RESOURCE CENTER

CSRS Publications

• 2007 Fall Workshop: "Making Sense of it All: Cross Cultural Understanding"
• 2007 Summer Workshop (Co-sponsored by the U.S. Institute of Peace): "Negotiation Skills for Post-Conflict Actors"
• 2007 Spring Workshop "Healing the Wounds: Re-building Healthcare Systems in Post-conflict Environments"
• 2006 Winter Workshop "Post-Conflict Institution Building: Beating Corruption"
• 2006 Fall Workshop (Co-hosted by the U.S. Institute of Peace):
  "Working Effectively in Post-conflict and Humanitarian Situations"
• 2006 Summer Workshop: "Security Sector Reform: Education and Training Needs"
• 2006 Spring Workshop: "Information Sharing in Insecure Environments"
• 2006 Winter Game: "Civil Military Medicine: On Dangerous Ground"
• 2005 Summer Game: "Humanitarian Operations During Conflict"
• 2005 Winter Workshop: "Humanitarian Roles in Insecure Environments"
  

Stabilization and Reconstruction

• Amb. Carlos Pascual Testimony before U.S. Congress: Building Capacity for Stabilization and Reconstruction, January 29, 2008
• "Addressing State Failure"
  Stephen D. Krasner, Carlos Pascual, ; Reprinted from Foreign Affairs Magazine, July/August 2005, Vol 84, No 4;  Washington, DC
• "From Subjects to Citizens"
  Inger Boesen, Afghan Research and Evaluation Unit, 2004
• "Lessons in Nation Building from Japan, Germany and Afghanistan"
  Ray S. Jennings, Senior Fellow, United States Institute of Peace, 2003
• Defense Science Board Study: "Transition To and From Hostilities" 2004
• GAO Report: Afghan Reconstruction
• GAO Report: Afghan Security
• S/CRS PCR Essential Tasks 2005
  

Humanitarian Assistance

• Aid Agencies
• Sphere Handbook 2004
• International Alert: Conflict, Humanitarian Assistance and Peace Building
  Maria Lange, Mick Quinn; Development and Peace-building Program, 2003
• UNHCR Handbook for Emergencies
• UNOCHA Orientation Handbook
• OSCE Handbook
• UNDAC Field Handbook
• WHO Handbook

Civil-Military Relations

• Abbreviations in Civ-Mil Coordination
• "Civ-Mil Coordination in Peacebuilding:The Challenge in Afghanistan"
  Naomi Weinberger, Journal of International Affairs, Spring 2002; 55, 2
• Oslo Guidelines
• MCDA Guidelines
• NGO Coordination at Field Level
  Jon Bennett, International Council on Voluntary Agencies, 1994
• Humanitarian Coordination: Lessons Learned
  UNOCHA, Nicola Reindorp, Peter Wiles; 2001
• IASC Reference Paper
• PRTs and Humanitarian-Military Relations in Afghanistan
  Gerard McHugh, Lola Gostelow, Save the Children UK, 2004
• DIIS Report: PRTs in Afghanistan
• JP 3-08: Interagency, Intergovernmental Organization, and Nongovernmental Organization Coordination During Joint Operations 17 March 2006 Vol 1
• JP 3-08: Interagency, Intergovernmental Organization, and Nongovernmental Organization Coordination During Joint Operations 17 March 2006 Vol 2

Other Documents

• UN Charter
• The Responsibility to Protect
  

Links

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--George W. Bush