The Program on Peace-building and Human Rights is an applied research endeavor taking a comprehensive approach to peace-building through humanitarian assistance, human rights, economic development, and political participation. The Program operates in Sudan, Iraq, Turkey, Sri Lanka, the Balkans and the Caucasus. Activities involve dialogue initiatives, educational exchanges and curriculum reforms that reduce hostile perceptions, as well as cooperative projects with practical social and economic benefits. The Program on Peace-building and Human Rights enhances preventive diplomacy by focusing on strategies to break the cycle of violence.
Program on Peace-building and Human Rights Press
ISHR Works to Build Trust Among Students in Post-Conflict Sri Lanka
RightsNews, February 2012
America’s role in the Arab Spring
The Daily News Egypt, February 15, 2012
A Flourishing Albanian ‘Neighborhood’ Benefits the Balkans
Balkan Insight, February 13, 2012
Measuring the Cost of War in Darfur
Africa.com, January 25, 2012
“Kristallnacht in Khartoum”
Sudan Tribune, October 12, 2011
“Too much patience risks renewed violence in Georgia,”
Washington Times, September 2, 2011
Kosovo’s Successful Use of Violence
Balkan Insight, August 17, 2011
Trade Can Build Peace in Georgia and Abkhazia
Moscow Times, 03 August 2011
Macedonia Must Recover the Spirit of Ohrid
Balkan Insight, July 6, 2011
Less Drama From Albania’s Socialist Leader
Balkan Insight, June 28, 2011
David Phillips, NPR Interview: Nation-Building in South Sudan and New Nations Gaining Independence
NPR, June 14, 2011
Interview on the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt
NPR, April 12, 2011
Talking to the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt
Egypt Daily News, March 30, 2011
Part of the problem
Today's Zaman, March 21, 2011
Darfur's development gap
Boston Globe, August 3, 2008
Linking Development and Peace in Darfur - A Note
Cairo Times, April 21, 2010
Developing incentives for peace in Darfur
RightsNews, February 2010
Conflict Prevention: It Worked One Time — Why Not Another?
The Interdependent, a publication of the United Nations Association of the USA, March 8, 2011
Intervention: Lessons from the past provide guidelines for US action in Libya
The Boston Globe, March 9, 2011
Commercial Contact and Conflict Prevention: The Georgia-Abkhaz Case.
Harriman Review
Bullets to Ballots: Violent Muslim Movements in Transition
Transaction Publishers, 2009
Power Grab in Albania
Illyria Newspaper, January 25, 2011
Transforming Turkey
Today's Zaman, September 18, 2010
International Reconciliation Models
Istanbul Policy Center, June, 2010
The Balkans Underbelly
World Policy Institute, Fall 2010
