Policy Papers

2008

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 Hawkins 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, February 2006.

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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