929223-96-1
tion—commercial, political, or other—with an Iranian counterpart.
Leashing the Dogs of War assesses the nature and extent of the
changes wrought by 9/11 and its aftermath and explores their
wide-ranging implications. India-Pakistan Negotiations: Is Past Still Prologue?
Dennis Kux
2006 • 978-1-929223-87-9
Grasping the Nettle:
This book provides a historical and current review of the trends of six
Analyzing Cases of Intractable Conflict
key India-Pakistan negotiations, largely over shared resources and
political boundaries.
2005 • 978-1-929223-60-2
The contributors to Grasping the Nettle offer insight into defining
characteristics and underlying dynamics of intractable conflicts. It How Israelis and Palestinians Negotiate:
includes analysis of eight cases. A Cross-Cultural Analysis of the Oslo Peace Process
Tamara Cofman Wittes
Taming Intractable Conflicts 2005 • 978-1-929223-64-0
This innovative volume conducts a critical/self-critical exploration
2004 • 978-1-929223-55-8 • eBook: 978-1-92922-355-8
of the impact of culture on the ill-fated Oslo peace process. The
Written from the mediator’s point of view, Taming Intractable Conflicts authors—negotiators and scholars alike—demolish stereotypes as
lays out the steps involved in tackling the most stubborn of conflicts. they construct an unusually subtle and sophisticated understanding
of how culture influences negotiating styles.
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French Negotiating Behavior: Culture and Conflict Resolution
Dealing with La Grande Nation Kevin Avruch
Charles Cogan 1998 • 978-1-878379-82-5
2003 • 978-1-929223-52-7
This highly acclaimed book explores divergent theories of social
Drawing on candid interviews with leading players on the French, conflict and differing strategies that shape the conduct of diplomacy
American, British, and German sides, this engaging volume will help and examines the role that culture has (and has not) played in conflict
France’s negotiating counterparts understand how and why French resolution.
officials behave as they do.
How Germans Negotiate: Russian Negotiating Behavior: Continuity and Transition

Logical Goals, Practical Solutions Jerrold L. Schecter
W. R. Smyser 1998 • 978-1-878379-78-8
2002 • 978-1-929223-40-4 Jerrold Schecter, a former government official, journalist, and corpo-
Drawing on interviews with dozens of European and American nego- rate executive, examines the historical and cultural underpinnings of
tiators, How Germans Negotiate explores the roots of contemporary contemporary Russian negotiating behavior.
German negotiating behavior and identifies the stages through
which negotiations typically pass.
Negotiating Across Cultures
Case Studies in Japanese Negotiating Behavior Raymond Cohen
Michael Blaker, Paul Giarra, and Ezra Vogel 1997 • 978-1-878379-72-6
2002 • 978-1-929223-10-7 Cohen explores how cultural factors have affected U.S. dealings with
This volume explores four U.S.–Japanese negotiations—two over Japan, China, Egypt, India, and Mexico.
trade, two over security-related issues—looking for patterns in
Japan’s approach and behavior.
A Strategy for Stable Peace:

Toward a Euroatlantic Security Community Global Governance
James E. Goodby, Petrus Buwalda, and Dmitri Trenin
2001 • 978-1-929223-32-9 Negotiating Peace and Confronting Corruption:
Challenges for Post-Conflict Societies
After first outlining the concept of stable peace, the volume describes Bertram I. Spector
the political, economic, and security climates within Russia, the Euro- 2011 • 978-1-60127-071-9 • eBook: 978-1-60127-124-2
pean Union, and the United States and then assesses various models
before recommending a strategy for achieving a stable peace. In Negotiating Peace and Confronting Corruption, Bertram Spector
argues that the peace negotiation table is the best place to lay the
The Tragedy of Russia’s Reforms: groundwork for good governance.
Market Bolshevism Against Democracy
Peter Reddaway and Dmitri Glinski Customary Justice and the Rule of Law in War-Torn Societies
2001 • 978-1-929223-06-0 Deborah Isser, editor
2011 • 978-1-60127-066-5
The Tragedy of Russia’s Reforms presents a boldly original analysis of
the collapse of the Soviet Union and the birth of the Russian state. Customary Justice and the Rule of Law in War-Torn Societies presents
seven in-depth case studies that take a broad interdisciplinary
approach to the study of the justice system.
Negotiating on the Edge:
North Korean Negotiating Behavior
Scott Snyder Transitional Justice in Balance:
1999 • 978-1-878379-94-8 Comparing Processes, Weighing Efficacy
Tricia D. Olsen, Leigh A. Payne, and Andrew Reiter
Drawing on interviews with an eminent cast of U.S. officials and 2010 • 978-1-60127-053-5
marshalling extensive research on North Korea past and present,
Scott Snyder traces the historical and cultural roots of North Korea’s In the first project of its kind to compare multiple mechanisms and
negotiating behavior and exposes the full range of tactics in its combinations of mechanisms across regions, countries, and time,
diplomatic arsenal. Transitional Justice in Balance systematically analyzes the claims made
in the literature using a vast array of data, which the authors have
assembled in the Transitional Justice Data Base.
Chinese Negotiating Behavior:
Pursuing Interests Through ‘Old Friends’ Framing the State in Times of Transition:
Richard H. Solomon Case Studies in Constitution Making
1999 • 978-1-878379-86-3 Laurel E. Miller, editor
2010 • 978-1-60127-055-9 • eBook: 978-1-60127-121-1
This study of Chinese negotiating behavior explores the ways senior
officials of the PRC—Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, and Analyzing nineteen cases, Framing the State in Times of Transition
others—managed high-level political negotiations with the United offers the first in-depth, practical perspective on the implications of
States. It follows the negotiating process step by step and concludes constitution-making procedure and explores emerging international
with guidelines for dealing with Chinese officials. legal norms.
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Assessing the Impact of Transitional Justice: Where is the Lone Ranger?
Challenges for Empirical Research America’s Search for a Stability Force, Second Edition
Hugo van der Merwe, Victoria Baxter, and Audrey R. Chapman, editors Robert M. Perito
2009 • 978-1-60127-036-8 2013 • 978-1-60127-153-2 • eBook: 978-1-60127-165-5
In Assessing the Impact of Transitional Justice, fourteen leading Where Is the Lone Ranger? examines the evolution of U.S. policy toward
researchers study seventy countries that have suffered from auto- peace and stability operations through the prism of U.S. experiences
cratic rule, genocide, and protracted internal conflict. with police and constabulary forces in Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, and
Afghanistan.
The Quest For Viable Peace: International Intervention
and Strategies for Conflict Transformation Youth and Post-Conflict Reconstruction:
Jock Covey, Michael Dziedzic, and Leonard Hawley, editors Agents of Change
2005 • 978-1-929223-67-1 Stephanie Schwartz, Foreword by Betty Bigombe
2010 • 978-1-60127-049-8
Drawing on their firsthand experience of Kosovo, the contributors
identify the concrete challenges that must be confronted and lay In this book, Stephanie Schwartz examines the roles of the broader
out the practical steps that must be taken to transform a society youth population in post-conflict scenarios, taking on the complex
habituated to violent conflict into one where peace can eventually task of distinguishing between the legal and societal labels of
be self-sustaining. “child,” “youth,” and “adult.”
Transitional Justice: Conducting Track II Peacemaking

How Emerging Democracies Reckon with Former Regimes Heidi Burgess and Guy Burgess
Neil J. Kritz, editor 2010 • 978-1-60127-069-6 • eBook: 978-1-60127-069-6
By bringing together the collective experience of numerous countries
This handbook presents the process of track II intervention as a
and cultures over the past fifty years, this three-volume compilation
series of steps that guide peacemakers in coordinating various track
of readings provides an invaluable resource for government officials,
II efforts to maximize their positive impacts.
private organizations, scholars, and others involved in the transitions
of today and tomorrow.
Guiding Principles for Stabilization and Reconstruction
Volume I: General Considerations • 1995 • 978-1-878379-43-6 United States Institute of Peace and United States Army
• eBook: 978-1-60127-053-5 Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute
Volume II: Country Studies • 1995 • 978-1-87837-944-3 2009 • 978-1-60127-046-7
Volume III: Laws, Rulings, and Reports • 1995 • 978-1-87837-945-0 This manual presents the first-ever comprehensive set of shared
principles for building sustainable peace in societies emerging from
violent conflict.
Peacebuilding Peacemaking in International Conflict:

Methods and Techniques, Revised Edition
Facilitating Dialogue: USIP’s Work in Conflict Zones I. William Zartman, editor
David R. Smock and Daniel Serwer, editors 2007 • 978-1-929223-66-4
2012 • 978-1-60127-140-2 • eBook: 978-1-60127-141-9
This updated and expanded edition of the highly popular volume
Covering a variety of conflict situations and peacemaking efforts— originally published in 1997 describes the tools and skills of peace-
from the tribal reconciliation in Mahmoudiya, Iraq, to a justice and making that are currently available and critically assesses their
security dialogue in Nepal—these seven case studies tell stories of usefulness and limitations.
peacebuilding successes, efforts in progress, limitations on what can
be achieved, and lessons learned.
Building Peace:
Peace Economics: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies
A Macroeconomic Primer for Violence-Afflicted States John Paul Lederach
Jurgen Brauer and J. Paul Dunne 1998 • 978-1-878379-73-3
2012 • 978-1-60127-138-9 • eBook: 978-1-60127-139-6 This volume explores the dynamics of contemporary conflict and
Filling a gap in the literature on peace design from an economic presents an integrated framework for peacebuilding in which struc-
perspective, Peace Economics extends beyond economic principles ture, process, resources, training, and evaluation are coordinated in
into the wider realm of social reconstitution, social contract, and an attempt to transform the conflict and effect reconciliation.
social capital in the hopes of helping practitioners build a more
stable peace. Arts of Power: Statecraft and Diplomacy
Chas W. Freeman, Jr.
Pandemics and Peace: 1997 • 978-1-878379-65-8
Public Health Cooperation in Zones of Conflict In this comprehensive treatment, distinguished diplomat Chas Free-
William J. Long, Foreword by Bruce Jentleson man describes the fundamental principles of the art of statecraft and
2011 • 978-1-60127-080-1 • eBook: 978-1-60127-099-3 the craft of diplomacy.
Pandemics and Peace examines disease surveillance networks of the
Mekong Basin, Middle East, and East Africa.

Media in Fragile Environments The Peace Process and Palestinian Refugee Claims:
Andrew Robertson, Eran Fraenkel, Emrys Schoemaker, Addressing Claims for Property Compensation
and Sheldon Himelfarb and Restitution
2011 • 978-1-60127-081-8 • eBook 978-1-60127-156-3 Michael R. Fischbach
2006 • 978-1-929223-80-0
The methodology defined in this work helps a media assessment
team understand the causes of conflict in a society, identify changes After sketching the historical background and reviewing conflicting
that could reduce that conflict, and create media interventions that estimates of the amount of property involved, the volume investi-
help realize those changes. gates U.S. and UN settlement proposals developed—behind closed
doors—in the 1950s and 60s and explains how the peace process
Preventing Violent Conflicts: from Camp David I to Camp David II and beyond has actually hin-
A Strategy for Preventive Diplomacy dered a settlement of property claims.
Michael S. Lund
1996 • 978-1-878379-52-8 Engaging Eurasia’s Separatist States:
Unresolved Conflicts and De Facto States
In this balanced and comprehensive analysis, Michael Lund defines early
Dov Lynch
warning and preventive diplomacy; assesses who does it, what methods
2004 • 978-1-929223-54-1
work, and why; and suggests how multilateral and national entities can
overcome operational challenges to effective preventive action. In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet Union, secessionist forc-
es carved four de facto states from parts of Moldova, Georgia, and
Azerbaijan. Dov Lynch examines the logic that maintains this uneasy
existence and explores ways out of their volatile predicament.
Arms Control
An Ounce of Prevention:
Detect, Dismantle, and Disarm: Macedonia and the UN Experience in Preventive Diplomacy
IAEA Verification, 1992—2005 Henryk J. Sokalski
Christine Wing and Fiona Simpson 2003 • 978-1-929223-46-6
2013 • 978-1-60127-076-4 • eBook: 978-1-60127-158-7
Sokalski, former head of the United Nations Preventive Deployment
In Detect, Dismantle, and Disarm, the first nontechnical book on the Force in the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia, provides the
IAEA’s role in verification, Christine Wing and Fiona Simpson examine ultimate insider’s look at the UN’s attempt to establish a mission in
the agency’s experience in four cases and capture the elements of the this former Yugoslav republic before the imminent eruption of mass
verification process most useful for the design of future verification violence spilling over from neighboring Balkan states.
missions.
Prime Time Crime: Balkan Media in War and Peace
America’s Strategic Posture: Kemal Kurspahic
The Final Report of the Congressional Commission 2003 • 978-1-929223-38-1
on the Strategic Posture of the United States
One of the most courageous journalists of our time, Kemal Kurspahic
The Strategic Posture Review Commission
tells a riveting tale of how media malfeasance stirred up the ethnic
2009 • 978-1-60127-045-0
hatreds that led to the bloody Balkan wars of the 1990s.
For more than eleven months this bipartisan commission of leading
experts on national security, arms control, and nuclear technology
met with Congressional leaders, military officers, high-level officials The Effects of Violence on Peace Processes
of several countries, arms control groups, and technical experts to John Darby
assess the appropriate roles for nuclear weapons, nonproliferation 2001 • 978-1-929223-31-2
programs, and missile defenses. This official edition contains a This book analyzes the nature and impact of four interrelated kinds
discussion of key questions and issues as well as the Commission’s of violence: violence by the state, violence by militants, violence in
findings and recommendations. the community, and the emergence of new violence-related issues
during negotiations.
Arms Control and Confidence Building in the Middle East
Alan Platt, editor The Enemy Has a Face:
1992 • 978-1-878379-18-4 The Seeds of Peace Experience
Nine experts examine the East-West arms control experience to iden- John Wallach
tify lessons that could be applied to the Middle East. 2000 • 978-1-878379-96-2
A highly engaging and accessible account of peacemaking in action.
The Israeli-Syrian Peace Talks:

Ethnic Conflict 1991—96 and Beyond
Helena Cobban
The Sadat Lectures:
2000 • 978-1-878379-98-6
Words and Images on Peace, 1997—2008
Shibley Telhami, editor, Foreword by Jehan Helena Cobban provides a fascinating look at the painstaking nego-
Sadat, Epilogue by Aaron David Miller tiations between the two Middle East powers that thrice went to war
2010 • 978-1-60127-054-2 in the past half-century and the role that the United States played
in trying to bring Israel and Syria closer together on crucial points.
This series of lectures from some of the most accomplished practi-
tioners of international relations explores the role of leadership in
the pursuit of peace, as exemplified by the life and vision of Egyptian
president Anwar Sadat.

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Peoples Versus States: Palestinians, Refugees, and the Middle East Peace Process
Minorities at Risk in the New Century Don Peretz
Ted Robert Gurr 1993 • 978-1-878379-32-0
2000 • 978-1-929223-02-2
In this clearly written and balanced volume, longtime Middle East expert
Picking up where Minorities at Risk left off, Peoples Versus States offers Don Peretz examines the conditions and future prospects of the Pales-
an expanded and updated perspective on ethnic and nationalist con- tine refugees and the members of the Palestinian diaspora.
flict throughout the world, as well as efforts to manage it.
Jordanians, Palestinians, and the Hashemite Kingdom Ukraine: The Legacy of Intolerance
in the Middle East Peace Process David Little
Adnan Abu-Odeh 1991 • 978-1-878379-12-2
1999 • 978-1-878379-88-7
This book examines the complex history of the Ukrainian conflict,
Abu-Odeh explores the relationship between Transjordanians and Pal- explores the contending claims of the different churches, and ana-
estinians from its origins in the 1920s to the latest attempts to cope lyzes the prospects for resolution.
with competing national identities and to sustain a peace process, as
well as the role of Jordan’s Hashemite royalty.
Ukraine and Russia: A Fraternal Rivalry

Anatol Lieven International Law
1999 • 978-1-878379-87-0
Integrating Internal Displacement in Peace Processes
Journalist Anatol Lieven explores the complex ethnic and political and Agreements
relationship between Ukraine and Russia. Based on extensive inter- Gerard McHugh
views, Lieven provides a fascinating portrait of the diversity that is 2010 • 978-1-60127-051-1 • eBook: 978-1-60127-131-0
contemporary Ukraine and of its efforts to forge a national identity
This book gives mediators the tools they need to incorporate IDPs’
after three centuries of Russian rule.
concerns into peace processes and agreements.
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Model Codes for Post-Conflict Criminal Justice:

The New Logic of Peace in U.S.-Russian Relations “The publication of this volume marks an advance of great international significance for post-conflict
societies—the arrival of a criminal code drafted in admirably clear and uncomplicated language,
supported by detailed commentaries, and designed explicitly for such societies. It is an outstanding
piece of work.”
— Professor Andrew Ashworth, University of Oxford
VOLUME I
Model Codes
VOLUME I
Volume I: Model Criminal Code

“Model Codes for Post-Conflict Criminal Justice should help shorten the path to consolidated peace,
for Post-Conflict
James E. Goodby, Foreword by Alexander L. George
functioning state institutions, stability, and the rule of law.”
Criminal Justice
— Ambassador Lakhdar Brahimi, former Special Representative of the Secretary-General for
Afghanistan, Haiti, and South Africa
Vivienne O’Connor and Colette Rausch, editors

“Model Codes for Post-Conflict Criminal Justice reflects clearly the input of hundreds of experts and
practitioners drawn from across the globe. The codes and their commentaries will be invaluable to
Model Codes
Criminal Justice
for Post-Conflict
local governments and peacekeeping missions involved in law reform, providing a clear legal framework
that meets with international standards and is cognizant of the challenges that come with post-conflict
environments.”
Model Criminal Code
1998 • 978-1-878379-75-7
— Prince Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, Jordan’s Ambassador to the United States
“The importance of this work for societies in transition from conflict and oppression to freedom and
democracy cannot be overemphasized. It is a model of clarity, and the commentaries on each section
2007 • 978-1-60127-011-5
are a valuable resource not only for practitioners but also for students.”
— Richard Goldstone, former Judge, Constitutional Court of South Africa
Of unparalleled breadth, depth, and authority, Model Codes for Post-Conflict Criminal Justice is a crimi-
nal law reform tool tailored to the needs of countries emerging from conflict. This first volume in the
three-volume series lays out a comprehensive Model Criminal Code, with expert commentary, that
national and international actors can use to create, overhaul, update, or plug gaps in the criminal laws
Distinguished diplomat James Goodby looks at how Russia and the

in individual states.
Model Codes for Post-Conflict Criminal Justice reflects the contributions of some three hundred
experts and is the culmination of a five-year project spearheaded by the United States Institute of
Peace and the Irish Centre for Human Rights, in collaboration with the UN Office of the High
Of unparalleled breadth, depth, and authority, Model Codes for

Commissioner for Human Rights and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.
Vivienne O’Connor is the rule of law project officer at the Irish Centre for Human Rights.
Colette Rausch is deputy director of the United States Institute of Peace’s Rule of Law Program. O'Connor
and
United States can move beyond their bitter Cold War rivalry to a
Their coeditors are Hans-Joerg Albrecht, director of the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International
Criminal Law in Freiburg, Germany, and Goran Klemencic, a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Criminal Rausch
Justice and Security Studies at the University of Maribor, Slovenia. editors
Vivienne O'Connor and Colette Rausch, editors
Post-Conflict Criminal Justice is a criminal law reform tool tailored to

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www.usip.org Peacebuilding and the Rule of Law
Autonomy: Flexible Solutions to Ethnic Conflicts Model Codes for Post-Conflict Criminal Justice:
Ruth Lapidoth
Volume II: Model Code of Criminal Procedure
1997 • 978-1-878379-62-7
Vivienne O’Connor and Colette Rausch, editors
An innovative study that dissects the concept of autonomy, explor- 2008 • 978-1-60127-015-3
ing its origins, examining the roles it can play, and distinguishing
Volume II of Model Codes for Post-Conflict Criminal Justice continues
among its types. It also presents more than a dozen richly docu-
the path-breaking work of volume I, providing an indispensable
mented case studies of autonomy in action.
resource for those striving to reestablish the rule of law in societies
recently wracked by violent conflict.
Power Sharing and International Mediation
in Ethnic Conflicts Interim Governments:
Timothy D. Sisk
Institutional Bridges to Peace and Democracy?
1996 • 978-1-878379-56-6
Karen Guttieri and Jessica Piombo, editors
In this volume, Sisk takes a detailed look at power sharing and ethnic 2007 • 978-1-60127-017-7
conflict.
This edited volume explores various aspects of the newly emerging
range of interim regimes, focusing on issues of legitimacy, conflict
Minorities at Risk: A Global View of Ethnopolitical Conflicts management, and the increasing participation of the international
Ted Robert Gurr community in transitions from war to peace.
1993 • 978-1-878379-24-5
To help us understand the persistence of ethnic conflict, this pio- Combating Serious Crimes in Postconflict Societies:
neering work analyzes ethnopolitical conflict in every region of the A Handbook for Policymakers and Practitioners
globe. An ambitious and unprecedented effort, it provides a com- Colette Rausch, editor
prehensive survey of 233 politically active communal groups, plus 2006 • 978-1-929223-95-4
in-depth assessments of ethnic tensions in the western democracies,
This path-breaking volume fills a major gap in the literature on efforts
the former Soviet bloc, the Middle East, and Africa.
to rebuild societies emerging from conflict.

Council Unbound: The Growth of UN Decision Making Twenty-First-Century Peace Operations
on Conflict and Postconflict Issues after the Cold War William J. Durch, editor
Michael J. Matheson 2006 • 978-1-929223-91-6
2006 • 978-1-929223-78-7
This superbly edited volume addresses the question of what has been
Michael Matheson examines the Security Council’s new, expansive accomplished and what lessons have been learned from ten years of
exercise of legal authority in this period and its devising of bold and peace operations in postconflict societies.
innovative methods to stop nascent wars and “threats to the peace,”
including international terrorism.
Getting It Done:
Post-Agreement Negotiation and International Regimes
Coercive Inducement and the Containment Bertram I. Spector and I. William Zartman, editors
of International Crises 2003 • 978-1-929223-42-8
Donald C. F. Daniel and Bradd C. Hayes, with Chantal de Jonge Oudraat
Getting It Done explores how international regimes accomplish their
1999 • 978-1-878379-84-9
goals—goals that constantly shift as problems change and the power
This book explores four UN operations in which coercive inducement of member-states shifts.
was particularly relevant and then presents operational guidelines
for its use.
Hydropolitics in the Third World:
Conflict and Cooperation in International River Basins
Arun Elhance
International Systems 1999 • 978-1-878379-90-0
Beyond the National Interest: In this wide-ranging study, Arun Elhance explores the hydropolitics
The Future of UN Peacekeeping and Multilateralism of six of the world’s largest river basins.
in an Era of U.S. Primacy
Jean-Marc Coicaud
The Future of Global Governance:
2007 • 978-1-60127-007-8
Managing Risk and Change in the International System
Coicaud presents a thoughtful and wide-ranging survey of the UN’s Mihaly Simai
contribution to peacekeeping and world politics after the Cold War. 1994 • 978-1-878379-33-7
Drawing on over 30 years’ research, the eminent European scholar
Constructing Justice and Security After War Mihaly Simai explores the major political, economic, technological,
Charles T. Call, editor environmental, and social changes confronting the world today;
2007 • 978-1-929223-89-3 what risks they pose; and what adjustments will have to be made to
make the world as peaceful and stable as possible.
Distinguished scholars, criminal justice practitioners, and former
senior officials of international missions examine the experiences of
countries that have recently undergone transitions from conflict with Resolving Third World Conflict:
significant international involvement. Challenges for a New Era
Sheryl J. Brown and Kimber M. Schraub, editors
1992 • 978-1-878379-17-7
Democracy and Counterterrorism:
Lessons from the Past In this wide-ranging exploration of the Third World, leading scholars
Robert J. Art and Louise Richardson, editors and policymakers confront two questions that frame the search for
2007 • 978-1-929223-93-0 peace: What are the fundamental sources of conflict in the Third
World? How can such conflict be prevented or resolved?
A comparative study of the policies, strategies, and instruments
employed by various democratic governments in the fight against
terrorism.
Mediation
Friends Indeed?: The United Nations, Groups A Crucial Link:
of Friends,and the Resolution of Conflict Local Peace Committees and National Peacebuilding
Teresa Whitfield Andries Odendaal
2007 • 978-1-60127-005-4
2013 • 978-1-60127-181-5 • eBook: 978-1-60127-180-8
Addressing an increasingly important and greatly understudied In A Crucial Link, practitioner Andries Odendaal engages in the first
phenomenon in international affairs, this groundbreaking volume comparative study of local peace committees and asks whether and
analyzes the formation, actions, and efficacy of groups of states where the committees have succeeded.
created to support UN peacemaking and peace operations.
Managing Fighting Forces: DDR in Peace Processes

Oil, Profits, and Peace: Kelvin Ong
Does Business Have a Role in Peacemaking? 2012 • 978-1-60127-133-4 • eBook: 978-1-60127-155-6
Jill Shankleman
2007 • 978-1-929223-98-5 Providing guidance on the mediation and negotiation aspects of
disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) programs, this
An evenhanded and insightful picture of the obstacles, fiscal incen- toolkit lays out eight detailed steps that mediators can take to establish
tives, and growing potential for Western oil companies to ameliorate appropriate linkages between DDR and other aspects of a peace process.
or even prevent conflict in the areas where they operate.

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Talking to Groups that Use Terror Negotiation, Diplomacy, and Foreign Policy
Nigel Quinney and A. Heather Coyne
2011 • 978-1-60127-072-6 • eBook: 978-1-60127-180-8 Engaging Extremists: Trade-Offs, Timing, and Diplomacy
I. William Zartman and Guy Olivier Faure, editors
This handbook poses and attempts to answer a series of basic, but
2011 • 978-1-60127-074-0 • eBook: 978-1-60127-097-9
complex, questions: Is there any advantage to the peace process in
inviting or permitting the participation of proscribed armed groups Engaging Extremists concerns negotiation with political terrorist
(PAGs)? What kinds of PAGs are worth talking to and which are not? organizations, separating terrorist groups that can be engaged from
What form should the talks take and whom should they involve? those that, for the moment, cannot.
The Go-Between: Jan Eliasson and the Styles of Mediation

Isak Svensson and Peter Wallensteen, Preface by Kofi Annan The United States and Coercive Diplomacy
2010 • 978-1-60127-062-7 Robert J. Art and Patrick M. Cronin, editors
2003 • 978-1-929223-44-2
This volume explores international mediation through the lens
of Ambassador Jan Eliasson, an international go-between with a This work looks at the concept of coercive diplomacy, its objectives,
remarkable track record. The authors draw lessons for the peace- how it operates, and how well it works.
making process from their examination of how Eliasson entered,
prepared, pursued, and finally ended his mediation efforts.
Debriefing Mediators to Learn from their Experiences Dialogue Sustained: The Multilevel Peace Process
Simon J. A. Mason and Matthias Siegfried and the Dartmouth Conference
2010 • 978-1-60127-052-8 • eBook: 978-1-60127-130-3 James Voorhees
2002 • 978-1-929223-30-5
This handbook examines interviews conducted with mediators and shows
how lessons from individual mediators can be identified and made avail- Drawing on extensive research and interviews, this highly readable account
able both to their organizations and to a wider practitioner audience. of the evolution of a unique peacemaking venture adds a new perspective
on both the Cold War and the conduct of multilevel peace processes.
Timing Mediation Initiatives
I. William Zartman and Alvaro de Soto
2010 • 978-1-60127-058-0 • eBook: 978-1-60127-058-0
Late-Breaking Foreign Policy:
The News Media’s Influence on Peace Operations
This handbook lays out steps mediators can take to assess whether Warren P. Strobel
a stalemate exists, interpret the parties’ perception of where they 1997 • 978-1-878379-67-2
stand in the conflict, and encourage a ripe moment for mediation.
This insightful book by a working journalist examines the media’s
Working With Groups of Friends influence on the deployment—or withdrawal—of U.S. peacekeeping
Teresa Whitfield troops to avert humanitarian disasters the world over.
2010 • 978-1-60127-059-7 • eBook: 978-1-60127-128-0
Forceful Persuasion:
This handbook explores how peacemakers can productively work with Coercive Diplomacy as an Alternative to War
informal mini coalitions of states or intergovernmental organizations Alexander L. George
that provide support for resolving conflicts and implementing peace 1992 • 978-1-878379-14-6
agreements—an innovation often referred to as groups of “Friends.”
George examines seven cases—from Pearl Harbor to the Persian
Managing Public Information in a Mediation Process Gulf—in which the United States has used coercive diplomacy in the
Ingrid A. Lehmann past half-century.
2009 • 978-1-60127-041-2 • eBook: 978-1-60127-058-0
This volume helps mediators identify and develop the resources Morality and Foreign Policy: Realpolitik Revisited
and strategies they need to reach a wide variety of audiences, from Kenneth M. Jensen, editor
governments and rebel forces to local and international media, NGOs 1992 • 978-1-878379-09-2
and IGOs, and divided communities and diasporas.
This volume explores the moral dimensions of realpolitik and the
ethical dilemmas posed by present-day politics.
Managing a Mediation Process
David R. Smock and Amy L. Smith
2008 • 978-1-60127-037-5 • eBook: 978-1-60127-125-9
Approaches to Peace
This handbook provides a methodology for mediating interstate W. Scott Thompson and Kenneth M. Jensen, editors
and intrastate conflicts. This volume is designed to help mediators 1991 • 978-1-878379-01-6
identify areas where they may need more research or preparation, as A comprehensive, one-volume exploration of the peace and security
well as develop options and strategies relevant to the particular case field, this volume presents detailed investigations of four major
on which they are working. approaches employed in the study of conflict and peacemaking.
Nurturing Peace: Why Peace Settlements Succeed or Fail
Fen Osler Hampson The Meaning of Munich Fifty Years Later
1996 • 978-1-878379-57-3 Kenneth M. Jensen, editor
Focusing on intrastate conflicts in which third parties have played 1990 • 978-1-878379-03-0
prominent roles, Hampson argues that durable settlements depend A look at what lessons can be drawn from the Munich accords of
on sustained third-party engagement not only during the negotia- 1938—the failed attempt of Western democracies to appease Adolf
tion phase but throughout the implementation process. Hitler on the eve of World War I—for the future of NATO.

Regions Watching the Wind: Conflict Resolution during
South Africa’s Transition to Democracy
Africa Susan Collin Marks
2000 • 978-1-878379-99-3
Voting in Fear: Electoral Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa A compelling, inspiring account of peacemaking in action, Watching
Dorina A. Bekoe the Wind takes us to the front lines of South Africa’s struggle to
2012 • 978-1-60127-136-5 • eBook: 978-1-60127-137-2 manage the tempestuous transition from apartheid to democracy.
In Voting in Fear, nine contributors offer pioneering work on the
scope and nature of electoral violence in Africa, investigate the forms The South African Truth Commission:
electoral violence takes, and analyze the factors that precipitate, The Politics of Reconciliation
reduce, and prevent violence. Dorothy Shea
2000 • 978-1-929223-09-1
Burundi on the Brink, 1993–95: Dorothy Shea explores the origins and workings of the South African
A UN Special Envoy Reflects on Preventive Diplomacy Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah
2011 • 978-1-929223-00-8
Ambassador Ould-Abdallah looks at the challenges he faced from Elections and Conflict Management in Africa
his two years in Burundi with a mandate from the United Nations to Timothy D. Sisk and Andrew Reynolds, editors
rescue the country’s fledgling democracy and bring together political 1998 • 978-1-878379-79-5
and ethnic rivals. This volume examines the relationship between elections, especially
electoral systems, and conflict management in Africa, while also
Faith and Politics in Nigeria: serving as an important reference for other regions.
Nigeria as a Pivotal State in the Muslim World
John N. Paden
2008 • 978-1-60127-029-0 Angola’s Last Best Chance for Peace:
Faith and Politics in Nigeria offers timely, clear, and astute analysis An Insider’s Account of the Peace Process
that will be valued by students and scholars of Islamic and African Paul Hare
1998 • 978-1-878379-80-1
studies and provides keen recommendations for policymakers and
conflict-management practitioners. A behind-the-scenes account of the negotiation and implementation
of the 1994 Lusaka Protocol.
Identity, Diversity, and Constitutionalism in Africa
Francis M. Deng
2008 • 978-1-60127-034-4 Mozambique: UN Peacekeeping in Action, 1992–94
Richard Synge
Francis Deng outlines a new relationship between governments and
1997 • 978-1-878379-69-6
societies—a relationship informed by Western concepts but based
on traditional African values, such as respect for human dignity, A comprehensive account of the UN mission ONUMOZ that managed
equality, and self-rule. the transition from military combat to electoral contest in Mozam-
bique after its 15-year civil war.
Getting In:
Mediators’ Entry into the Settlement of African Conflicts
Mohammed O. Maundi, I. William Zartman, Gilbert M. Khadiagala, African Conflict Resolution:
and Kwaku Nuamah The U.S. Role in Peacemaking
2006 • 978-1-929223-62-6 David R. Smock and Chester A. Crocker, editors
1995 • 978-1-878379-00-9
This collaboration of renowned scholars and a practitioner in conflict
management and African politics seeks to draw wide-ranging and This book brings together nine specialists from Africa and the United
timely conclusions on the early stages of mediation from six case States—including former diplomats, academics, policymakers, and
studies: Burundi, Rwanda, the Congo, Sudan, and West Africa and the policy analysts—to assess ways to enhance the U.S. contribution
border conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea. to African efforts to prevent, manage, and resolve violent conflicts.
Partner to History: Bargaining for Peace:

The U.S. Role in South Africa’s Transition to Democracy South Africa and the National Peace Accord
Princeton N. Lyman Peter Gastrow
2002 • 978-1-929223-36-7 1995 • 978-1-878379-39-9
Partner to History reveals the role played by U.S. diplomacy in South Gastrow describes the initiatives and events that led to the signing
Africa’s surprisingly successful transition from apartheid to democracy. of the accord, exploring in particular the important roles played by
religious groups and the business community.
Federalism and Ethnic Conflict in Nigeria Somalia and Operation Restore Hope:
Rotimi Suberu, Foreword by Larry Diamond Reflections on Peacemaking and Peacekeeping
2001 • 978-1-929223-28-2 John L. Hirsch and Robert B. Oakley, Foreword by Chester A. Crocker
1995 • 978-1-878379-41-2
Suberu examines the profound political contradictions that make up
Nigeria. He explores the evolution of Nigerian federalism through The authors analyze the UN mission Operation Restore Hope to
its various constitutional experiments and administrative redesigns, Somalia and its effects.
including those in the periods of military rule.

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State Building and Democracy in Southern Africa: The Environmental Dimension of Asian Security: Conflict
Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa and Cooperation over Energy, Resources, and Pollution
Pierre du Toit In-Taek Hyun and Miranda Schreurs
1995 • 978-1-878379-46-7 2007 • 978-1-929223-73-2
South African political scientist Pierre du Toit probes the conditions This book examines a host of critical environmental and resource
under which democracy can grow by examining three southern Afri- issues through a “regional environmental security complex” that
can states: Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. explores the potential for greater intersubjective understandings of
regional environmental and natural resource problems and greater
Ending Mozambique’s War: institutional collaboration and management.
The Role of Mediation and Good Offices
Cameron Hume Hungry for Peace: International Security, Humanitarian
1994 • 978-1-878379-37-5 Assistance, and Social Change in North Korea
Hazel Smith
This first-hand account of the Mozambique mediations offers
2005 • 978-1-929223-58-9
intriguing details that illustrate the complexity of the multi-track
mediation process. This revealing and challenging study of the impact of famine on
North Korea not only significantly enlarges our understanding of that
Somalia: The Missed Opportunities hermetic country but also urges us to reassess how we deal with it.
Mohamed Sahnoun
1994 • 978-1-878379-35-1 Reconciliation in the Asia-Pacific
Yoichi Funabashi, editor, Foreword by Ezra Vogel
In part a vivid personal memoir and in part a case study of multilat-
2003 • 978-1-929223-47-3
eral intervention, the book provides concrete examples of how the
failure of international intervention in different phases of the crisis Yoichi Funabashi, one of Japan’s most influential journalists, and
in Somalia led to further deterioration. seven authors from throughout the Asia-Pacific shine the spotlight
on the prospects for reconciliation in the region.
Making War and Waging Peace: Foreign
Intervention in Africa
David R. Smock, editor The Great North Korean Famine:
1993 • 978-1-878379-28-3 Famine, Politics, and Foreign Policy
Andrew S. Natsios
This volume focuses on the role and effectiveness of external inter-
2001 • 978-1-929223-33-6
vention in sub-Saharan Africa, primarily during the 1980s.
Natsios examines the famine that hit North Korea in 1994, why
donor governments and organizations didn’t do more to help, and
the consequences of the famine for North Korea and the lessons for
Asia the international community.
Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in South Asia: Exiting Indochina: U.S. Leadership of the Cambodia
Through a Peacebuilding Lens Settlement & Normalization with Vietnam
Moeed Yusuf, editor Richard H. Solomon, Foreword by Stanley Karnow
2014 • 978-1-60127-191-4 • eBook: 978-1-60127-192-1 2000 • 978-1-929223-01-5
In Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in South Asia, ten experts native This book recounts the diplomacy that brought an end to great power
to South Asia consider the nature of intrastate insurgent movements involvement in Indochina, including the negotiations for a UN peace
from a peacebuilding perspective. Case studies on India, Pakistan, process in Cambodia and construction of a “road map” for normaliz-
Nepal, and Sri Lanka lend new insights into the dynamics of each ing U.S.-Vietnam relations.
conflict and how they might be prevented or resolved.
Sri Lanka: The Invention of Enmity
Conspiracy of Silence: David Little
The Insurgency in Southern Thailand 1993 • 978-1-878379-15-3
Zachary Abuza This volume examines the sources of the intense conflict in Sri Lanka;
2009 • 978-1-60127-002-3 the political, legal, and nongovernmental efforts at reconciliation; and
With his careful and persuasive arguments and practical policy the prospects for a settlement.
recommendations, Abuza draws attention to a poorly understood
conflict in southern Thailand and alerts readers to the dangers that
lie ahead for Thailand and Southeast Asia.
My Kashmir: Europe
Conflict and the Prospects for Enduring Peace
Wajahat Habibullah NATO’s Balancing Act
2008 • 978-1-60127-031-3 David S. Yost
2014 • 978-1-60127-202-7 • eBook: 978-1-60127-203-4
In My Kashmir, Wajahat Habibullah lays out the intricate web of
issues at the root of the conflict between India and Pakistan over NATO’s Balancing Act evaluates the alliance’s performance of its three
Jammu and Kashmir. core tasks—collective defense, crisis management, and cooperative
security—and reviews its members’ efforts to achieve the right
balance among them.

The British State and the Northern Ireland Crisis, 1969–73: The Emergence of Russian Foreign Policy
From Violence to Power Sharing Leon Aron and Kenneth M. Jensen, editors
William Beattie Smith 1994 • 978-1-878379-36-8
2011 • 978-1-60127-067-2 • eBook: 978-1-60127-098-6
This volume looks at what kind of foreign and defense policies
Focusing on four case studies, William Beattie Smith traces the evolu- Russian will pursue into the 21st century, what the impact of the
tion of British policy from 1969–73 and depicts how easily a conflict loss of the former empire will be, and the implications for western
over national identity can turn into bloodshed, grief, and horror and policymakers.
how difficult it is to restore peace once a serious fight has started.
Origins of the Cold War:
The Novikov, Kennan, and Roberts ‘Long Telegrams’ of 1946
Engineering Peace: Kenneth M. Jensen
The Military Role in Postconflict Reconstruction 1993 • 978-1-878379-27-6
Garland H. Williams
This volume includes the 19-page telegram from Soviet ambassador to
2005 • 978-1-929223-57-2
the United States Nikolai Novikov sent in September 1946, presented
Colonel Garland Williams analyzes the postconflict reconstruction gap in alongside U.S. diplomat George Kennan’s cable and a similar telegram
three case studies—Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan—and shows how by British diplomat Frank Roberts, along with commentary.
military engineering brigades accompanying peacekeeping contingents
can be put to use immediately after the conflict ends to restore vital
infrastructure and social institutions.
NATO Transformed: Latin America

The Alliance’s New Roles in International Security
David S. Yost International Mediation in Venezuela
1999 • 978-1-878379-81-8 Jennifer L. McCoy and Francisco Diez
In this ambitious study, David Yost analyzes the major changes in the 2011 • 978-1-60127-068-9 • eBook: 978-1-60127-107-5
alliance and its new roles. International Mediation in Venezuela analyzes the effort of the Carter
Center and the broader international community to prevent violent
conflict, to reconcile a deeply divided society, and to preserve dem-
Breaking the Ice: Rapprochement Between East and West ocratic processes.
Germany, the United States and China, and Israel and Egypt
Tony Armstrong Columbia: Building Peace in a Time of War
1993 • 978-1-878379-26-9 Virginia M. Bouvier
Taking an in-depth look at cases of the two Germanys, the United 2009 • 978-1-60127-038-2
States and China, and Israel and Egypt, Armstrong examines why Bringing together the experiences and insights of more than thirty
initiatives by Brandt, Nixon/Carter and Mao, and Sadat and Begin experienced and emerging authors, human rights activists, and
succeeded where previous attempts at rapprochement had failed. peace practitioners from Colombia and abroad, Colombia documents
and analyzes the vast array of peace initiatives that have emerged in
Colombia in recent years.
Russia Revolutionary Movements in Latin America:

El Salvador’s FMLN and Peru’s Shining Path
Human Rights, Perestroika, and the End of the Cold War Cynthia McClintock
Anatoly Adamishin and Richard Schifter 1998 • 978-1-878379-76-4
2009 • 978-1-60127-040-5
The author explores why El Salvador’s FMLN and Peru’s Shining Path
A diplomatic memoir unlike any other, this volume takes the reader were able to mount such serious revolutionary challenges in the
behind the scenes on both sides of the Cold War as two men form an 1980s and early 1990s through examining the complex interplay
unlikely partnership to help transform Soviet-American relations. among political and economic factors, the nature of the revolution-
ary organization, and international actors.
Russia and Its New Diasporas

Igor Zevelev
2001 • 978-1-929223-08-4
Middle East
Igor Zevelev examines the political significance of these ethnic
Russian “diaspora” communities and their implications for the future How We Missed the Story:
of Eurasian security. Osama bin Laden, the Taliban,and the Hijacking
of Afghanistan, Second Edition
Roy Gutman
Central Asia’s New States: 2013 • 978-1-60127-146-4 • eBook: 978-1-60127-146-4
Independence, Foreign Policy, and Regional Security
In How We Missed the Story, Second Edition, Pulitzer prize-winning
Martha Brill Olcott
journalist Roy Gutman extends his investigation into why two suc-
1996 • 978-1-878379-51-1
cessive U.S. administrations failed to head off the assaults of 9/11
This volume examines the developing foreign policies of the Central and looks at the U.S. military intervention that followed.
Asia republics—especially Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan.

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Getting It Right in Afghanistan The Madrassah Challenge:
Scott Smith, Moeed Yusuf, and Colin Cookman Militancy and Religious Education in Pakistan
2013 • 978-1-60127-182-2 • eBook: 978-1-60127-179-2 C. Christine Fair
2008 • 978-1-60127-028-3
Getting It Right in Afghanistan addresses the real drivers of the insur-
gency and how Afghanistan’s neighbors can contribute to peace in In The Madrassah Challenge, C. Christine Fair explores the true signifi-
the region. cance of the madrassah and its role in Pakistan’s educational system.
The Islamists Are Coming: Who They Really Are The New Turkish Republic:
Robin Wright, editor Turkey as a Pivotal State in the Muslim World
2012 • 978-1-60127-134-1 • eBook: 978-1-60127-135-8 Graham E. Fuller
2007 • 978-1-60127-019-1
The Islamists Are Coming is the first book to survey the rise of Islamist
groups in the wake of the Arab Spring, with a wide range of experts This work explores how, after a long period of isolation, Turkey
covering the origins, evolution, positions on key issues, and the emerged as a major player in Middle Eastern politics once again.
future in key countries.
Suicide Bombers in Iraq: The Strategy and Ideology of Martyrdom

Iraq, Its Neighbors, and the United States: Mohammed Hafez
Competition, Crisis, and the Reordering of Power 2007 • 978-1-60127-004-7
Henri J. Barkey, Scott B. Lasensky, and Phebe Marr, editors
This study examines the history of suicide bombing in Iraq and many
2011 • 978-1-60127-077-1
other countries.
Iraq, Its Neighbors, and the United States examines how Iraq’s evolving
political order affects its complex relationships with its neighbors
and the United States. Generals in the Cabinet Room:
How the Military Shapes Israeli Policy
Yoram Peri
The Iran Primer: Power, Politics, and U.S. Policy 2006 • 978-1-929223-81-7
Robin Wright, editor
A dramatic shift of power has taken place within Israel’s political
2010 • 978-1-60127-084-9 • eBook: 978-1-60127-091-7
system; where once the military was usually the servant of civilian
A comprehensive but concise overview of Iran’s politics, economy, politicians, Yoram Peri argues that now generals lead the way when
military, foreign policy, and nuclear program. The volume chronicles it comes to foreign and defense policymaking.
U.S.-Iran relations under six American presidents and probes five
options for dealing with Iran. Fortifying Pakistan:
The Role of U.S. Internal Security Assistance
C. Christine Fair and Peter Chalk
Conflict, Identity, and Reform in the Muslim World: 2006 • 978-1-929223-88-6
Challenges for U.S. Engagement
The authors offer a comprehensive examination of Pakistan’s internal
Daniel Brumberg and Dina Shehata, editors
security environment and the effectiveness of its criminal justice
2009 • 978-1-60127-020-7
structures and assess the impact and utility of the principal U.S. ini-
Conflict, Identity, and Reform in the Muslim World highlights the tiatives to help Pakistan strengthen its internal security.
challenges that escalating identity conflicts within Muslim-majority
states pose for both the Muslim world and for the West. Manufacturing Human Bombs:
The Making of Palestinian Suicide Bombers
Reconciliation in Afghanistan Mohammed Hafez
pe r s p e ct iv es s er ies
Reconciliation
Michael Semple 2006 • 978-1-929223-72-5
in Afghanistan 2009 • 978-1-60127-042-9
In this volume, Mohammed Hafez explores the case of Palestinian
In this timely and thorough volume, Michael Semple analyzes the suicide bombers during the al-Aqsa intifada that began in 2000.
Michael Semple
rationale and effectiveness of post-2001 attempts at reconciliation
united states institute of peace press
in Afghanistan.
A Very Political Economy:
Peacebuilding and Foreign Aid in the West Bank and Gaza
Iran’s Long Reach: Iran as a Pivotal State in the Muslim World Rex Brynen
Suzanne Maloney 2000 • 978-1-929223-04-6
2008 • 978-1-60127-033-7
Rex Brynen looks at the international aid that has flowed into the
This volume sheds much-needed light on Iran’s strikingly complex West Bank and Gaza since the signing of the Oslo Accord in 1993.
political system and foreign policy and its central role in the region.
Reluctant Neighbor: Turkey’s Role in the Middle East

Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace Henri J. Barkey, editor
Daniel C. Kurtzer and Scott B. Lasensky 1997 • 978-1-878379-64-1
2008 • 978-1-60127-030-6 • eBook: 978-1-60127-090-0
The essays in this volume offer a detailed look at Turkey’s prospects
Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace sets forth a compelling, interests-based in the region—developing economic opportunities, water resource
framework for American engagement in the peace process; provides a issues, the changing relationship with emerging Central Asian coun-
critical assessment of U.S. diplomacy since the end of the Cold War; and tries, and the Kurdish problem—all in the context of the repercussions
offers a set of ten core “lessons” to guide the efforts of future American of the Gulf War and the ongoing Middle East peace process.
negotiators.

Islamic Activism and U.S. Foreign Policy Crescent and Dove: Peace and Conflict Resolution in Islam
Scott W. Hibbard and David Little Qamar-ul Huda, editor
1997 • 978-1-878379-71-9 2010 • 978-1-60127-060-3 • eBook: 978-1-60127-060-3
This volume chronicles the discussions between a distinguished Crescent and Dove looks at the relationship between contemporary
group of policy analysts, practitioners, and scholars regarding the Islam and peacemaking by tackling the diverse interpretations, con-
nature of Islamic activism and the options for policymakers to miti- cepts, and problems in the field of Islamic peacemaking.
gate violence in a range of cases.
In Pursuit of Peace: A History of the Israeli Peace Movement Unity in Diversity: Interfaith Dialogue in the Middle East
Mordechai Bar-On Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Amal I. Khoury, and Emily Welty
1996 • 978-1-878379-53-5 2007 • 978-1-60127-013-9 • eBook: 978-1-60127-100-6
This book tells the story of the Israeli peace movement. The authors discuss the intricate relationships between interfaith
activities and religious identity, nationalism, violence, and peace-
making in four very different settings: Israel/Palestine, Lebanon,
Egypt, and Jordan.
The Arab World After Desert Storm
Muhammad Faour Human Rights and Conflict:
1993 • 978-1-878379-31-3 Exploring the Links between Rights, Law, and Peacebuilding
Julie Mertus and Jeffrey W. Helsing, editors
The book functions as a reliable overall introduction and guide to
2006 • 978-1-929223-76-3
international Arab politics.
This much-needed volume brings human rights, conflict resolution,
and international law together to create a composite picture of the
relationship between human rights and conflict.
Bridging the Gap: Theory and Practice in Foreign Policy
Alexander L. George Implementing U.S. Human Rights Policy:
1993 • 978-1-878379-22-1
Agendas, Policies, and Practices
Bridging the gap that separates the two cultures of academia and Debra Liang-Fenton, editor
policymaking is the central purpose of this pathbreaking study. 2004 • 978-1-929223-48-0
This incomparable volume spotlights no fewer than fourteen cases
spanning four continents and twenty-five years, charting the efforts
Conflict Resolution in the Middle East: to implement U.S. policy and highlighting the problems encountered.
Simulating a Diplomatic Negotiation Between Israel and Syria
J. Lewis Rasmussen and Robert B. Oakley Interfaith Dialogue and Peacebuilding
1992 • 978-1-878379-19-1 David R. Smock, editor
This volume presents a description of a four-day simulation con- 2002 • 978-1-929223-35-0
ducted by USIP shortly before the Middle East peace talks began Drawing on extensive experience in organizing interaction and coop-
in November 1991 of what was about to unfold in the diplomatic eration across religious boundaries in the Middle East, Africa, South-
dialogue between two enemy countries, Israel and Syria, whose east Asia, Northern Ireland, and the Balkans, the contributors to
representatives had never before sat together. this volume explore the formidable potential of interfaith dialogue.
Islam and Democracy: Religious Perspectives on War:

Religion, Politics, and Power in the Middle East Christian, Muslim, and Jewish Attitudes Toward Force
Timothy D. Sisk David R. Smock
1992 • 978-1-878379-21-4 2002 • 978-1-929223-37-4
This volume explores the relationship between religion and politics In this volume, Jews, Muslims, and Christians with very diverse views
generally, as well as the global wave of democratization in the late address such issues as the just war doctrine, explaining their differ-
twentieth century, as background to different interpretations of ences and finding often surprising common ground.
political Islam.
Perspectives on Pacifism:
Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Views on Nonviolence
and International Conflict
Religion, Ethics, and Human Rights David R. Smock
1995 • 978-1-878379-42-9
The Brilliant Art of Peace:
Lectures from the Kofi Annan Series In this volume, USIP brings together Christian, Jewish, and Muslim
Abiodun Williams, editor, Foreword by Kofi Annan theologians and activists to debate the role of nonviolence in peace-
2013 • 978-1-60127-142-6 • eBook: 978-1-60127-160-0 making and conflict resolution.
Lectures delivered at the United Nations on cutting-edge topics in Pacifism and Citizenship: Can They Coexist?
the humanities, natural sciences, social sciences, and the arts. The Kenneth M. Jensen, editor
reader will find humor, moral rigor, and wit in this thought-provoking 1991 • 978-1-878379-11-5
and timeless collection.
This volume addresses the clash between concepts of pacifism and
perceptions of citizenship that has long provoked fierce argument.

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Reference Rhetoric, Ideology, and Organizational Structure of the Taliban Movement
Michael Semple
Peacebuilding in Community Colleges: December 2014
A Teaching Resource
This report examines the evolution of the Taliban case for armed struggle and the
David J. Smith, editor
minimal adjustments Taliban rhetoricians made to cope with the impending political
2013 • 978-1-60127-147-1 • eBook: 978-1-60127-167-9
change in Afghanistan in 2014.
A first-of-its-kind volume for faculty and administrators seeking
to develop innovative and engaging peacebuilding and conflict Elections and Violent Conflict in Kenya: Making Prevention Stick
resolution programs. Claire Elder, Susan Stigant, and Jonas Claes
October 2014
Diplomat’s Dictionary, Second Edition
This report aims to complement existing postelection analysis by examining local expe-
Chas. W. Freeman, Jr., Foreword by David Ignatius
riences of Kenya’s 2013 general elections, evaluating the various factors that worked
2010 • 978-1-60127-050-4
to prevent widespread violent conflict and assessing the sustainability of the “relative
The expanded second edition of the Diplomat’s Dictionary contains calm” achieved during the electoral period.
476 new entries, including definitions for selected up-to-date
terminology and hundreds of additional quotations from across Security and Justice in Post-Revolution Libya: Where to Turn?
cultures and centuries. Fiona Mangan and Christina Murtaugh with support from Ferdaouis Bagga
September 2014
This report maps the evolution of Libya’s weak security and justice sector from the
Qaddafi era through the 2011 revolution to today.
Justice in Transition in Yemen:

PEACEWORKS A Mapping of Local Justice Functioning in Ten Governorates
Erica Gaston with Nadwa al-Dawsari
Peaceworks present in-depth background and analysis on topics that represent the full
September 2014
range of USIP’s work. Reports explore specific conflicts, offer comparative analysis
across conflicts, evaluate peacebuilding efforts, and present new approaches to con- This research is part of a three-year USIP project that explores how Yemen’s rule of
flict through a variety of lenses, such as economics, gender, media and technology, law and local justice and security issues have been affected in the post-Arab Spring
religion, rule of law, and security sector reform. Peaceworks are available to download transition period.
for free at usip.org. The list below includes a sampling of the over a hundred Peaceworks
that have published up to February 2015. Check usip.org for new releases. Women’s Access to Justice in Afghanistan:
Individual versus Comminity Barriers to Justice
Erica Gaston and Tim Luccaro
July 2014
Prisons in Yemen
Fiona Mangan with Erica Gaston This report maps how Afghan women seek justice when their rights are violated and
February 2014
the barriers women face in pursuing justice or receiving a fair outcome, whether in the
formal system, in community-based mechanisms, or at home.
This research is part of a three-year USIP project that explores how Yemen’s rule of law
and local justice and security issues have been affected in the post-Arab Spring tran- Local Peace Processes in Sudan and South Sudan
sition period. This research documents the prison system from a systems perspective. Jacqueline Wilson
May 2014
Participatory and Inclusive Consitution Making:
Giving Voice to the Demands of Citizens in the Wake of the Arab Spring Using the Western Corridor as a case study, this report outlines the importance of
Jason Gluck and Michele Brandt understanding and improving local peace processes through an architecture that begins
February 2014
with conflict analysis, entails a common vision, and focuses on achieving specific
objectives.
This report explores the potential impact of inclusive constitution making on Arab
Spring countries. The Taliban and the 2014 Elections in Afghanistan
Antonio Giustozzi
Conflict Dynamics in Sindh February 2014
Huma Yusuf and Syed Shoaib Hasan
January 2014
This report examines the current debate within the Taliban movement about how to
approach the 2014 national elections in Afghanistan.
This report, part of a broader series of work by USIP to map and study conflict dynamics
across Pakistan, analyzes the southern province of Sindh, focusing on areas outside the Yemen’s Transition Process: Between Fragmentation and Transformation
major urban population center of Karachi. Philip Barrett Holzapfel
March 2014
Violence, the Taliban, and Afghanistan’s 2014 Elections
Antonio Giustozzi and Silab Mangal This report explores the rich domestic and external, historic and contemporary factors
December 2014
that have enabled the so-far positive processes of dialogue, peacebuilding, and transi-
tional reform in Yemen in the aftermath of the Arab Spring upheavals.
This report sheds light on the controversial 2014 presidential election in Afghanistan
through the murky lens of the Taliban. Illicit Trafficking and Libya’s Transition: Profits and Losses
Mark Shaw and Fiona Mangan
February 2014
This report seeks to improve understanding of the nature of illicit trafficking and
smuggling in the country and to identify emerging patterns of organized crime and
their impact on state consolidation and stability.

Mapping Conflict Trends in Pakistan Informal Justice and the International Community in Afghanistan
Saira Yamin and Salma Malik Noah Coburn
February 2014 April 2013
This report maps recent conflict trends in Pakistan and explores the trajectory of This report analyzes the array of programs that dealt with the so-called informal justice
violence in the provinces—namely, Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Paktunkhwa, and Baloch- sector in Afghanistan from 2008 to 2011.
istan—and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Gilgit-Baltistan and draws from
a variety of Pakistani and international sources to present as comprehensive a picture Waiting for Change:
as possible. The Impact of Transition on Local Justice and Security in Yemen
Erica Gaston and Nadwa al-Dawsari
Blogs and Bullets III: Syria’s Socially Mediated Civil War April 2013
Marc Lynch, Deen Freelon, and Sean Aday
This report provides a snapshot of how changing dynamics have affected local security and
January 2014
justice conditions in four politically and geographically diverse governorates in Yemen.
In this report from the USIP PeaceTech Initiative, a team of scholars from George
Washington University and American University analyze the role of social media in Blogs and Bullets II: New Media and Conflict after the Arab Spring
Syria’s civil war. Sean Aday, Henry Farrell, Marc Lynch, John Sides, and Deen Freelon
July 2012
Media and Conflict in Myanmar:
In this report, a team of scholars from George Washington University and American
Opportunities for Media to Advance Peace
University analyze the role of social media in the Arab Spring protests of 2011–12.
Theo Dolan and Stephen Gray
January 2014 Gender, Conflict, and Peacebuilding:
This report is based on a methodology created by USIP that can help donors, NGOs, State of the Field and Lessons Learned from USIP Grantmaking
policymakers, and local stakeholders in Myanmar determine which media initiatives can Kimberly Theidon and Kelly Phenicie with Elizabeth Murray
effectively be used to assist in mitigating conflict and building peace. September 2011
This report reviews the state of research on gender and conflict and calls for increased
Counterinsurgency, Local Militias, and Statebuilding in Afghanistan
emphasis on projects that include men and boys, sexual violence in conflict zones, and
Jonathan Goodhand and Aziz Hakimi
the relationship between gender identities and violence.
January 2013
This report seeks to understand the role and impact of the Afghan Local Police on Designing a Comprehensive Peace Process for Afghanistan
security and political dynamics in the context of ongoing counterinsurgency and Lisa Schirch
stabilization operations and the projected drawdown of international troops in 2014. September 2011
This report draws on comparative research literature on peace processes to identify
Domestic Barriers to Dismantling the Militant Infrastructure in Pakistan
lessons applicable to Afghanistan and makes recommendations to the international
Stephen Tankel
community, the Afghan government, and Afghan civil society for ensuring a more
September 2013
comprehensive, successful, and sustainable peace process.
This report examines several underexplored barriers to dismantling Pakistan’s militant
infrastructure as a way to inform the understandable, but thus far ineffectual, calls for Women in Religious Peacebuilding
the country to do more against militancy. Katherine Marshall and Susan Hayward with Claudia Zambra, Esther Breger, and Sarah Jackson
May 2011
The United States and R2P: From Words to Action
To recognize and understand better the role of women in religious peacebuilding, USIP,
Madeleine K. Albright and Richard S. Williamson
the World Faiths Development Dialogue, and Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for
July 2013
Religion, Peace, and World Affairs launched an initiative with a symposium held in July
In this report, former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright and the late Ambassador 2010. This report highlights the initiative’s main findings to date.
Richard S. Williamson identify concrete steps to increase U.S. capacity in preventing
mass atrocities. Local Justice in Southern Sudan
Cherry Leonardi, Leben Nelson Moro, Martina Santschi, and Deborah H. Isser
A New Approach to Understanding Afghanistan’s Transition: October 2010
Comparisons with International Postconflict Experience
This study is the result of collaboration between USIP and the Rift Valley Institute,
William A. Byrd, Gary Milante, and Kenneth Anye
leveraging the former’s broader work on customary justice and legal pluralism and the
June 2013
latter’s extensive knowledge of the region.
This report is a response to the lack of cross-country learning going into strategic
thinking, analysis, and institutional and policy work regarding countries attempting to Blogs and Bullets: New Media in Contentious Politics
transition out of conflict, and Afghanistan is no exception. Sean Aday, Henry Farrell, Marc Lynch, John Sides, John Kelly, and Ethan Zuckerman
August 2010
Understanding Pakistan’s Water-Security Nexus
In this report, a team of scholars from The George Washington University, in coop-
Daanish Mustafa, Majed Akhter, and Natalie Nasralla
eration with scholars from Harvard University and Morningside Analytics, critically
June 2013
assess both the “cyberutopian” and “cyberskeptic” perspectives on the impact of new
Focusing on Pakistan, this report provides a preliminary analysis of water management media on political movements.
within a critical national context.
Religious Contributions to Peacemaking:
Regional Politics and The Prospects for Stability in Afghanistan When Religion Brings Peace, Not War
Sunil Dasgupta David Smock, editor
May 2013 January 2006
This report details the nature of the tension between India and Pakistan over Afghanistan This report provides a series of case studies addressing specific religious conflicts
and outlines steps that the U.S. government can take to avoid another conflict there. through a variety of methodologies.

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Passing the Baton: Challenges of Statecraft for the New Administration Using Special Envoys In High-Stakes Conflict Diplomacy
Richard H. Solomon, Samuel R. Berger, Patrick M. Cronin, Pamela Aall, Emily Princeton N. Lyman and Robert M. Beecroft
Metzgar, Kurt Bassuener, William Drennan, and Condoleezza Rice October 2014
May 2001
This report focuses on the issues surrounding the use of special envoys or representa-
This report summarizes discussions at a conference of leading officials and specialists tives and how they can be used most effectively.
on January 17, 2001.
Inclusive Approaches to Community Policing and CVE
Georgia Holmer with Fulco van Deventer
September 2014
This report outlines guidance in the development and design of community policing
programs, the role of women in those programs, and the implications for CVE strategies.
SPECIAL REPORTS A Counterterrorism Role for Pakistan’s Police Stations
Special Reports are short, timely, policy-relevant reports. These accessible reports
Robert Perito and Tariq Parvez
offer policymakers, practitioners, and scholars a distillation of expert research, lessons
August 2014
learned, and problem solving across the full gamut of conflict areas and themes that
USIP covers. Special Reports are available to download for free at usip.org. The list This report explores the role police stations could and should play and suggests defin-
below includes a sampling of the over 360 Special Reports that have published up to itive steps to that end.
January 2015. Check usip.org for new releases.
Civil Defense Groups: Developing Accountability
Bruce “Ossie” Oswald
Religion and Conflict in Nigeria
August 2014
John Paden
January 2015 This report addresses the increasingly common practice of state-sanctioned civil
defense groups—groups that governments have established or supported to provide
Focusing on the political countdown to Nigeria’s upcoming presidential elections, this report
security to communities when state security forces are unwilling or unable to do so.
assesses the apparent ethnoregional basis of the country’s two national political parties and
raises questions about the relationship of religious identity and internal conflict. Rethinking Afghan Local Governance Aid After Transition
Frances Z. Brown
Afghanistan’s Emerging Mining Oligarchy
August 2014
Javed Noorani
January 2015 This report assesses donor subnational governance assistance efforts in Afghani-
stan’s more remote and contested areas from 2009 to 2014 and recommends revised
This report addresses resource exploitation in Afghanistan’s mining sector and its
approaches going forward.
impact on the political economy and internal conflict.
Why Do Youth Join Boko Haram?
Using Technology in Nonviolent Activism against Repression
Freedom Onuoha
Kelly McKone, Maria J. Stephan, and Noel Dickover
June 2014
January 2015
Drawing on the results of a 2013 study in six northern Nigerian states, this report
This report presents some of the key points from a workshop sponsored by the Peace
addresses the question of how youth are radicalized and recruited into armed groups
Tech Lab and the Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacbuilding at
and what the Nigerian government and other interested actors can do to prevent it.
USIP about how activists and external actors can use the full range of technologies to
support the strategy and tactics of nonviolent civil resistance movements. Sharia and Women’s Rights in Afghanistan
Anastasiya Hozyainova
Talking with the Taliban:
May 2014
Should the Afghan Constitution Be a Point of Negotiation?
Sean Kane This report discusses recent efforts and future opportunities for using an Islamic perspective
January 2015 to promote women’s rights in Afghanistan based on interviews conducted between June
and October 2013 with legal aid and women’s rights organizations, activists, and donors.
This report examines the 2004 Afghan constitution as a point of negotiation in a pro-
spective conflict settlement process between the Afghan government and the Taliban. The Afghan National Police in 2015 and Beyond
Michelle Hughes
Preventing Violent Extremism in Kyrgyzstan
May 2014
Jacob Zenn and Kathleen Kuehnast
October 2014 This report looks at the Afghan National Police as Afghanistan shifts from a war footing
and coalition forces draw down.
This report offers perspectives on the national and regional dynamics of violent extrem-
ism with respect to Kyrgyzstan. New Technologies in Constitution Making
Jason Gluck and Brendan Ballou
Religious Authority and the Promotion of Sectarian Tolerance in Pakistan
Mary 2014
Michael Kalin and Niloufer Siddiqui
October 2014 This report explores the role of new technologies in increasing participation of con-
stitution making.
This report examines the determinants of religious tolerance in Pakistan, particularly
among Shias and Sunnis, and the role that religious authorities may play in reducing Dispute Resolution and Justice Provision in Yemen’s Transition
sectarian prejudice. Erica Gaston and Nadwa al-Dawsari
April 2014
This report focuses on the different means of dispute resolution available to citizens in
Yemen and how these practices were affected by the 2011 crisis and transition phase
that followed.

A Rough Guide to Afghan Youth Politics What’s Next for Security in the Niger Delta?
Gran Hewad and Casey Garret Johnson Aaron Sayne
April 2014 May 2013
This report builds on several initiatives by USIP to explore how a growing youth popula- Based on interviews with a wide range of stakeholders, this report assesses the 2009
tion and an increasing number of young political leaders are reshaping Afghan politics. federal amnesty program for local militants. It also analyzes possible future conflict
triggers and trends for the delta.
Process Lessons Learned in Yemen’s National Dialogue
Erica Gaston Empowering the Pakistan Police
February 2014 Robert M. Perito and Tariq Parvez
May 2013
This report is part of a USIP effort to explore how transition processes in Yemen affect
the country’s rule of law, justice, and security. This reports looks at how by adopting innovative solutions for improving police-com-
munity relations, Pakistan can also increase the effectiveness of their efforts to
Youth Mobilization and Political Constraints in Afghanistan counter terrorism.
Anna Larson and Noah Coburn
January 2014 Mali’s Precarious Democracy and the Causes of Conflict
Susanna D. Wing
Drawing on over a hundred interviews, this report examines the potential space for
May 2013
youth in Afghanistan’s political landscape, highlighting some of the major issues
confronting young people that are likely to be common in other parts of Afghanistan. This report seeks to explain the fragile nature of Malian democracy before the 2012
coup and the origins of the current crisis.
The Other Side of Gender:
Men as Critical Agents of Change Establishing a Mining Sector in Postwar South Sudan
Joseph Vess, Gary Barker, Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini, and Alexa Hassink David Deng, Paul Mertenskoetter, and Luuk van de Vondervoort
December 2013 April 2013
This report aims to complement and further the work of the women, peace, and security This report provides an initial examination on the underdocumented issue of mining in
agenda through a discussion of the formation of male identities, drivers of conflict, and South Sudan and seeks to provide the government of South Sudan with evidence-based
the effects of conflict on male identities. recommendations that can help it to develop a regulatory framework that will provide
equitable benefits to all concerned parties.
Extractive Industries and Peacebuilding in Afghanistan
Sadaf Lakhani Iraq’s Budget as a Source of Political Stability
November 2013 James D. Savage
March 2013
This report argues that integrating social accountability measures into governance of
the extractive industry can help alleviate violent conflict by ensuring a more equitable This report examines coalition efforts to strengthen the Iraqi government, provide
distribution of the benefits as well as facilitate greater confidence in the state and a essential services and infrastructure, and counter the insurgency by building Iraq’s
molding of the social contract. budgetary system.
2014 Presidential and Provincial Council Elections in Afghanistan Mitigating Media Incitement to Violence in Iraq:
Zekria Barakzai A Locally Driven Approach
November 2013 Maureen Taylor and Theo Dolan
March 2013
This report examines the 2014 elections in Afghanistan.
This report outlines the collaborative process developed over a four-year period to
Documentation and Transitional Justice in Afghanistan enable Iraqi media, regulators, and members of civil society to mitigate inflammatory
Patricia A. Gossman content broadcast on satellite television stations.
September 2013
Pakistan and the Narratives of Extremism
This report discusses efforts in Afghanistan to archive existing documentation and
Amil Khan
make it available to anyone researching human rights violations and justice issues.
March 2013
Countering Violent Extremism: A Peacebuilding Perspective This report focuses on the inroads extremist narratives have made in Pakistani society.
Georgia Holmer
September 2013 Justifying the Means: Afghan Perceptions of Electoral Processes
Noah Coburn and Anna Larson
This report explores the nexus of counter violent extremism (CVE) and peacebuilding
March 2013
and is written for counterterrorism and CVE experts and peacebuilders.
This report focuses on local perceptions of the 2014 presidential elections in Afghanistan.
Criminalizing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by Peacekeepers
Carla Ferstman Perceptions of Politically Engaged, Influential Afghans on the Way Forward
September 2013 Omar Samad
March 2013
This report informs the international community on the challenges to investigating
and prosecuting peacekeepers who sexually exploit and abuse the civilians they are This report draws on the results of an in-country survey of politically engaged and
meant to protect. influential Afghan citizens.
Midterm Challenges in Nigeria: Elections, Parties, and Regional Conflict

John Paden
May 2013
This report assesses the emerging political party system at the midpoint and searches
for lessons from the country ‘s historic pattern of election-related conflict.

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Natural Disasters as Threats to Peace Afghanistan’s Civil Order Police: Victim of Its Own Success
Frederick S. Tipson Robert M. Perito
February 2013 May 2012
This report highlights increasing dangers to U.S. citizens and international threats This report describes the efforts of the NATO-led coalition forces in Afghanistan to
to peace from expected increases in the number and scale of extreme natural events create an Afghan constabulary force to control urban violence and serve as a coun-
across the globe. terinsurgency force.
Wartime Sexual Violence: Lessons from Women’s Programs in Afghanistan and Iraq
Misconceptions, Implications, and Ways Forward Kathleen Kuehnast, Manal Omar, Steven E. Steiner, and Hodei Sultan
Dara Kay Cohen, Amelia Hoover Green, and Elisabeth Jean Wood March 2012
February 2013
Recognizing that women’s empowerment contributes significantly to stability, USIP
This report summarizes ten major misconceptions about wartime sexual violence, out- convened experts to assess what has been learned in developing women’s programs in
lining for policymakers the current state of knowledge about wartime sexual violence, Afghanistan and Iraq and to establish best practices for future programs in conflict zones.
gaps in existing knowledge, and the implications of these findings for policymaking.
Gender and Statebuilding in South Sudan
Police Transition in Afghanistan Nada Mustafa Ali
Donald J. Planty and Robert M. Perito December 2011
February 2013
This report examines the risks and opportunities associated with gender and state
This report examines the Afghan National Police before the transition in 2014 and is building in South Sudan, analyzes priorities that South Sudanese women interviewees
based on interviews conducted in Kabul, Afghanistan, with senior U.S. and Afghan identified, and recommends ways to make the new state responsive to and reflective
officials concerned with the Afghan National Police development program in Septem- of the needs of all South Sudanese women and men.
ber 2012.
Who Controls Pakistan’s Security Forces?
Conflict Dynamics in Gilgit-Baltistan Shuja Nawaz
Izhar Hunzai December 2011
January 2013
The report discusses the complex political landscape in which Pakistan’s civilian and
This report explores sectarian conflict in the remote, mountainous Gilgit-Baltistan military authorities operate, identifies the challenges facing Pakistan’s civilian govern-
region of Pakistan. ment in the face of the military’s expanding role, and suggests a realignment of roles
increased expertise for civilian officials in security matters, and better civilian-military
Enabling Agricultural Extension for Peacebuilding coordination.
Donald J. Planty
December 2012 Police Corruption: What Past Scandals Teach about Current Challenges
David Bayley and Robert Perito
This report draws on the discussions and conclusions of a conference on security sector
November 2011
transformation in North Africa and the Middle East hosted by USIP’s Center of Innova-
tion for Security Sector Governance on May 10, 2012. The study attempts to determine whether past scandals can help us deal more effec-
tively with the contemporary problems of nation building and police reform.
The U.S. Surge and Afghan Local Governance: Lessons for Transition
Frances Z. Brown Youth in Rwanda and Burundi: Contrasting Visions
September 2012 Marc Sommers and Peter Uvin
October 2011
This report focuses on both the U.S. military’s localized governance, reconstruction,
and development projects and U.S. civilian stabilization programming in Afghanistan This report compares the results of parallel research projects carried out among impov-
from 2009 through 2012. erished, nonelite youth in postconflict Rwanda and Burundi.
Lessons from Afghanistan’s History for the Current Transition and Beyond NGOs and Nonstate Armed Actors:
William Byrd Improving Compliance with International Norms
September 2012 Claudia Hofmann and Ulrich Schneckener
July 2011
This report identifies broad historical patterns and distills relevant lessons that may be
applicable to policies during the 2011 to 2014 transition and beyond. Two seasoned NGOs engage nonstate combatants on international human rights law to
get them to change behaviors, from eliminating use of landmines to protecting civilians.
Religion and Peacebuilding:
Reflection on Current Challenges and Future Prospects Toward a New Republic of Sudan
Susan Hayward Jon Temin and Theodore Murphy
August 2012 June 2011
This report tracks the history and context of religious peacebuilding and identifies the This report examines the political landscape in the future Republic of Sudan leading
particular challenges it faces as it moves into the future. up to South Sudan’s secession in July, analyzes ongoing political processes intended
to resolve critical issues, and makes recommendations for implementing a more com-
What Is Boko Haram? prehensive approach.
Andrew Walker
June 2012
This report addresses conflicting narratives that have grown up around Boko Haram,
the questions stemming from these narratives, and suggests how the group can be
contained.

Conflict in the Niger Delta: More Than a Local Affair Donor Aid Challenges in Shaping Incentive Programs and Spurring Afghan Reform
Chris Newsom Trent Ruder
June 2011 November 2014
This report draws on the experiences of the author and Stakeholder Democracy Network This Peace Brief reviews the complexities of using incentive mechanisms to encourage
over the past four years in the Niger Delta. Afghan reforms.
Breaking the Cycle of Electoral Violence in Nigeria Pakistan’s Resurgent Sectarian War
Ebere Onwudiwe and Chloe Berwind-Dart Arif Rafiq
December 2010 November 2014
This report offers a brief overview of electoral violence in Nigeria, examines Nigeria’s This report gives an overview of the history of sectarian conflict between Sunni
prospects for a nonviolent political transition in 2011, and concludes with recommen- Deobandi and Shia militant and political organizations in Pakistan, focusing on their
dations for a safer, more secure polling season. indigenous roots and regional linkages.
Rethinking Truth and Reconciliation Commissions: Licensing Afghan Opium for Medicinal Use: Why It Won’t Work
Lessons from Sierra Leone William A. Byrd and David Mansfield
Rosalind Shaw September 2014
February 2005
This Peace Brief reflects the authors’ concern that a search for simplistic, one-dimen-
Shaw analyzes the contentious relationship among memory, healing, and reconciliation sional solutions to Afghanistan’s opium problem would backfire.
in these contrasting arenas and critically examines the purported therapeutic and
conciliatory effects of TRCs. Creating Spaces for Effective CVE Approaches
Georgia Holmer
www.terror.net: September 2014
How Modern Terrorism Uses the Internet
Using Kenya as an example, the author explores how promoting a more nuanced under-
Gabriel Weimann
standing of radicalization can help reach those who are at risk of being pushed and
March 2004
pulled into extremist violence.
Gabriel Weimann identifies no fewer than eight different ways in which terrorists are
using the Internet to advance their cause. Afghanistan’s Looming Fiscal Crisis: What Can Be Done?
William A. Byrd
Post-Genocidal Reconstruction: August 2014
Building Peace in Rwanda and Burundi
This Peace Brief looks at Afghanistan’s economic transition.
John Prendergast and David Smock
September 1999 Maximizing the Impact of Aid to Pakistan:
This report examines the state of affairs in Rwanda and Burundi, the impact of these Leverage Reform and Local Capacity
countries on the region, the region’s effect on them, and ways to advance political and Richard Albright
economic participation and the rule of law. July 2014
Overcoming Pakistan’s many challenges, and meeting the development needs of its
people, requires working through the institutions of Pakistani governance if sustain-
able impacts are to be achieved.
Engaging Afghan Religious Leaders for Women’s Rights

PEACE BRIEFS Palwasha L. Kakar
June 2014
Peace Briefs are intended for a broad audience and provide topical news analysis and
policy recommendations related to USIP’s mission and work. Peace Briefs are available to This Peace Brief explores ideas of how to create positive and sustainable change in
download for free at usip.org. The list below includes a sampling of the more than 180 regards to the relationship between women’s rights and religious leaders in Afghanistan.
Peace Briefs that have published up to January 2015. Check usip.org for new releases.
Former U.N. Peacekeepers:
Agents of Cultural Change in Pakistan’s Police
Muhammad Quraish Khan
Forging Afghanistan’s National Unity Government June 2014
Ali Jalali
This Peace Brief examines how Pakistani alumni of international peacekeeping operations can
January 2015
help transmit professional values and expertise to strengthen the Pakistani police services.
Jalali presents an overview of the Afghanistan National Unity Government, including
challenges it faces for sustainability and opportunities in its future. The Constitutional Process in Ukraine: Issues in Play
Dominik Tolksdorf
Exploitation of Mineral Resources in Afghanistan Without May 2014
Government Revenues or Development Benefits
The Geneva agreement of April 17, 2014, signed by representatives of Ukraine, Russia,
William A. Byrd and Javed Noorani
the European Union, and the United States, stipulates a constitutional process and the
November 2014
immediate establishment of a broad national dialogue in Ukraine. This article examines
Byrd and Noorani look at the mining sector in Afghanistan, including an overview of the main issues in the constitutional process and outlines possible procedures.
five case studies.

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INSIGHTS
The Insights newsletter highlights the intersection between theory and practice in
the peacebuilding field. Insights is published quarterly and is available to download
for free at usip.org.
Insights, Fall 2014

This issue explores the theory and practice of reconciliation and includes contributions
by Elizabeth Cole, Graeme Simpson, Valerie Rosoux, Brandon Hamber, Kemal Pervanic,
and Susan Thomson.
Insights, Summer 2014

This issue includes contributions on the subject of resilience as a peacebuilding prac-
tice from Lauren Van Metre, Beatrice Pouligny, Jon Kurtz, Jason Calder, Lucy V. Moore,
and Kenneth Menkhaus.
Insights, Spring 2014

This first edition of Insights is dedicated to countering violent extremism (or CVE)
as a field of theory relevant to peacebuilding practice. This issue features Steven
Heydemann, Naureen Chowdhury Fink, Dr. John Horgan, Tom Parker, Michael Olufemi
Sodipo, and Nadia Naviwala.

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UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE PRESS

The United States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan, national

The United States Institute of Peace Press is committed to publishing leading

Connect with us:

Cover photo by Tom Finzel, www.flickr.com/photos/tfinzel.

Conflict Analysis .................................................................................................................................................... 2

Cross-Cultural Negotiation ........................................................................................................................................ 2

Arms Control ......................................................................................................................................................... 5

Ethnic Conflict ...................................................................................................................................................... 5

International Law .................................................................................................................................................. 6

International Systems ............................................................................................................................................ 7

Negotiation, Diplomacy, and Foreign Policy ................................................................................................................ 8

Latin America .................................................................................................................................................. 11

Middle East ..................................................................................................................................................... 11

Religion, Ethics, and Human Rights.......................................................................................................................... 13

SPECIAL REPORTS .......................................................................................................................................................... 16

PEACE BRIEFS .............................................................................................................................................................. 19

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How Germans Negotiate: Russian Negotiating Behavior: Continuity and Transition

A Strategy for Stable Peace:

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Transitional Justice: Conducting Track II Peacemaking

Peacebuilding Peacemaking in International Conflict:

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The Israeli-Syrian Peace Talks:

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Ukraine and Russia: A Fraternal Rivalry

Model Codes for Post-Conflict Criminal Justice:

Volume I: Model Criminal Code

Vivienne O’Connor and Colette Rausch, editors

Distinguished diplomat James Goodby looks at how Russia and the

Of unparalleled breadth, depth, and authority, Model Codes for

Vivienne O'Connor and Colette Rausch, editors

Post-Conflict Criminal Justice is a criminal law reform tool tailored to

the needs of countries emerging from conflict.

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Managing Fighting Forces: DDR in Peace Processes

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The Go-Between: Jan Eliasson and the Styles of Mediation

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Partner to History: Bargaining for Peace:

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NATO Transformed: Latin America

Russia Revolutionary Movements in Latin America:

Russia and Its New Diasporas

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Suicide Bombers in Iraq: The Strategy and Ideology of Martyrdom

Reluctant Neighbor: Turkey’s Role in the Middle East

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Islam and Democracy: Religious Perspectives on War:

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Justice in Transition in Yemen:

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Midterm Challenges in Nigeria: Elections, Parties, and Regional Conflict

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Engaging Afghan Religious Leaders for Women’s Rights

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Insights, Fall 2014

Insights, Summer 2014