Policy Papers - May 14, 2002

The Role of Civil Society in National Reconciliation and Peacebuilding in Liberia

A case study report from IPI's Civil Society Project recounting the efforts of civil society actors including human rights groups, media, and women's, religious, and student groups to foster peace, reconciliation, and democracy in Liberia.

Policy Papers - March 14, 2002

Sustainable Peace as Democratization: The Experiences of Haiti and Guatemala

Drawing upon the experience of international attempts to build lasting peace in Haiti and Guatemala, and also upon IPI's research and facilitation work in Haiti, the report offers some conclusions regarding the circumstances under which democratization and peacebuilding can become mutually reinforcing in fragile societies.  

Meeting Notes - December 13, 2001

Managing Security Challenges in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

The Second Working Group on ‘Managing Security Challenges in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding’, part of the International Peace Academy’s multi-year research project UN, NATO and Regional Actors in the 21st Century: Partners in Peace?, met in Ottawa on 21-23 June 2001.  

Meeting Notes - October 13, 2001

Towards Comprehensive Peacebuilding

Based on IPA [now IPI] 2001 New York Seminar, May 7-10, 2001.

Books - June 15, 2000

Peacebuilding as Politics: Cultivating Peace in Fragile Societies

Although the idea of postconflict peacebuilding appeared to hold great promise after the end of the Cold War, within a very few years the opportunities for peacebuilding seemed to pale beside the obstacles to it.  

Books - June 15, 1998

Building Peace in Haiti

Though its national life often has been characterized by violence, Haiti has not been victim of a full-fledged internal conflict, or civil war.  

Policy Papers - April 12, 1998

Peacebuilding in Democratic Republic of Congo

Preliminary assessment of the progress of peacebuilding efforts in the Kivu province in DRC. Also available in French.