Author: John N. Pade
Publisher: United States Institute of Peace
Keywords: state, nigeria, pivotal, series, world, muslim, politics, faith
Number of Pages: 180
Published: 2008-04-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1601270291
ISBN-13: 9781601270290

As the most populous country in Africa and a major oil producer, Nigeria has long been recognized as the dominant force in West Africa. But its standing within the broader international arena, especially its comparative position within the Muslim world, has been less well understood. Indeed, does Nigeria’s influence extend beyond the region?In this concise volume, John N. Paden answers this very question, contending that Nigeria is globally significant for a multitude of reasons, not least of which for the political resiliency it has demonstrated despite its complex ethnolinguistic and r

Authors:Daniel C. Kurtzer, Scott B. Lasensky,
Publisher: United States Institute of Peace Pre
Keywords: leadership, middle, east, american, peace, arab, israeli, negotiating
Number of Pages: 210
Published: 2008-03-15
List price: $16.50
ISBN-10: 1601270305
ISBN-13: 9781601270306

As Washington struggles to revive the Arab-Israeli peace process, Kurtzer and Lasensky offer the definitive guidebook on how to broker peace in the Middle East. Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace sets forth a compelling, interests-based framework for American engagement in the peace process; provides a critical assessment of U.S. diplomacy since the end of the Cold War; and offers a set of ten core lessons to guide the efforts of future American negotiators. This concise volume is the product of the United States Institute of Peace s Study Group on Arab-Israeli Peacemaking, which brings together s

Authors:Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson, Pamela Aall
Publisher: United States Institute of Peace
Keywords: complex, world, mediation, multiparty, cats, herding
Number of Pages: 768
Published: 1999-12-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1878379925
ISBN-13: 9781878379924

Herding Cats offers o in-depth studies of multiparty mediation o behind-the-scenes accounts of mediators o conceptual frameworks o practicable lessons An illustrious cast of practitioners here describe their personal experiences in working to bring peace in significant conflicts across four continents. In each case, mediation was a multiparty effort, involving a range of actors working simultaneously or sequentially. Herding Cats was developed by the same editors who were responsible for USIP Press’s highly successful 1996 publication MANAGING GLOBAL CHAOS and is intended as a follow-on

Author: Debra Liang-Fento
Publisher: United States Institute of Peace
Keywords: policies, practices, agendas, policy, human, rights, implementing
Number of Pages: 524
Published: 2004-01-01
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 1929223498
ISBN-13: 9781929223497

Since the 1970s, the promotion of human rights has been an explicit goal of U.S. foreign policy. Successive presidents have joined with senators and representatives, hundreds of NGOs, and millions of ordinary citizens in deploring human rights abuses and urging that American power and influence be used to right such wrongs. Vigorous debates, bold declarations, and well-crafted legislation have shaped numerous policies designed to counter abuses and promote U.S. values across the globe.But have such policies actually worked?This incomparable volume answers that question by spotlighting no fewer

Authors:Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson, Pamela Aall
Publisher: United States Institute of Peace
Keywords: divided, world, management, conflict, dogs, war, leashing
Number of Pages: 800
Published: 2007-01-01
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 1929223978
ISBN-13: 9781929223978

The definitive volume on the sources of contemporary conflict and the array of possible responses to it.

Author: Jean-Marc Coicaud
Publisher: United States Institute of Peace
Keywords: era, primacy, multilateralism, peacekeeping, interest, future, national
Number of Pages: 338
Published: 2007-11-01
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 1601270089
ISBN-13: 9781601270085

Coicaud presents a thoughtful and wide-ranging survey of the UN’s contribution to peacekeeping and world politics after the Cold War.

Author: Warren P. Strobel
Publisher: United States Institute of Peace
Keywords: influence, peace, operations, media, news, foreign, policy, breaking
Number of Pages: 275
Published: 1997-06-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1878379674
ISBN-13: 9781878379672

The influence of the media--particularly the "CNN effect"--has dramaticallychanged the way foreign-policy decisions are made. But there have been few in-depth studies of how televised news reports and newspaper accounts of humanitarian tragedies abroad affect the decision to deploy U.S. forces. This insightful book by a working journalist examines the media’s influence on the deployment--or withdrawal--of U.S. peacekeeping troops to avert humanitarian disasters the world over. Drawing on interviews with senior U.S. national security officials and the journalists who covered the humanitar