Publications
Special Reports and Peaceworks
Engaging Islamists and Promoting Democracy: A Preliminary Assessment
September 2007 | Special Report | Mona Yacoubian
American Foreign Policy and Islamic Renewal
June 2006 | Special Report | Abdeslam Maghraoui
The Diversity of Muslims in the United States: Views as Americans
February 2006 | Special Report
Iraq's Constitutional Process II: An Opportunity Lost
December 2005 | Jonathan Morrow
Iran and Iraq: The Shia Connection, Soft Power, and the Nuclear Factor
November 2005 | Geoffrey Kemp
Strategies for Promoting Democracy in Iraq
October 2005 | Eric Davis
The U.S. Experience with Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan: Lessons Identified
October 2005 | Robert Perito
Applying Islamic Principles in the Twenty-first Century: Nigeria, Iran, and Indonesia
September 2005 | David Smock
Provincial Reconstruction Teams: Military Relations with International and Nongovernmental Organizations in Afghanistan
August 2005 | Michael J. Dziedzic
Islamists at the Ballot Box: Findings from Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, and Turkey
July 2005 | Judy Barsalou
Political Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Need for a New Research and Diplomatic Agenda
May 2005 | David Dickson
Promoting Middle East Democracy II: Arab Initiatives
May 2005 | Mona Yacoubian
Who Are the Insurgents? Sunni Arab Rebels in Iraq
April 2005 | Amatzia Baram
Promoting Middle East Democracy: European Initiatives
October 2004 | Mona Yacoubian
Ijtihad: Reinterpreting Islamic Principles for the Twenty-first Century
August 2004 | David Smock
Donor Activities and Civil Society Potential in Iraq
July 2004 | Sloan Mann, Ylber Bajraktari, Patricia Karam
Postconflict Iraq: A Race for Stability, Reconstruction, and Legitimacy
May 2004 | Faleh A. Jabar
Establishing the Rule of Law in Afghanistan
April 2003 | Laurel Miller, Robert Perito
www.terror.net: How Modern Terrorism Uses the Internet
March 2004 | Gabriel Weimann
Global Terrorism after the Iraq War
October 2003 | Joseph Klaits
Islamist Politics in Iraq after Saddam Hussein
August 2003 | Graham E. Fuller
Healing the Holy Land: Interreligious Peacebuilding in Israel/Palestine
August 2003 | Yehezkel Landau
The Road Ahead: Lessons in Nation Building from Japan, Germany, and Afghanistan for Postwar Iraq
May 2003 | Ray Salvatore Jennings
Establishing the Rule of Law in Iraq
April 2003 | Robert Perito
Unfinished Business in Afghanistan: Warlordism, Reconstruction, and Ethnic Harmony
April 2003 | Deepa Ollapally
After Saddam Hussein: Winning a Peace If It Comes to War
February 2003 | Ray Salvatore Jennings
Building Interreligious Trust in a Climate of Fear: An Abrahamic Trialogue
February 2003 | David Smock
Would an Invasion of Iraq Be a "Just War"?
January 2003 | David Smock
Islam and Democracy
January 2003 | David Smock
Islamic Extremists: How Do They Mobilize Support?
July 2002 | Judy Barsalou
Advancing Human Rights and Peace in a Complex World
April 2002 | Kathy Ward
Islamic Perspectives on Peace and Violence
January 2002 | David Smock
The Diplomacy of Counterterrorism
January 2002 | Audrey Kurth Cronin
Making Peace Among Arabs and Israelis
Lessons from Fifty Years of Negotiating Experience
Kenneth W. Stein and Samuel W. Lewis with Sheryl J. Brown
This October 1991 report summarizes the findings of a study group convened by USIP to identify diplomatic techniques that have worked, or not worked, in the Arab-Israeli conflict. From a thorough search of the history of the conflict to a lengthy review of Arab-Israeli negotiations, the study group draws critical lessons for the present generation of Arab-Israeli peacemakers.
USIPeace Briefings
Double Alienation and Muslim Youth in Europe
August 2007 | Adi Greif
International Intervention in Gaza: Options and Obstacles
June 2007 | Scott Lasensky
Who Rules Ahmadinejad’s Iran?
April 2007 | Hesham Sallam, Andrew Mandelbaum, and Robert Grace
Syria's Relations with Iraq
April 2007 | Mona Yacoubian
Understanding the Iran-Hezbollah Connection
September 2006 | Robert Grace and Andrew Mandelbaum
Dollars and Diplomacy: Foreign Aid and the Palestinian Question
August 2006 | Scott Lasensky and Robert Grace
What Do Islamists Really Want?
May 2006 | Abdeslam Maghraoui
Books
Grasping the Nettle: Analyzing Cases of Intractable Conflict
(U.S. Institute of Peace Press, 2004)
Note: Contains chapters on Kashmir by Howard and Teresita Schaffer and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by Stephen Cohen and Shibley Telhami.
Implementing U.S. Human Rights Policy: Agendas, Policies, and Practices
(U.S. Institute of Peace Press, 2004)
Note: Contains chapters on Pakistan by Paula Newberg, Turkey by Henri Barkey, and Egypt by Dennis J. Sullivan.
A Very Political Economy: Peacebuilding and Foreign Aid in the West Bank and Gaza
(U.S. Institute of Peace Press, 2000)
The Enemy Has a Face: The Seeds of Peace Experience
(U.S. Institute of Peace Press, 2000).
Note: Excerpt available online.
The Israeli-Syrian Peace Talks: 1991-96 and Beyond
(U.S. Institute of Peace Press, 1999)
Herding Cats: Multiparty Mediation in a Complex World
(U.S. Institute of Peace Press, 1999)
Note: Contains chapters on the Arab-Israeli peace process by James A. Baker III and Jan Egelund.
Jordanians, Palestinians, and the Hashemite Kingdom in the Middle East Peace Process
(U.S. Institute of Peace Press, 1999)
Note: This book is out of print.
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