Policy Papers
2009
Managing Complexity, Caty Clement and Adam C. Smith, eds., June 2009
The Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) and Genocide Prevention in Africa, IPI, UN Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, and the InterAfrica Group, June 2009
Small Arms and Light Weapons, IPI Blue Papers no. 5
Countering Terrorism in South Asia: Strengthening Multilateral Engagement, Eric Rosand, Naureen Chowdhury Fink, and Jason Ipe, May 2009
Peace Operations, IPI Blue Papers no. 9
Weapons of Mass Destruction, IPI Blue Papers no.3
Conflict Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect, IPI Blue Papers #7
Private Military and Security Companies: A Framework for Regulation, James Cockayne and Emily Speers Mears
Policy Brief: Five Blueprints for Regulating the Global Security Industry
Transnational Organized Crime, IPI Blue Papers no. 2
West Africa: Governance and Security in a Changing Region , Abdel-Fatau Musah
2008
North Africa: New Challenges, Old Regimes, and Regional Security, Claire Spencer
Southern Africa: Threats and Capabilities, Gavin Cawthra
Eastern Africa: Security and the Legacy of Fragility, Gilbert M. Khadiagala
Governing the Global Economy: Strengthening Multilateral Institutions, by Ngaire Woods
Resource Scarcity: Responding to the Security Challenge, Richard A. Matthew, April 2008.
Taking Stock, Looking Forward: A Strategic Review of the Peacebuilding Commission, IPI and NYU Center on International Cooperation, April 2008
2007
Managing Contradictions: The Inherent Dilemmas of Postwar Statebuilding, Roland Paris and Timothy D. Sisk, November 2007.
The UN Security Council’s Counterterrorism Program: What Lies Ahead? , Eric Rosand, Alistair Millar, and Jason Ipe, October 2007.
Coping with Crisis Working Paper Series
Food Security: Vulnerability Despite Abundance, Marc Cohen, July 2007
Global Public Health and Biosecurity: Managing Twenty-First Century Risks , Margaret Kruk, July 2007.
Population Trends: Humanity in Transition, Joseph Chamie, June 2007.
Poverty and Conflict: The Inequality Link, Ravi Kanbur, June 2007.
Climate Change and Conflict: The Migration Link, Nils Petter Gleditsch, Idean Salehyan, and Ragnhild Nordås, May 2007.
Energy Security: Investment or Insecurity, Fatih Birol, May 2007.
Global Terrorism: Multilateral Institutional Responses to an Extraordinary Threat , Eric Rosand, April 2007.
Transnational Organized Crime: Multilateral Responses to a Rising Threat , James Cockayne, April 2007.
Nuclear Weapons: The Politics of Non-Proliferation , Christine Wing, April 2007.
Small Arms and Light Weapons: Towards Global Public Policy, Keith Krause, March 2007.
Ending Wars and Building Peace, Charles Call and Elizabeth Cousens, March 2007.
New Challenges for Peacekeeping: the “War on Terror”, Richard Gowan and Ian Johnstone, March 2007.
Peacemaking and Mediation: Dynamics of a Changing Field, Chester Crocker, March 2007.
Global Political Violence: Explaining the Post-Cold War Decline, Andrew Mack, March 2007.
Latin America and the Caribbean: Domestic and Transnational Insecurity, Arlene B. Tickner, February 2007.
Europe: Crises of Identity, Shada Islam, February 2007.
Central Asia and the Caucasus: A Vulnerable Crescent, Thomas de Waal and Anna Matveeva, February 2007.
Asia: Towards Security Cooperation, Michael Vatikiotis, February 2007.
Africa: Confronting Complex Threats, Kwesi Aning, February 2007.
The Middle East: Fragility and Crisis, Markus E. Bouillon, February 2007.
2006
Development and Security in the Pacific Island Region, M. Anne Brown, September 2006.
State-building and Constitutional Design after Conflict, Kirsti Samuels and Vanessa Wyeth, August 2006.
Commercial Security in Humanitarian and Post-Conflict Settings: An Exploratory Study, James Cockayne, March 2006.
Remittances in Conflict and Crises: How Remittances Sustain Livelihoods in War, Crises and Transitions to Peace, Patricia Weiss Fagen with Micah N. Bump. Policy Paper, February 2006. Full-length report; 4-pg summary report.
International Assistance to Countries Emerging from Conflict. A Review of Fifteen Years of Interventions and the Future of Peacebuilding, Alberto Cutillo. Policy paper, February 2006. Full-length report; 4-page summary.
Security-Development Nexus: Research Findings and Policy Implications, Security-Development Nexus Program Report
2005
"Securing the Rule of Law: Assessing International Strategies for Post-Conflict Criminal Justice," Reyko Huang. Policy Report, November 2005. Full-length report; 4-page summary report.
Taking the International Rule of Law Seriously, Laurence Boisson de Chazournes. Policy paper, October 2005. Full-length report; 4-page summary report.
Housing, Land, Property and Conflict Management: Identifying Policy Options for Rule of Law Programming, Agnes Hurwitz, Kaysie Studdard, and Rhodri Williams. Policy paper, October 2005. Full-length report; 4-page summary report.
In Good Company? The Role of Business in Security Sector Reform, Francesco Mancini. Policy Paper, October 2005. Full length report; 4-page summary report.
Kashmir: From Persistence to Progress? Cyrus Samii. Policy report, August 2005.
Rule of Law Programs in Peace Operations, Agnes Hurwitz and Kaysie Studdard. Policy Paper, August 2005. Full length report; 4-pg summary.
Police Reform in Post Conflict Societies: What We Know and What We Still Need to Know, William O’Neill. Policy Paper, April 2005. Full length report; 4-page summary.
2004
Business and International Crimes: Assessing the Liability of Business Entities for Grave Violations of International Law, 2004
Making States Work: From State Failure to State-Building, by Simon Chesterman, Michael Ignatieff, and Ramesh Thakur.(Making States Work, UNU Press, forthcoming)."EU-UN Partnership in Crisis Management: Developments and Prospects," Alexandra Novosseloff, July 2004.
The Future of UN State-Building: Strategic and Operational Challenges and the Legacy of Iraq, by Kirsti Samuels and Sebastian von Einsiedel.
Program on Economic Agendas in Civil Wars: Principle Research Findings and Policy Recommendations, by Karen Ballentine, May 2004.
War Economies in a Regional Context: Overcoming the Challenges of Transformation, by Kaysie Studdard.
“Peacebuilding
as the Link Between Peace and Security: Is the Window of Opportunity Closing?”
by
Necla Tschirgi, January 2004.
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