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    The International Peace Institute (IPI) is an independent, international not-for-profit think tank dedicated to managing risk and building resilience to promote peace, security, and sustainable development. To achieve its purpose, IPI employs a mix of policy research, strategic analysis, publishing, and convening. With staff from around the world and a broad range of academic fields, IPI has offices facing United Nations headquarters in New York and an office in Manama.

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Author Simon Chesterman

Simon Chesterman

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  • Books 07-15-2005by Simon Chesterman

    You, the People: The United Nations, Transitional Administration, and State-Building

    The governance of post-conflict territories embodies a central contradiction: how does one help a population prepare for democratic governance and the rule of law by imposing a form of benevolent autocracy?Aimed at policy-makers, diplomats, and a wide academic audience (including international relations, political science, international law, and war studies), the book provides a concise history […]

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    Multilateral System, Peace and Justice
  • Policy Papers 07-15-2004by Simon Chesterman, Michael Ignatieff and Ramesh Thakur

    Making States Work: From State Failure to State-Building

    It is frequently assumed that the collapse of state structures, whether through defeat by an external power or as a result of internal chaos, leads to a vacuum of political power. This is rarely the case.

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    State Fragility
  • Policy Papers 11-15-2003by Simon Chesterman

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

    This, the final report of the Transitional Administrations project, surveys the brief history of UN transitional administration, before elaborating on three contradictions that have emerged in the conduct of such operations.

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    Multilateral System
  • Meeting Notes 01-15-2003by Simon Chesterman

    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).Download

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    Multilateral System
  • Policy Papers 09-15-2002by Simon Chesterman

    Justice Under International Administration: Kosovo, East Timor and Afghanistan

    This report emerged from the Transitional Administrations Project, comparing the UN’s judicial reconstruction efforts in Kosovo, East Timor, and Afghanistan.

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    Peace and Justice
  • Policy Papers 09-15-2002by Simon Chesterman

    Tiptoeing Through Afghanistan: The Future of UN Statebuilding, Simon Chesterman

    A report from the Transitional Administrations Project, examining UNAMA’s involvement in statebuilding activities in Afghanistan.

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    Peacebuilding
  • Meeting Notes 07-14-2002by Simon Chesterman, rapporteur

    Discussions at the Release of the Responsibility to Protect

    A synopsis of the panel discussions at the February 15, 2002, release of the Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (ICISS), entitled The Responsibility to Protect.Download

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    Responsibility to Protect
  • Meeting Notes 07-13-2002by Simon Chesterman

    2002 Vienna Seminar: Central Asia’s First Decade of Independence: Promises and Problems

    The seminar examined how successfully the states of Central Asia have managed the challenges of peace and security, economic development, and governance in the first decade of their independence. The seminar also explored the prospect of enhancing cooperation both at the intra- and inter-regional level with the objective of strengthening the institutions entrusted with the […]

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    Governance
  • Meeting Notes 06-13-2002by Simon Chesterman and Béatrice Pouligny, rapporteurs

    The Politics of Sanctions

    This report draws upon insights shared at two meetings on sanctions convened by the International Peace Academy [now International Peace Institute] in Paris in November 2001 and London in March 2002.

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    Sanctions
  • Policy Papers 08-15-2001by Simon Chesterman

    Kosovo in Limbo: Statebuilding and “Substantial Autonomy”

    A report from the Transitional Administrations Project, examining statebuilding under the aegis of UNMIK, and considering questions on Kosovo’s autonomy.Download

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About the International Peace Institute

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