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AMERICA'S STRATEGIC POSTURE

The Final Report of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States

The Strategic Posture Review Commission

May 2009

For more than eleven months this bipartisan commission of leading experts on national security, arms control, and nuclear technology met with Congressional leaders, military officers, high-level officials of several countries, arms control groups, and technical experts to assess the appropriate roles for nuclear weapons, nonproliferation programs, and missile defenses. This official edition contains a discussion of key questions and issues as well as the Commission’s findings and recommendations for tailoring U.S. strategic posture to new and emerging requirements as the world moves closer to a proliferation tipping point.

Paperback: $14.95 $12.00
978-1-60127-045-0

BEYOND THE NATIONAL INTEREST

The Future of UN Peacekeeping and Multilateralism in an Era of U.S. Primacy

Jean-Marc Coicaud

November 2007

Coicaud presents a thoughtful and wide-ranging survey of the UN’s contribution to peacekeeping and world politics after the Cold War.

Hardback: $50.00
978-1-60127-008-5

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978-1-60127-007-8

BUILDING PEACE

Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies

John Paul Lederach

February 1998

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978-1-878379-74-0
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978-1-878379-73-3

COMBATING SERIOUS CRIMES IN POSTCONFLICT SOCIETIES

A Handbook for Policymakers and Practitioners

Edited by Colette Rausch

Contributions by Elaine Banar , Kristen Fennel , Adalbert Gross , Michael E. Hartmann , Deborah Isser , Andrew Mackay , Vivienne O'Connor , David C. Ralston

December 2006

Presents broad guidelines and specific prescriptions for combating serious crime in societies emerging from conflict.

Paperback: $17.50 $14.00
978-1-929223-95-4

CONSTRUCTING JUSTICE AND SECURITY AFTER WAR

Edited by Charles T. Call

January 2007

Distinguished scholars, criminal justice practitioners, and former senior officials of international missions examine the experiences of countries that have recently undergone transitions from conflict with significant international involvement.

Hardback: $50.00
978-1-929223-90-9

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978-1-929223-89-3

COUNCIL UNBOUND

The Growth of UN Decision Making on Conflict and Postconflict Issues after the Cold War

Michael J. Matheson

December 2006

Examines the UN Security Council’s new, expansive exercise of legal authority in the post-Cold War period and its devising of bold and innovative methods—coercive and noncoercive—to stop nascent wars and “threats to the peace,” including international terrorism.

Hardback: $50.00
978-1-929223-79-4

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978-1-929223-78-7

DEMOCRACY AND COUNTERTERRORISM

Lessons from the Past

Robert J. Art

Edited by Louise Richardson

January 2007

A comparative study of the policies, strategies, and instruments employed by various democratic governments in the fight against terrorism.

Hardback: $65.00
978-1-929223-94-7

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978-1-929223-93-0

EUROPE UNDIVIDED

The New Logic of Peace in U.S.-Russian Relations

James E. Goodby

Foreword by Alexander L. George

March 1998

Can Russia and the United States really move beyond their bitter Cold War rivalry to a genuinely cooperative relationship?

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978-1-878379-75-7

FRIENDS INDEED?

The United Nations, Groups of Friends, and the Resolution of Conflict

Teresa Whitfield

September 2007

Hardback: $50.00
978-1-60127-006-1

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978-1-60127-005-4

THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Managing Risk and Change in the International System

Mihaly Simai

June 1994

Hardback: $37.50
978-1-878379-34-4

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978-1-878379-33-7

GETTING IT DONE

Post-Agreement Negotiation and International Regimes

Edited by Bertram I. Spector , I. William Zartman

June 2003

Hardback: $42.50
978-1-929223-43-5

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978-1-929223-42-8

GRASPING THE NETTLE

Analyzing Cases of Intractable Conflict

Edited by Chester A. Crocker , Fen Osler Hampson , Pamela Aall

February 2005

Analyzes the defining characteristics and underlying dynamics of intractable conflicts.

Hardback:
978-1-929223-61-9
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978-1-929223-60-2

HERDING CATS

Multiparty Mediation in a Complex World

Edited by Chester A. Crocker , Fen Osler Hampson , Pamela Aall

November 1999

Hardback:
978-1-878379-93-1
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978-1-878379-92-4

HYDROPOLITICS IN THE THIRD WORLD

Conflict and Cooperation in International River Basins

Arun Elhance

August 1999

Hardback: $37.50
978-1-878379-91-7

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978-1-878379-90-0

INTERIM GOVERNMENTS

Institutional Bridges to Peace and Democracy?

Edited by Karen Guttieri , Jessica Piombo

December 2007

This edited volume by Karen Guttieri and Jessica Piombo explores various aspects of the newly emerging range of interim regimes, focusing on issues of legitimacy, conflict management, and the increasing participation of the international community in transitions from war to peace.

Hardback: $50.00
978-1-60127-018-4

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978-1-60127-017-7

LEASHING THE DOGS OF WAR

Conflict Management in a Divided World

Edited by Chester A. Crocker , Fen Osler Hampson , Pamela Aall

January 2007

The definitive volume on the sources of contemporary conflict and the array of possible responses to it.

Hardback: $85.00
978-1-929223-97-8

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978-1-929223-96-1

MODEL CODES FOR POST-CONFLICT CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Volume II: Model Code of Criminal Procedure

Edited by Vivienne O'Connor , Colette Rausch

Contributions by Hans-Joerg Albrecht , Goran Klemencic

October 2008

Volume II of Model Codes for Post-Conflict Criminal Justice continues the path-breaking work of volume I, providing an indispensable resource for those striving to reestablish the rule of law in societies recently wracked by violent conflict.

Hardback & CD-ROM: $70.00
978-1-60127-016-0

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978-1-60127-015-3

MODEL CODES FOR POST-CONFLICT CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Volume I: Model Criminal Code

Edited by Vivienne O'Connor , Colette Rausch

September 2007

Hardback: $70.00
978-1-60127-012-2

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978-1-60127-011-5

NATO TRANSFORMED

The Alliance’s New Roles in International Security

David S. Yost

January 1999

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978-1-878379-81-8

OIL, PROFITS, AND PEACE

Does Business Have a Role in Peacemaking?

Jill Shankleman

March 2007

An evenhanded and insightful picture of the obstacles, fiscal incentives, and growing potential for Western oil companies to ameliorate or even prevent conflict in the areas where they operate.

Hardback:
978-1-929223-99-2
OUT OF PRINT

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978-1-929223-98-5

PEACEMAKING IN INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT

Methods and Techniques (Revised Edition)

Edited by I. William Zartman

November 2007

This updated and expanded edition of the highly popular volume originally published in 1997 describes the tools and skills of peacemaking that are currently available and critically assesses their usefulness and limitations.

Hardback: $60.00
978-1-929223-65-7

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978-1-929223-66-4

THE QUEST FOR VIABLE PEACE

International Intervention and Strategies for Conflict Transformation

Edited by Jock Covey , Michael Dziedzic , Leonard Hawley

May 2005

International intervention in failing states that threaten peace and security does not by itself make the world safer. Too often, when intervening forces are unable to change the circumstances that breed violence, the intervention stalls and old animosities reignite. If international intervention is to be effective, its first task must be the attainment of viable peace.

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978-1-929223-67-1

RESOLVING THIRD WORLD CONFLICT

Challenges for a New Era

Edited by Sheryl J. Brown , Kimber M. Schraub

September 1992

Only 26 copies left!
Paperback: $21.95 $17.50
978-1-878379-17-7

TAMING INTRACTABLE CONFLICTS

Mediation in the Hardest Cases

Chester A. Crocker , Fen Osler Hampson , Pamela Aall

August 2004

Hardback: $35.00
978-1-929223-56-5

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978-1-929223-55-8

TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY PEACE OPERATIONS

Edited by William J. Durch

December 2006

This superbly edited volume addresses the question of what has been accomplished and what lessons have been learned from ten years of peace operations in post-conflict societies.

Hardback: $65.00
978-1-929223-92-3

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978-1-929223-91-6

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