Organizations
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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Center for Conflict Analysis & Prevention.
Center for Post-Conflict Peace & Stability Operations.
These Centers are within USIP. The United States Institute of Peace
is an independent, nonpartisan, national institution established and funded
by Congress. Its goals are to help: Prevent and resolve violent international
conflicts; Promote post-conflict stability and development; Increase
conflict management capacity, tools, and intellectual capital worldwide. The
Institute does this by empowering others with knowledge, skills, and
resources, as well as by directly engaging in peacebuilding efforts around
the globe.
Center for Strategic & International Studies.
A bipartisan, nonprofit organization headquartered in
Washington, DC, CSIS conducts research and analysis and develops policy
initiatives that look into the future and anticipate change.
Search for publications at: http://www.csis.org
Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library.
Select: "Stability Operations & Support Operations"
Department of
International Development (UK)
The Department for International Development (DFID) is the part of
the UK government that manages Britain's aid to poor countries and works to
get rid of extreme poverty. We are led by a cabinet minister, one of the
senior ministers in the government.
Freedom House
Freedom House is widely recognized as the
definitive source
of information on the state of freedom around the globe. Freedom
House’s four annual surveys,
Freedom in the
World,
Freedom of the Press,
Nations
in Transit, and
Countries at the Crossroads are available in their entirety on the
Internet, along with numerous
special reports.
Note
Countries at the Crossroads
is an annual survey of government performance in 60 strategically
important countries worldwide that are at a critical crossroads in
determining their political future. The in-depth comparative analyses and
quantitative ratings – examining government accountability, civil liberties,
rule of law, anticorruption efforts and transparency – are intended to help
international policymakers identify areas of progress, as well as to
highlight areas of concern that could be addressed in diplomatic efforts and
reform assistance.
Fund for Peace
Failed States Index. " ..Third annual Failed States Index - which has
been expanded to include 177 countries. Hundreds of thousands of articles
from global and regional sources were collected from May to December 2006
using
Thomson Dialog. Utilizing our CAST software to do initial analysis of
these voluminous documents and with a review by experts.."
Organisation for Economic Development and
Cooperation
-The OECD
DAC Handbook on SSR: Supporting Security and Justice 2007 edition
Contains valuable tools to help encourage a dialogue on security and
justice issues and to support an SSR process through the assessment,
design and implementation phases. It also provides new guidance on
monitoring, review and evaluation of SSR programmes, and highlights how
to ensure greater coherence across the different actors and departments
engaged in SSR.
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The Fragile States Group
is a unique forum that brings together experts on governance, conflict
prevention and reconstruction from bilateral and multilateral
development co-operation agencies to facilitate co-ordination and share
good practice to enhance development effectiveness in ‘fragile states’.
-Principles
for Good International Engagement in Fragile States
Development Ministers and Heads of Agencies endorsed the Principles
for Good International Engagement in Fragile States at the High Level
Meeting of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) on 3-4 April 2007
in Paris. This endorsement signals a commitment to adapt our approach,
policies and business practices to improve our engagement in fragile
states. The DAC Fragile States Group will support implementation of the
Principles, already piloted in nine countries, in all fragile states and
at donors' headquarters.
International Peace Institute (formerly "International Peace Academy")
IPI is an independent, international institution dedicated to
promoting the prevention and settlement of armed conflicts between and
within states through policy research and development.
Search reports at:
http://www.ipacademy.org/Publications/Publications.htm
Institute
for Foreign Policy Analysis
IFPA is an independent, nonpartisan research organization
specializing in national security, foreign policy, and defense issues.
Publications
Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College.
Search Pubs & Papers (type in subject)
United Nations.
Search for publications at: http://www.un.org
U.S. Army War College.
Search for publications at:
http://www.carlisle.army.mil/index.shtml
United States Institute of Peace.
Search for publications at:
http://www.usip.org
Internet Resources:
Biomedical
Literature Resources for Countries outside of the U.S. April 2010
Access to biomedical literature in time of medical crisis can be
challenging to countries without robust library systems. The National
Institutes of Health has complied a list of sources that provide free or low
cost access to biomedical literature for underdeveloped or developing
countries.
Building on Brahimi: Peacekeeping in an era of
strategic uncertainty. April 2009
Bruce Jones, Richard Gowan, Jake Sherman. Center for
International Cooperation
The politics of peacekeeping: crisis and opportunity. United Nations
peace operations face an extended and dangerous period of strategic
uncertainty. A series of setbacks have coincided with military overstretch
and the financial crisis, raising the risk that UN peacekeeping may
contract, despite high demand. Much would be lost if it did.
Combating Serious Crimes in Post-Conflict Societies: A handbook for
policymakers and practioners
USIP 2006
This path-breaking volume fills a major gap in the literature on efforts to
rebuild societies emerging from conflict. Drawing on firsthand experience in
tackling organized and other destabilizing crime in Kosovo, Bosnia,
Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere, it distills that practical, hard-won
knowledge into lessons and guidance for policymakers and practitioners who
must face similar challenges. No similar work exists anywhere.
Conducting Conflict
Assessments: Guidance Notes 05/09
This booklet aims to provide staff at the Department for International
Development (DFID) and partner bilateral and multilateral agencies with a
resource to help: analyze conflict; better assess conflict related risks
associated with development or humanitarian assistance; and develop options
for more conflict sensitive policies and programmes.
This strategic framework, one in a series of peacebuilding frameworks
being developed by USIP, provides a sophisticated, but easily
understandable way of conceptualizing conflict prevention. The framework
is organized around a desired end state of "stable peace." The core of
the framework is found in the leadership responsibilities and key
objectives. The key objectives are divided into three broad, potentially
complementary preventive strategies—mitigate global risks, mitigate
societal risks, halt and reverse escalation—and a series of objectives
under each. The framework is designed to be useful to a wide range of
conflict prevention practitioners—from policymakers to local field
workers.
Cross-Strait Security Initiative 08/2009
The purpose of this (CSIS) project is to serve as a repository for material
to aid specialists and laymen alike in better understanding the many
complexities and nuances of cross-Strait affairs.
A DFID
(Dept. of International Development) practice paper How to note: Country
Governance Analysis 04/2009
This Note provides operational guidance on how to conduct a
Country Governance Analysis. The Note is aimed mainly at country office
staff involved in preparing this analysis as part of the country planning
process. It aims to promote a consistent approach across DFID to ensure the
analysis is clearly presented and based on common principles. The exact
scope and content of any CGA will depend on the country context.
Equipping
USAID for Success. 07/2009
“Equipping USAID for Success” contains an analysis of overall development
funding from the U.S. Government, and its distribution across agencies
compared to their abilities and execution.
The Evolving Global Environment of Crisis and Crisis Response (2009)
Feinstein International Center
This program emerged from our previous work on 'Humanitarian Agenda 2015,'
the 'Ambiguity and Change' project, and the earlier work of the
'Humanitarianism and War' project. These projects sought to understand local
perceptions of international processes, global drivers of crisis, and the
relationship between international institutions (such as armed forces and
humanitarian actors) and crisis-affected populations. The five projects
included in our plan for 2009-2011 continue with these basic themes, but
further develop our depth of knowledge in these areas. We will then use this
knowledge to inform the debate around the future of humanitarian aid in
crisis and also to better inform the actions of aid agencies, military
forces, and the corporate sector. The five projects in this program are
summarized below:
Preparing for
Humanitarian Crises of the Future
The Humanitarian Agenda 2015
"Winning Hearts and Minds?" Understanding the Relationship between Aid and
Security
Humanitarianism and Corporate Social Responsibility
Crisis and Social Transformation in Nepal
Index of State Weakness
in the Developing World
Susan E. Rice and Stewart Patrick, The
Brookings Institution and Center for Global Development, 2008
This paper presents the
Index of State Weakness in the Developing
World (hereafter, the Index), which
ranks all 141 developing countries according to their relative performance
in four critical spheres: economic, political, security, and social
welfare.6 We define weak states as countries that lack the essential
capacity and/or will to fulfill four sets of critical government
responsibilities: fostering an environment conducive to sustainable and
equitable economic growth; establishing and maintaining legitimate,
transparent, and accountable political institutions; securing their
populations from violent conflict and controlling their territory; and
meeting the basic human needs of their population.
Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq
Department of Defense. Quarterly Reports.
Nation Building Studies
New State Department Releases on the "Future of Iraq" Project
Department of State. New documents provide details on budgets,
interagency coordination and working group progress. Posting Includes
State's 13-Volume Study Previously Released Under FOIA.
Oversight or Overlooked? Civil
Society's Role in Monitoring and Reforming Security Systems
and the Practice of Counterterrorism.
03/2009
Alistair Millar.
Fourth Freedom
Forum
This report considers civil society’s role in monitoring
Security System Reform (SSR) and counterterrorism both in
policy and in practice. The report argues that civil society
engagement, particularly with local actors, is central to
ensuring proper civilian oversight and the overall
effectiveness of both SSR and counterterrorism efforts and
examines how efforts to engage civil society may be
improved. The report begins by looking at how the concepts
of both SSR and counterterrorism have evolved in recent
years, tracing that evolution within the Organization for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Development
Assistance Committee (DAC) and the United Nations.
Prevention, Conflict Analysis, Reconstruction.
(CSIS)
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blocked from secured computer access.
Rand
Reports
Search for publications at:
http://www.rand.org/pubs/
Reuters
Foundation Alertnet
News alert service covering global humanitarian crisis events. Searchable by
region, crisis type or general topic.
Securing Health: Lessons From Nation-Building Missions.
Seth
G. Jones. 2006.
Transforming for Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations.
Edited by Hans Binnendijk and Stuart Johnson.
United States Australia Report on Operational Level Interoperability
United States and Australia Report on Operational Level Interoperability is
a comprehensive study in interoperability between the two defence forces.
Search for publication at:
http://www.defence.gov.au/capability/Interoperability/Interoperability_Documents.asp
USIP
Resources and Tools
USIP regularly publishes an array of comprehensive
analysis and policy recommendations on current international affairs issues,
especially on the prevention and resolution of conflict. USIP resources also
include practical tools, training and courses for conflict resolution and
peacebuilding.
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