Analyzes prospects for continued calm in Nigeria, especially the Niger Delta region.  Also covers the 2009 federal amnesty program for militants, and future conflict triggers and trends. From the United States Institute of Peace

How to make the police force more effective in countering violent extremism.  Derived from interviews with Pakistani police officials.  From the United States Institute of Peace

Looks at the fragile nature of Malian democracy before the 2012 coup and the origins of the current crisis.  From the United States Institute of Peace

Press release on newest United Nations peacekeeping mission, the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali or MINUSMA.  From the UN

Analyzes the dynamics and tendencies of social conflict in Latin America and provides clues on how to resolve conflicts.  From the United Nations Development Programme

Examines coalition efforts to strengthen the Iraqi government, provide essential services, and counter the insurgency by building Iraq’s budgetary system.  From the United States Institute of Peace

Describes the process developed over a four year period to enable Iraqi media, regulators, and members of civil society to reduce inflammatory content on television stations.  Involved analysis of content of Iraqi news broadcasts and development of guidelines.  From the United States Institute of Peace

Analyzes the prospects for success of the current peace talks between the Santos government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).  This report also provides background on the conflict and identifies its key players.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Summary from a May 2012 workshop on the contagious nature of violence and how prevention might follow the infectious disease model.  From the Institute of Medicine.

Summarizes ten major misconceptions about wartime sexual violence and the implications for policymaking.  From the United States Institute of Peace

Discusses recent developments in the region and obstacles to peace and independence.   From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Describes the struggle to strengthen the two East European countries, the dangers of Bosnian fragmentation, and the efforts of the European Union, the U.S., and the United Nations to oversee the Dayton Accords and bring stability to the region.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Reports on the recent Sunni-Shia sectarian conflict in a previously relatively peaceful mountainous region of Pakistan and offers ideas for how to reduce the strife.  From the United States Institute of Peace

How to avoid food shortages in conflict-ridden countries by developing decentralized, extension-based support for farmers at the local level.  From the  United States Institute of Peace

Practical steps and lessons learned in bringing peace to countries in transition from war.  Statements from a June 2012 seminar featuring women from Afghanistan and Iraq.  From the United States Institute of Peace

Discusses the major challenges facing the new Libyan regime and the importance of preventing it from becoming a failed state.  From the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College

Covers events in Libya since the attack on the U.S. embassy and the killing of the U.S. ambassador in September 2012.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Insights from a May 2012 conference on how reform of police and security organizations is a crucial step in building democracies.  From the United States Institute of Peace

Focuses on the U.S. military’s local governance and development projects and argues that the surge has not met its objectives due to three unrealistic U.S. assumptions.  From the United States Institute of Peace)

This report identifies broad historical patterns and distills relevant lessons that may be useful in shaping policies during the 2011 to 2014 transition.  From the United States Institute of Peace

Discusses how the business sector can promote prosperity and stability in conflict-prone areas.  From the United States Institute of Peace

This report tracks the history of religious peacebuilding with special attention to the Arab Spring and anxieties in the West about religion’s support for nonviolence.  From the United States Institute of Peace

Reviews the history of Georgia since it gained independence with the dissolution of the Soviet Union and U.S. efforts to assist economic development and encourage democratic reforms.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

This report examines the question of how to prevent conflicts between original inhabitants and later settlers of land in Nigeria.  From the United States Institute of Peace

This report informs the international community on the continuum of sexual violence in Peru, current legal practices in domestic courts, and the barriers that victim-survivors face in seeking justice.  From the United States Institute of Peace

This monograph considers both the future of Iraq and the differences/similarities between events in Iraq and the Arab Spring states as they attempt to create stable, democratic states.  From the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College

Claims that cooperation among the international community, the Afghan government, and local communities is being undermined by a series of myths which arise from the unstable conditions, perceived lack of shared interests, and handful of highly publicized incidents.  From the United States Institute of Peace

Describes the failure of peace efforts made by the United Nations and others to resolve conflicts over control of the Western Sahara between Morocco and rebel groups that seek independence from Morocco.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

This report is the first in a series of country-focused reports on reform of police and security services in North Africa.  From the United States Institute of Peace

Examines the peaceful referendum on independence in South Sudan and attempts to formulate lessons for conflict prevention in similar situations in other parts of the world.  From the United States Institute of Peace