Policy Papers - July 14, 2004

EU-UN Partnership in Crisis Management: Developments and Prospects

This report summarizes findings from a one-year International Peace Institute project on relations between the United Nations (UN) and the European Union (EU) in the area of crisis management.  

Meeting Notes - October 14, 2003

The Regionalization of Conflict and Intervention

This report provides a brief analytical summary of the eighth annual IPI New York Seminar held on May 5-9, 2003, in West Point, New York.  

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 - 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.  

Policy Papers - July 14, 2002

Sharing Best Practices on Conflict Prevention

The UN does not act alone in conflict prevention. It is important for the UN to identify other actors with comparative advantages in certain aspects of conflict prevention, and to partner wisely with them.

Meeting Notes - July 13, 2002

Sharing Best Practices on Conflict Prevention: The UN, Regional and Subregional Organizations, National and Local Actors Workshop Report

A report summarizing the discussions at the April 8-10, 2002, Prevention program workshop held in partnership with the Swedish Institute in Alexandria, Egypt.

Books - June 15, 2002

From Reaction to Conflict Prevention: Opportunities for the UN System

Prevention of conflict is the first promise in the UN Charter, and yet, local parties, governments, and international organizations constantly betray it.  

Meeting Notes - April 13, 2002

Empowering Local Actors: the UN and Multi-Track Conflict Prevention

A report from the Conflict Prevention program covering the discussions on partnerships between the UN and civil society organizations in the cases of PRODERE in Central America, CIDP in Ukraine, and MARWOPNET in West Africa, from a December 10, 2001, policy workshop.

Policy Papers - January 14, 2002

From Promise to Practice: Strengthening UN Capacities for the Prevention of Violent Conflict

A report from the Project on Prevention, drawing out central lessons for the UN and other preventive actors from case studies on Kenya, Fiji, Tanzania, Tajikistan, Burundi, Georgia, East Timor, Liberia, and Colombia.  

Meeting Notes - October 13, 2001

Regional Approaches to Conflict Management in Africa

This report presents a summary of the presentations and discussions during a meeting of the UN Security Council, members of the UN Secretariat, and a select group of experts on conflict management efforts in Africa held on August 8, 2001.