Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding Publications
59. Kosovo: A Solvable Problem
Jul 07, 2011This paper analyzes the prospects for peace and stability in Kosovo, including recent developments as well as possible future steps. The author asserts that to ensure an independent Kosovo will not be a source of instability, Albanians, who constitute over ninety percent of Kosovo’s population, must demonstrate their determination to govern democratically with full respect for the rights of other peoples in Kosovo, and in friendly relationships with all neighboring states. An independent Kosovo must also be embedded in a regional network of economic, political, and security cooperation intended to make the borders in the region transparent and to allow the people of the region to cooperate peacefully as they move together toward a closer relationship with Europe. more
ECSP Report 6: Event Summaries
Jul 07, 2011Event summaries from meetings sponsored by the Environmental Change and Security Program between June 1999 and May 2000. more
ECSP Report 4: Bibliography
Jul 07, 2011The following bibliography is a compilation of all entries from the three previous ECSP Reports and new additions from the last year. The Guide includes a wide range of publications, organized by theme, which relate to the various conceptions of environmental security. more
The Price of Neglect: From Resource Conflict to Maoist Insurgency in the Himalayan Kingdom
Jul 07, 2011Bishnu Upreti’s book, The Price of Neglect: From Resource Conflict to Maoist Insurgency in the Himalayan Kingdom was published in 2004, just as the Maoist insurgency was reaching a fever pitch and violence was spreading to the capital, Kathmandu. more
PECS News Issue 4 (Summer 2001)
Jul 07, 2011PECS News Issue 4 features discussions of the 2001 IFAD Rural Poverty Report and the film The Urban Explosion, and an article by Michigan International Development Associate John Williams on integrating population into conservation projects. more
Environmental Peacemaking: Conditions for Success
Jul 07, 2011Alexander Carius identifies the conditions under which environmental cooperation best facilitates conflict transformation and peacebuilding, and which forms of negotiation or stakeholder participation have been particularly successful. more
On Peacebuilding Practice: Meaning, Explicitness, Impacts and Opportunities
Jul 07, 2011Paper contribution to January 2010 seminar on environmental peacebuilding. more
U.S. Military and Environmental Security in the Gulf Region
Jul 07, 2011Oil spills, water shortages, earthquakes, and desertification are only some of the potential environmental threats to the Persian Gulf region’s security, but multilateral and regional efforts to address these problems could help build bridges between nations, writes Rear Admiral John F. Sigler, USN (Ret.). more
Exchange: Violent Environments
Jul 07, 2011ECSP invited Homer-Dixon, Peluso, and Watts to engage in a dialogue about Violent Environments, as well as the future of environmental security research.
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Event Summary: Navigating Peace
Jul 07, 2011Event summary for Navigating Peace: Generating New Thinking about Water. more
