Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding Publications
The Peace Process in Colombia with the ELN: The Role of Mexico
Jul 07, 2011The Mexican facilitator in the ELN peace talks, Ambassador Andrés Valencia, spoke at an off-the-record session at the Woodrow Wilson Center on June 21, 2005. The document that follows was authorized and cleared by Mexican authorities; it constitutes Ambassador Valencia's first-hand account of the attempt to arrange a meeting on Mexican soil between ELN military leaders and the Mexican facilitating team, an attempt that, after many months, ended in failure. more
Changes in U.S. Policy on Africa in the New Administration: What will it mean for AFRICOM?
Jul 07, 2011U.S. policy is dictated by global political and economic realities as well as domestic U.S. policy priorities. Not only is President Obama faced with the stark reality of an America perceived by many to have lost its moral compass in an increasingly multi-polar world where American power and resource capacities are dwindling and its leadership role being challenged, but the priorities of policy and resource allocation must remain for the short and near-terms on the domestic economic crisis, the two unpopular wars he has inherited and traditional national interest priorities. In the realm of foreign affairs, this means that Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Japan and China will continue to be the highest priorities and, as the developing world intersects with those policy priorities, it will be mostly in the form of India, Brazil, and, perhaps, South Africa. more
Simulation Addressing the FDLR Issue
Jul 07, 2011À un moment où la situation à l’Est, et plus particulièrement la question relative à la présence de groupes armés étrangers dans la région (FDLR, Interhamwe, Ex-FAR, etc.), fait l’objet de consultations et de débats, tant au sein des hémicycles nationaux (Assemblée nationale et Sénat) qu’avec la communauté internationale (au sein de la MONUC et lors de la visite du Conseil de sécurité du 20 juin dernier), il semblait opportun qu’un exercice informel de cohésion nationale sur la question de ces groupes armés soit organisé dans l’après-midi des 19, 21 et 22 juin 2007. more
Democracy and Peace-building: Re-thinking the Conventional Wisdom
Jul 07, 2011Author Posting. (c) 'The Round Table Ltd', 2008.This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of 'The Round Table Ltd' for personal use, not for redistribution.The definitive version was published in The Round Table, Volume 97 Issue 394, February 2008.doi:10.1080/00358530701844742 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00358530701844742) more
Fighting to Survive
Jul 07, 2011A powerpoint presentation delivered on August 12th, 2005, describing the cases of seven former female child soldiers. more
Resolving the Three-Headed War from Hell: Seizing an Opportunity for Peace in Southern Sudan, Northern Uganda and Darfur
Jul 07, 2011In the third of the Africa Program Occasional Paper Series, noted Africa expert John Prendergast analyzes the interrelated crises plaguing Sudan and Uganda, and assesses what would be necessary to bring peace to the troubled region. more
From Moi to Kibaki: An Assessment of the Kenyan Transition
Jul 07, 2011In the first of the Africa Program Occasional Paper Series, Johnnie Carson, Senior Vice President of the National Defense University analyzes the recent political transition in Kenya, and its significance for the future of U.S.-Kenya relations. Johnnie Carson was U.S. ambassador to Kenya from 1999 to 2002. more
