Center on International Cooperation
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The Center on International Cooperation (CIC) is a foreign policy think tank based at New York University
that works to enhance multilateral responses to global problems, including: conflict, humanitarian crises, and recovery; international security challenges, including weapons proliferation and the changing balance of power; and resource scarcity and climate change. Through innovative applied research and direct engagement with policy actors, CIC has been at the forefront of policy decision-making in each of its core areas of research.
's Human Rights and Governance and International Affairs programs.
In 2005, Dr. Bruce D. Jones
became CIC's Director. Jones has held a range of positions at the United Nations
, and works regularly with the Brookings Institution
and the World Bank
. Most recently, Jones served as Senior External Advisor to the World Bank’s 2011 World Development Report on Conflict, Security, and Development, and in March 2010 was appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General as a member of the Senior Advisory Group to guide the Review of International Civilian Capacities. Other notable fellows include Dr. Barnett Rubin
, Jean Arnault
, and Jean-Marie Guéhenno
.
Under Jones, and with Richard Gowan and Jake Sherman, CIC's Annual Review of Global Peace Operations and Review of Political Missions have become seminal works on global peace operations. With Rahul Chandran and other CIC staff, Jones has also produced policy reports that have substantially informed the design of a number of national and multilateral programs and initiatives, including the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations
project, New Horizons for Peacekeeping; the OECD and UK Department for International Development
's work on state fragility and resilience; the OECD's workstream on financing; and the United Nations
Review of International Civilian Capacities initiative, among others.
CIC staff have enjoyed great influence, both through secondments and research support, in a number of high-profile United Nations
and multilateral initiatives. The first of these, the 2004 UN High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, strongly featured CIC staff recommendations on peacebuilding
, development
, and organized crime
, all of which have come to be prominently placed in the UN's reform agenda. CIC also helped draft the IAEA's report on WMD terrorism in April 2010, drawing from previous research support to the IAEA Special Event on the Nuclear Fuel Cycle. Most recently, CIC was asked to provide policy and research support to the Secretary-General's High-level Panel on Global Sustainability, with the Panel's findings expected to be released by the end of 2011.
CIC staff regularly collaborate with a number of international and domestic institutions, such as the Brookings Institution
, the European Council on Foreign Relations
, the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy
(NIMD), the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
(IDEA), the Stanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation
(CISAC), and Humanitarian Outcomes. CIC maintains strong links to the current U.S. Administration, strengthened through CIC's institutional and programmatic foci on issues of interest to the U.S. Government and to capitals around the world.
The Center receives and has received financial support and funding from a number of institutions such as The Ford Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York
, the Open Society Foundations, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, the United States Institute of Peace
, the World Bank
, the Brookings Institution
, the Compton Foundation, and the Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect.
Global Peace Operations -
CIC's Global Peace Operations program has had significant impact in shaping political support for UN peacekeeping among member states and in shaping multilateral and government policies for effective delivery on the ground. The program has recently produced the sixth volume of the Annual Review of Global Peace Operations, which focuses on managing transitions - from peacekeeping
to peacebuilding
, often in the face of diminishing national consent. This ongoing publication, which provides information on strategic trends, mission deployments, and deployment data, is arguably the most comprehensive resource on peacekeeping available today. The same model was used for the new Review of Political Missions. his program also published Building on Brahimi: Peacekeeping in an Era of Strategic Uncertainty, a report commissioned by the United Nations
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as the basis for their "New Horizons" initiative, which offers recommendations for more effective and efficient peace operations.
Afghanistan Regional Project -
CIC’s Afghanistan Regional Project (ARP) has developed unparalleled expertise on the country's political dynamics and on issues of reconciliation, and continues to develop influence with the Afghan government, regional stakeholders, the UN, the US and NATO ISAF. In the past, ARP advised the Afghan government and the UN mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on the drafting and negotiation of the Afghanistan Compact. ARP's current focus is supporting regional dialogue as well as reconciliation and reintegration.
Peacebuilding as Statebuilding: The International Responses to Fragile States -
The Peacebuilding
as Statebuilding program focuses on the political, economic, and security challenges of building effective states in the aftermath of violence. It also provides strategic planning support to field missions in countries recovering from conflict. It works closely with the UN, regional organizations, international financial institutions and bilateral donors to improve international responses in conflict and post-conflict contexts. Current projects include a Review of UN Rule of Law
Architecture; research relating to organized crime
and state capture; reviewing the UN Peacebuilding Commission; and an ongoing study on state fragility
.
Resource Scarcity, Climate Change, and Multilateralism -
The Resource Scarcity, Climate Change
, and Multilateralism
program identifies policy operations for innovation or adaptation of multilateral institutions, both at headquarters and in the field, to improve performance on the inter-related issues of resource scarcity and climate change. Program research considers the multi-dimensional characteristics of these issues, and how current multilateral mechanisms and actors should respond to them.
Humanitarian Action in a New Security Era -
The Humanitarian Action in a New Security Era program focuses on policy and systemic developments in the international humanitarian system, in order to evaluate the changing roles of its actors and institutions within a dynamic security context. It critically evaluates humanitarian policy and practice towards recommendations that reflect changing political realities. This program is a collaborative effort between CIC and Humanitarian Outcomes.
Strengthening Multilateral Approaches to Nuclear and Other WMDs -
The Program on Strengthening Multilateral Approaches to Nuclear and Other WMDs focuses on the efforts and capacity of the international community, and in particular of the UN system, to identify and implement ways to address weapons proliferation, the spread of dual-use technology, and the implications of the anticipated spread of nuclear power. The Program has provided research and analysis to organizations such as International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF).
Managing Global Order Project (MGO) -
MGO is a joint project between the Center on International Cooperation, the Brookings Institution
and the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University
. Its activities and publications aim to provide policy recommendations towards adapting and revitalizing multilateral security systems to new and dynamic political realities. Recently, MGO has published many pieces on global order and international power politics, among them Power and Responsibility, recently presented with the Gold Award for best book in the political science field by ForeWord Reviews. MGO's work is founded on the view that “U.S. leadership offers the prospect of renewed international order that can foster cooperation, manage competition and avoid conflict and crisis in the international system.”
Current MGO Fellows Include : Bruce Jones
, CIC and MGO Director; Stephen Stedman, Professor and Senior Fellow at CISAC
; Jean-Marie Guéhenno
, Senior Fellow; Javier Solana
, Senior Fellow; Strobe Talbott
, Senior Fellow; Martin Indyk
, Senior Fellow; Kemal Dervis
, Senior Fellow; Ann Florini
, Senior Fellow; Ashraf Ghani
, Non-Resident Senior Fellow; Ted Piccone, Senior Fellow; and Michael Fullilove
, Non-Resident Fellow.
CIC's "Global Peace Operations" program publishes The Annual Review of Global Peace Operations, an annual report informing policy-makers, members of the media, academics and peacekeepers in the field on strategic trends, mission developments, and deployment data for UN and non-UN peace operations. This program also publishes the Review of Political Missions, a unique volume reviewing over fifty civilian missions launched by the UN, OSCE, EU, OAS, ECOWAS and other international organizations, with the aim of mapping this essential and under-documented element of international conflict management.
Select Other Reports and Publications:
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
that works to enhance multilateral responses to global problems, including: conflict, humanitarian crises, and recovery; international security challenges, including weapons proliferation and the changing balance of power; and resource scarcity and climate change. Through innovative applied research and direct engagement with policy actors, CIC has been at the forefront of policy decision-making in each of its core areas of research.
History and Staff
CIC was established in 1996 by Dr. Shephard Forman, former Director of the Ford FoundationFord Foundation
The Ford Foundation is a private foundation incorporated in Michigan and based in New York City created to fund programs that were chartered in 1936 by Edsel Ford and Henry Ford....
's Human Rights and Governance and International Affairs programs.
In 2005, Dr. Bruce D. Jones
Bruce D. Jones
Bruce D. Jones, Ph.D. is an academic, an author and policy analyst. He is Director and Senior Fellow of both the Center on International Cooperation at New York University and of the Managing Global Order project, a joint initiative between CIC and the Brookings Institution. Jones’ research...
became CIC's Director. Jones has held a range of positions at the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
, and works regularly with the Brookings Institution
Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C., in the United States. One of Washington's oldest think tanks, Brookings conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, and...
and the World Bank
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
. Most recently, Jones served as Senior External Advisor to the World Bank’s 2011 World Development Report on Conflict, Security, and Development, and in March 2010 was appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General as a member of the Senior Advisory Group to guide the Review of International Civilian Capacities. Other notable fellows include Dr. Barnett Rubin
Barnett Rubin
Barnett Richard Rubin , a political scientist, is a leading expert on Afghanistan. He is the author of eight books and is currently Senior Fellow at the Center on International Cooperation at New York University, a leading foreign policy center, as well as Senior Advisor to the US Special...
, Jean Arnault
Jean Arnault
Jean Arnault currently serves as United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Georgia and Head of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia . He was appointed to the position by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in July 2006.He has gained much experience in working for...
, and Jean-Marie Guéhenno
Jean-Marie Guéhenno
Jean-Marie Guéhenno is a former French diplomat. He served as the United Nations' Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations. Guéhenno was appointed to the position in 2000 and retired in August 2008. He is a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and the NYU Center on International...
.
Under Jones, and with Richard Gowan and Jake Sherman, CIC's Annual Review of Global Peace Operations and Review of Political Missions have become seminal works on global peace operations. With Rahul Chandran and other CIC staff, Jones has also produced policy reports that have substantially informed the design of a number of national and multilateral programs and initiatives, including the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations
Department of Peacekeeping Operations
The Department of Peacekeeping Operations is a department of the United Nations which is charged with the planning, preparation, management and direction of UN peacekeeping operations.-History of the DPKO:...
project, New Horizons for Peacekeeping; the OECD and UK Department for International Development
Department for International Development
The Department For International Development is a United Kingdom government department with a Cabinet Minister in charge. It was separated from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1997. The goal of the department is "to promote sustainable development and eliminate world poverty". The current...
's work on state fragility and resilience; the OECD's workstream on financing; and the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
Review of International Civilian Capacities initiative, among others.
CIC staff have enjoyed great influence, both through secondments and research support, in a number of high-profile United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
and multilateral initiatives. The first of these, the 2004 UN High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, strongly featured CIC staff recommendations on peacebuilding
Peacebuilding
Peacebuilding is a term used within the international development community to describe the processes and activities involved in resolving violent conflict and establishing a sustainable peace....
, development
Regional development
Regional development is the provision of aid and other assistance to regions which are less economically developed. Regional development may be domestic or international in nature...
, and organized crime
Organized crime
Organized crime or criminal organizations are transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals for the purpose of engaging in illegal activity, most commonly for monetary profit. Some criminal organizations, such as terrorist organizations, are...
, all of which have come to be prominently placed in the UN's reform agenda. CIC also helped draft the IAEA's report on WMD terrorism in April 2010, drawing from previous research support to the IAEA Special Event on the Nuclear Fuel Cycle. Most recently, CIC was asked to provide policy and research support to the Secretary-General's High-level Panel on Global Sustainability, with the Panel's findings expected to be released by the end of 2011.
CIC staff regularly collaborate with a number of international and domestic institutions, such as the Brookings Institution
Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C., in the United States. One of Washington's oldest think tanks, Brookings conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, and...
, the European Council on Foreign Relations
European Council on Foreign Relations
The ' is the first pan-European think tank. Launched in October 2007, its objective is to conduct research and promote informed debate across Europe on the development of coherent and effective European values based foreign policy....
, the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy
Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy
The Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy is a democracy assistance organisation of political parties in the Netherlands for political parties in young democracies...
(NIMD), the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance is an international organization based in Stockholm. Its task is to support democracy around the world.- Aims :...
(IDEA), the Stanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation
Stanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation
Formerly the Center for International Security and Arms Control, co-founded by physicist Sidney Drell and political scientist John Lewis, CISAC now stands for the Center for International Security and Cooperation...
(CISAC), and Humanitarian Outcomes. CIC maintains strong links to the current U.S. Administration, strengthened through CIC's institutional and programmatic foci on issues of interest to the U.S. Government and to capitals around the world.
The Center receives and has received financial support and funding from a number of institutions such as The Ford Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Carnegie Corporation of New York, which was established by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 "to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding," is one of the oldest, largest and most influential of American foundations...
, the Open Society Foundations, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, the United States Institute of Peace
United States Institute of Peace
The United States Institute of Peace was created by Congress as a non-partisan, federal institution that works to prevent or end violent conflict around the world...
, the World Bank
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
, the Brookings Institution
Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C., in the United States. One of Washington's oldest think tanks, Brookings conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, and...
, the Compton Foundation, and the Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect.
Programs
CIC’s programs and research activities focus on international security institutions, post-conflict peacebuilding, and global peace operations, with particular emphasis on the UN and multilateral responses to conflict.Global Peace Operations -
CIC's Global Peace Operations program has had significant impact in shaping political support for UN peacekeeping among member states and in shaping multilateral and government policies for effective delivery on the ground. The program has recently produced the sixth volume of the Annual Review of Global Peace Operations, which focuses on managing transitions - from peacekeeping
Peacekeeping
Peacekeeping is an activity that aims to create the conditions for lasting peace. It is distinguished from both peacebuilding and peacemaking....
to peacebuilding
Peacebuilding
Peacebuilding is a term used within the international development community to describe the processes and activities involved in resolving violent conflict and establishing a sustainable peace....
, often in the face of diminishing national consent. This ongoing publication, which provides information on strategic trends, mission deployments, and deployment data, is arguably the most comprehensive resource on peacekeeping available today. The same model was used for the new Review of Political Missions. his program also published Building on Brahimi: Peacekeeping in an Era of Strategic Uncertainty, a report commissioned by the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
DPKO/DFS
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as the basis for their "New Horizons" initiative, which offers recommendations for more effective and efficient peace operations.
Afghanistan Regional Project -
CIC’s Afghanistan Regional Project (ARP) has developed unparalleled expertise on the country's political dynamics and on issues of reconciliation, and continues to develop influence with the Afghan government, regional stakeholders, the UN, the US and NATO ISAF. In the past, ARP advised the Afghan government and the UN mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on the drafting and negotiation of the Afghanistan Compact. ARP's current focus is supporting regional dialogue as well as reconciliation and reintegration.
Peacebuilding as Statebuilding: The International Responses to Fragile States -
The Peacebuilding
Peacebuilding
Peacebuilding is a term used within the international development community to describe the processes and activities involved in resolving violent conflict and establishing a sustainable peace....
as Statebuilding program focuses on the political, economic, and security challenges of building effective states in the aftermath of violence. It also provides strategic planning support to field missions in countries recovering from conflict. It works closely with the UN, regional organizations, international financial institutions and bilateral donors to improve international responses in conflict and post-conflict contexts. Current projects include a Review of UN Rule of Law
Rule of law
The rule of law, sometimes called supremacy of law, is a legal maxim that says that governmental decisions should be made by applying known principles or laws with minimal discretion in their application...
Architecture; research relating to organized crime
Organized crime
Organized crime or criminal organizations are transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals for the purpose of engaging in illegal activity, most commonly for monetary profit. Some criminal organizations, such as terrorist organizations, are...
and state capture; reviewing the UN Peacebuilding Commission; and an ongoing study on state fragility
Fragility
In glass physics, fragility characterizes how rapidly the dynamics of a material slow down as it is cooled toward the glass transition: materials with a higher fragility have a relatively narrow glass transition temperature range, while those with low fragility have a relatively broad glass...
.
Resource Scarcity, Climate Change, and Multilateralism -
The Resource Scarcity, Climate Change
Climate change
Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
, and Multilateralism
Multilateralism
Multilateralism is a term in international relations that refers to multiple countries working in concert on a given issue.International organizations, such as the United Nations and the World Trade Organization are multilateral in nature...
program identifies policy operations for innovation or adaptation of multilateral institutions, both at headquarters and in the field, to improve performance on the inter-related issues of resource scarcity and climate change. Program research considers the multi-dimensional characteristics of these issues, and how current multilateral mechanisms and actors should respond to them.
Humanitarian Action in a New Security Era -
The Humanitarian Action in a New Security Era program focuses on policy and systemic developments in the international humanitarian system, in order to evaluate the changing roles of its actors and institutions within a dynamic security context. It critically evaluates humanitarian policy and practice towards recommendations that reflect changing political realities. This program is a collaborative effort between CIC and Humanitarian Outcomes.
Strengthening Multilateral Approaches to Nuclear and Other WMDs -
The Program on Strengthening Multilateral Approaches to Nuclear and Other WMDs focuses on the efforts and capacity of the international community, and in particular of the UN system, to identify and implement ways to address weapons proliferation, the spread of dual-use technology, and the implications of the anticipated spread of nuclear power. The Program has provided research and analysis to organizations such as International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF).
Managing Global Order Project (MGO) -
MGO is a joint project between the Center on International Cooperation, the Brookings Institution
Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C., in the United States. One of Washington's oldest think tanks, Brookings conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, and...
and the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
. Its activities and publications aim to provide policy recommendations towards adapting and revitalizing multilateral security systems to new and dynamic political realities. Recently, MGO has published many pieces on global order and international power politics, among them Power and Responsibility, recently presented with the Gold Award for best book in the political science field by ForeWord Reviews. MGO's work is founded on the view that “U.S. leadership offers the prospect of renewed international order that can foster cooperation, manage competition and avoid conflict and crisis in the international system.”
Current MGO Fellows Include : Bruce Jones
Bruce Jones
Ian Roy Jones is an English actor, best known for his role as cab driver Les Battersby-Brown in Coronation Street. He left the role in 2007. His real name is Ian Roy Jones, but he took the name of his father for professional purposes.-Early life:Jones was born to Bruce and Irene Jones in...
, CIC and MGO Director; Stephen Stedman, Professor and Senior Fellow at CISAC
CISAC
CISAC may refer to:*Canberra International Sports and Aquatic Centre, a sport centre located in the ACT Australia*Comité International du Ski-Alpinisme de Compétition, former international committee of competition ski mountaineering...
; Jean-Marie Guéhenno
Jean-Marie Guéhenno
Jean-Marie Guéhenno is a former French diplomat. He served as the United Nations' Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations. Guéhenno was appointed to the position in 2000 and retired in August 2008. He is a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and the NYU Center on International...
, Senior Fellow; Javier Solana
Javier Solana
Francisco Javier Solana de Madariaga, KOGF is a Spanish physicist and Socialist politician. After serving in the Spanish government under Felipe González and Secretary General of NATO , he was appointed the European Union's High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary...
, Senior Fellow; Strobe Talbott
Strobe Talbott
Nelson Strobridge "Strobe" Talbott III is an American foreign policy analyst associated with Yale University and the Brookings Institution, a former journalist associated with Time magazine and diplomat who served as the Deputy Secretary of State from 1994 to 2001.-Early life:Born in Dayton, Ohio...
, Senior Fellow; Martin Indyk
Martin Indyk
Martin Sean Indyk is Vice President and Director for Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. Indyk served as United States ambassador to Israel and Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs during the Clinton Administration. He is known as the framer of the U.S...
, Senior Fellow; Kemal Dervis
Kemal Dervis
Kemal Derviş is a Turkish economist and politician, and former head of the United Nations Development Programme. He was honored by the government of Japan for having "contributed to mainstreaming Japan's development assistance policy through the United Nations." In 2005, he was ranked 67th in the...
, Senior Fellow; Ann Florini
Ann Florini
Ann Florini is Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institutions in Washington, DC, and a professor at the National University of Singapore She works on global governance, energy policy and the public roles of private corporations....
, Senior Fellow; Ashraf Ghani
Ashraf Ghani
Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai is a prominent politician in Afghanistan and the former chancellor of Kabul University. He is also the chairman of the Institute for State Effectiveness, an organization set up in 2005 to promote the ability of states to serve their citizens. Before returning to...
, Non-Resident Senior Fellow; Ted Piccone, Senior Fellow; and Michael Fullilove
Michael Fullilove
Michael Fullilove is an Australian author and foreign policy commentator. He is currently the Director of the Global Issues Program at the Lowy Institute for International Policy in Sydney and a Nonresident Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC...
, Non-Resident Fellow.
Select Publications
Annual Publications:CIC's "Global Peace Operations" program publishes The Annual Review of Global Peace Operations, an annual report informing policy-makers, members of the media, academics and peacekeepers in the field on strategic trends, mission developments, and deployment data for UN and non-UN peace operations. This program also publishes the Review of Political Missions, a unique volume reviewing over fifty civilian missions launched by the UN, OSCE, EU, OAS, ECOWAS and other international organizations, with the aim of mapping this essential and under-documented element of international conflict management.
Select Other Reports and Publications:
External links
- Center on International Cooperation
- The Ford Foundation
- Stanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation
- The Brookings Institution
- Open Society Foundations
- Carnegie Corporation of New York
- United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
- The World Bank
- The Compton Foundation
- United States Institute of Peace
- Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
- International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
- Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy