Author: Jonas Claes / Topic: Political Violence

Author:: Jonas Claes
Publication Date:: 06-2012
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: United States Institute of Peace
Abstract:: Political missions can be described as multilateral teams of primarily civilian experts that rely largely on political persuasion to find a nonviolent way out of crises. Preventive deployments are defensive military missions primarily aimed at deterring state or non-state actors from initiating undesired actions. Both political missions and preventive deployments are traditionally seen as conflict management tools used by international or regional organizations.
Topic:: Conflict Prevention, Political Violence, Crime, Genocide, and Human Rights

Author:: Lawrence Woocher, Jonas Claes, and Abiodun Williams
Publication Date:: 07-2011
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: United States Institute of Peace
Abstract:: USIP's annual “Preventing Violent Conflict” conference is designed to spotlight the importance of the subject, address specific challenges facing prevention efforts and identify priority areas for USIP's future work on conflict prevention. This brief summarizes the highlights of that conference.
Topic:: Conflict Prevention, Political Violence, Crime, and War

Author:: Jonas Claes
Publication Date:: 04-2010
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: United States Institute of Peace
Abstract:: Several destabilizing dynamics persist throughout eastern Central Asia, such as weak governance, poor social and economic conditions, ethnic tensions and religious militancy. While these differ in kind and scope in each country, some conflict drivers are transnational in scope, such as energy insecurity and environmental degradation.
Topic:: Conflict Prevention, Foreign Policy, Political Violence, and International Cooperation
Political Geography:: United States and Central Asia

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