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Books - May 13, 2004
West Africa's Security Challenges: Building Peace in a Troubled Region
The authors provide a context for understanding the region's security dilemmas, highlighting the link between failures of economic development, governance, and democratization on the one hand, and military insecurity and violent conflicts on the other.
Policy Papers - March 14, 2004
War Economies in a Regional Context
This policy report distills key findings from research commissioned by the International Peace Institute on the regional dimensions of war economies and the challenges they pose for peacemaking and peacebuilding. Drawing from analytical research as well as case studies of Afghanistan in Central Asia, Sierra Leone in West Africa, and Bosnia and Herzegovina in Southeast Europe, a number of key issues concerning the political economy of regional war economies and lessons for more effective peacebuilding were identified.
Meeting Notes - December 31, 2003
Transforming War Economies: Challenges for Peacemaking and Peacebuilding
From the Executive Summary: Policy analysis has produced important insights on the impact that the predatory and illicit exploitation of natural resources and the pervasive criminalization of economic life can have on conflict dynamics.
Books - June 15, 2003
From Cape to Congo: Southern Africa’s Evolving Security Challenges
From the ongoing war in Angola, to sporadic instability in Zimbabwe and Lesotho, to the conflict in the Congo, to issues of land reform and the ravages of AIDS, Southern Africa faces varied and complex threats to its peace and security.
Meeting Notes - April 12, 2003
A report summarizing the discussions held at the December 12-13, 2002, workshop held at German House in cooperation with UNDP's Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery.
Meeting Notes - November 14, 2002
Security and Development in Sierra Leone
A report from a workshop held in New York on June 10-11, 2002.
Meeting Notes - October 13, 2002
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.
Meeting Notes - September 13, 2002
Policies and Practices for Controlling Resource Flows in Armed Conflict
A conference report summarizing discussions at 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 20-24, 2002, Bellagio, Italy.
Meeting Notes - June 13, 2002
Democracy and Land Reform in Zimbabwe
A report on the February 25, 2002, IPA [now IPI] meeting in New York.
Books - June 15, 1998
Though its national life often has been characterized by violence, Haiti has not been victim of a full-fledged internal conflict, or civil war.
The Global Observatory
New Book by “Ground Zero” Imam: Moderation in the Face of Extremism
While promoting interfaith understanding, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf was attacked by extremists who used the issue to fan the flames of Islamophobia.
Key Global Events to Watch in May
A list of key upcoming meetings and events with implications for global affairs.
The Global Observatory is a new website by IPI, providing timely analysis on peace and security issues, interviews with leading policymakers, interactive maps, and more.