Books - June 15, 2003

The Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh: On the Difficult Road to Peace

Ending a two-decade-long armed insurgency, the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord was signed in December 1997 by the government of Bangladesh and the PCJSS, the political representative of the Hill people.  

Meeting Notes - June 14, 2003

Civil Society Perspectives from the Mano River Union

This report presents some of the views and themes discussed at the IPA [now IPI] Civil Society Dialogue on "Civil Society Perspectives from the Mano River Union (MRU)," held in New York on June 14, 2002.  

Books - June 03, 2003

The Political Economy of Armed Conflict: Beyond Greed and Grievance

Globalization, suggest the authors of this collection, is creating new opportunities—some legal, some illicit—for armed factions to pursue their agendas in civil war.  

Meeting Notes - May 12, 2003

Operationalizing the ECOWAS Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management, Resolution, Peacekeeping, and Security

This report summarizes the discussions held at the task force meeting, organized jointly by IPA [now IPI] and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which took place in Dakar, Senegal, on August 12-13, 2002.  

Meeting Notes - January 14, 2003

You, the People: Transitional Administration, Statebuilding and the United Nations

Report summarizing the discussions and recommendations at an IPA [now IPI] conference on UN Transitional Administrations (New York, October 18-19, 2002).

Meeting Notes - November 14, 2002

Options for Promoting Corporate Responsibility in Conflict Zones: Perspectives from the Private Sector

A report of the Working Group on The Role of Private Sector in Armed Conflict, held April 5, 2002, at the Mission of Luxembourg to the United Nations, to examine private sector actors perceptions of and experiences with certain key existing and prospective measures, both voluntary and regulatory, to manage their behavior in conflict zones.

Books - October 19, 2002

Ecuador vs. Peru: Peacemaking Amid Rivalry

Although the 1995 Cenepa war between Ecuador and Peru was the first military conflict in South America in more than five decades, the Ecuador-Peru relationship might be characterized as one of enduring rivalry—punctuated by the threat of armed combat.  

Books - October 15, 2002

Peacekeeping in East Timor: The Path to Independence

The UN intervention in East Timor amply illustrates the type of complex operation that the United Nations increasingly is being asked to undertake.  

Policy Papers - October 14, 2002

Economic Priorities for Peace Implementation

There has been surprisingly little systematic analysis of how economic factors contribute to the success or failure of peace agreements.  

Meeting Notes - October 13, 2002

Controlling Resource Flows to Civil Wars: A Review and Analysis of Current Policies and Legal Instruments

Background Paper for the Conference on Policies and Practices for Regulating Resource Flows to Armed Conflicts, co-sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation and held at the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Study and Conference Center, May 20 to 24, 2002, Bellagio, Italy.