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December 5, 2007
Richard C. Holbrooke, Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor, The Council on Foreign Relations
Interview
Richard C. Holbrooke, the architect of the Dayton Accords that ended the Bosnia war, says Russia’s uncooperative attitude in Kosovo combined with western inaction could spark renewed conflict.
See more in Kosovo, Serbia, Peacemaking
October 2007
| Author: | Michelle D. Gavin, Adjunct Fellow for Africa |
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Council Special Report No. 31
Council Special Report
Since 2000, President Robert Mugabe’s refusal to tolerate challenges to his power has led him to systematically dismantle the workings of Zimbabwe’s economic and political systems, replacing them with structures of corruption, intimidation, and repression. Michelle D. Gavin surveys the current situation in Zimbabwe, identifying current structural and legal impediments to economic and political recovery.
See more in Zimbabwe, Civil Reconstruction
May 2007
Other Report
This report argues that Angola deserves priority attention in the formulation of U.S. foreign, national security, and economic policies, particularly in the design of policy toward Africa.
See more in Angola, Nation Building, Energy/Environment, Energy Security, Natural Resources Management, International Peace and Security, Civil Reconstruction, Conflict Prevention, U.S. Strategy and Politics
April 2007
| Author: | Robert I. Rotberg |
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Council Special Report No. 27
Council Special Report
This report describes what steps might be taken by Nigerians and the international community to avoid a breakdown of democracy, and possibly stability, in the wake of Nigeria’s April 2007 electoral contest and to tackle Nigeria’s fundamental challenges of governance, security, and development in the longer term.
See more in Nigeria, Nation Building
February 2007
| Author: | Eduardo A. Gamarra |
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Council Special Report No. 24
Council Special Report
This report encourages the U.S. government to redirect its policy toward Bolivia from “wait and see” to one with an emphasis on conflict prevention and preserving the democratic process in order to address the nation’s many challenges. This report is also available in Spanish.
See more in Bolivia, Public Diplomacy
December 2006
| Author: | Terrence Lyons, Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University |
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Council Special Report No. 21
Council Special Report
This report presents a full picture of what is going on in the Horn of Africa and suggests what the United States needs to do to address the multiple challenges to stability.
See more in Horn of Africa, Conflict Prevention
November 2006
| Author: | Richard Lapper |
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Council Special Report No. 20
Council Special Report
With polls showing Chávez strongly in the lead in the December 3, 2006, Venezuelan presidential election, the United States needs to prepare for another six-year term with the controversial leader. This report proposes a new strategic framework for U.S. policy toward Venezuela. This report is also available in Spanish.
See more in Venezuela, Public Diplomacy
September 11, 2006
| Author: | William L. Nash, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Military Fellows Program |
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Testimony
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare, Civil Reconstruction
April 2006
| Author: | Blair A. King |
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Council Special Report No. 14
Council Special Report
This report urges the Indonesia Government to follow through with its commitments to achieve a comprehensive solution to the conflict in Papua by engaging with legitimate representatives of Papuan society, fully implementing special autonomy, improving local governance, and reforming security arrangements.
See more in Indonesia, Conflict Assessment
April 2006
| Author: | Dr. Barnett R. Rubin, New York University |
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Council Special Report No. 12
Council Special Report
This Council Special Report argues that Afghanistan is still far from stability and that the United States should take the lead in ensuring full funding and implementation of the Afghanistan Compact, and develop a coherent strategy toward the Afghanistan-Pakistan relationship. This report is also available in Spanish.
See more in Afghanistan, Civil Reconstruction
November 9, 2005
| Author: | William L. Nash, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Military Fellows Program |
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Testimony
See more in United States, Nation Building
September 2005
Task Force Report No. 55
Task Force Report
This Council-sponsored, independent Task Force points out that nation-building is not just a humanitarian concern, but a critical national security priority that should be on par with war-fighting and urges the United States to equalize the importance of the two. The report argues that the United States must acknowledge that “war-fighting has two important dimensions: winning the war and winning the peace.”
See more in Conflict Assessment, Conflict Prevention
June 2005
| Authors: | William L. Nash, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Military Fellows Program Amelia Branczik |
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Council Special Report No. 8
Council Special Report
This report identifies the principal steps that the United States can take to secure the investment it has made in the western Balkans and facilitate the region’s progress toward its rightful destiny within the EU. In doing so, Forgotten Intervention? lays out a straightforward and doable strategy for the United States that will pay dividends.
See more in Balkans
April 2005
| Author: | David L. Phillips, Executive Director, The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity |
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Council Special Report No. 6
Council Special Report
This report identifies the principle issues to be addressed in Iraq’s constitution. It recommends power-sharing arrangements between Iraq’s national government and federal Iraqi state governments. It proposes a role for the United States and the United Nations to play in this process, and suggests ways the Iraqi government can encourage cooperation with Iraq’s neighbors.
See more in Iraq
May 2004
| Author: | Catherine E. Dalpino |
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Council Special Report No. 2
Council Special Report
This Council Special Report assesses the political, economic, and strategic situation in the Philippines following the 2004 elections and recommends steps that the United States and the Philippines should take to strengthen their economic and military ties. As a victim of terrorism and the strongest supporter of U.S. counterterrorism policy among the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Philippines already plays a vital role in preserving American security. With anti-Americanism on the rise in South Korea and Japan, the United States may need to depend more on the Philippines to fulfill its objectives in Asia.
March 26, 2004
| Author: | David L. Phillips, Executive Director, The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity |
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Op-Ed
Los Angeles Times
See more in Balkans, International Peace and Security
January 2004
| Author: | David L. Phillips, Executive Director, The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity |
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Council Special Report No. 1
Council Special Report
Georgia is strategically important to the United States in the war on terror and an indispensable transit point for energy supplies between Asia and Europe. Though the country’s November 2003 “revolution of roses” is the most positive event to have occurred in the countries of the former Soviet Union in more than a decade, Georgia is entering an unstable period of transition as its new government tries to promote national coherence among the country’s ethnic groups and takes steps to dismantle the corrupt power structure that thrived under former president Eduard Shevardnadze. This timely report, written by an expert on conflict prevention in the Caucasus, recommends steps the United States and the international community can to take to bolster President Mikhail Saakashvili as well as moves his government should make in the short and long term.
See more in Russian Fed.
January 2004
Other Report
The United States spends approximately $700 million per year in the Andean region, but this Commission report concludes that current U.S. policy—focused narrowly on “drugs and thugs” in the Andes—cannot achieve U.S. regional goals of democracy, prosperity, and security. Andes 2020 offers bold new recommendations to recalibrate U.S. policy to better meet its objectives.
See more in Bolivia, South America, Peru, Andean Region
May 7, 2003
Other Report
Papua, a remote and impoverished yet resource-rich Indonesian province, is at risk of a descent into conflict that would likely destabilize the entire country. According to this report from commission Indonesia and Southeast Asia experts, Indonesia’s central government can avoid conflict in Papua by giving it greater self-governance and a stake in the development of its vast natural wealth.
April 15, 2003
| Authors: | Rachel Bronson, Former Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies William L. Nash, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Military Fellows Program |
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Op-Ed
International Herald Tribune
See more in Iraq
This report, by International Affairs Fellow Michelle D. Gavin and sponsored by the Center for Preventive Action, surveys the current situation in Zimbabwe and proposes steps that can increase the likelihood that regime change, when it comes, will bring constructive reform instead of conflict and state collapse.
The Council on Foreign Relations is pleased to announce that Paul Stares is the new General John W. Vessey senior fellow for conflict prevention and director of the Center for Preventive Action (CPA). Stares will focus on strengthening and expanding the work of the CPA, which finds ways to prevent, defuse, or resolve deadly conflicts around the world.
For more information on the CPA, contact:
Paul Stares
General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention
and Director, Center for Preventive Action
+1-202-518-3461
Jamie Ekern
Assistant Director
+1-202-518-3463
Alex Noyes
Research Associate
+1-212-434-9744
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