Ginn Library Home || Web Resources || International Relations Resources || Negotation and Conflict Resolution

Negotation and Conflict Resolution

Search the International Relations
Resources web pages:

International Organizations

For a more detailed listing, refer to the main International Organizations section of this web site.

Archives/Databases/Portals

    AlertNet  A Reuters Foundation news service geared toward providing information to the international disaster relief community

    Beyond Intractability Links to the peace and conflict resolution field's cumulative body of knowledge on intractable conflicts and strategies to reduce the destructiveness of these conflicts

    Country Indicators for Foreign Policy: Risk Assessment At-a-glance data sets measuring domestic armed conflict, governance, political instability, militarization, religious and ethnic diversity, economics, human development, and demographic stress

    CR Info Provides a keyword-coded catalog of over 20,000 Web, print, organizational, and other conflict resolution-related resources

    FindLaw  A massive collection of legal resources on the Internet, including Dispute Resolution, Immigration Law, and Arbitration and Mediation.

    Global Review of Ethnopolitics Online journal from 2001 to current dealing with ethnopolitics and self-determination from a political science and international relations perspective

    KluwerArbitration.com An international commercial arbitration database

    Hieros Gamos  Links to ADR resources including treaties, publications and related associations

    INCORE Conflict Data Service  Conflict resolution and ethnicity network portal

    International Boundaries Research Unit (IBRU)  (University of Durham, UK)  Disseminates boundary-related information for the peaceful resolution of boundary and territorial disputes. Includes a searchable news database

Conflict Prevention

    Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict   Archive of the Commission's conflict prevention work between May 1994 and December 1999. The Conflict Prevention Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars builds on the work of the Commission

    Carter Center (Emory University) Promotes human rights and the alleviation of human suffering.  Topic areas include strengthening democracy, economic development, combating debilitating disease, and preventing and resolving conflicts

    European Platform for Conflict Prevention and Transformation Contains information regarding conflict prevention and peacebuilding

    Fund for Peace  Seeks to prevent war and alleviate the conditions that lead to violent conflict through the promotion of education and research projects that provide practical solutions

    International Crisis Group (ICG)  A multinational organization committed to preventing and resolving deadly conflict.  Provides political analysis of countries at risk of outbreak, escalation or recurrence of violent conflict

Peacekeeping

    Lester B. Pearson Canadian International Peacekeeping Training Center  An independent organization established by the Canadian government in 1994 to support Canada's contribution to international peace, security and stability.  Research, education and training links

    Peace Operations Policy Program (George Mason University) Founded in 1994 to consider the role of military, humanitarian, and political forces in multinational peace operations. Provides links to other peacekeeping resources

    United Nations Peacekeeping Provides an overview of peacekeeping operations, information on current and past operations, and statistics on fatalities and contributions

    US Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (US Army War College) Established in 2003 as a continuation of the US Army's Peacekeeping institute (PKI) to serve as the US Army's authority on peacekeeping and stability operations at the strategic and operational level. Provides news postings and links to related sites

    Peacekeeping and Related Operations (University of New Brunswick Chipman Library) Provides links to resources on peacekeeping, including UN missions, government policies, definitions of terms, organizations, institutions and agencies

    Peace Brigades International (PBI) Explores and implements non-violent approaches to peacekeeping with the aim of protecting individuals and organizations that have been threatened by political violence or who are otherwise at risk

Conflict Resolution/ADR Practitioners

    ADR Resources A lawyer-oriented site with essays on alternative dispute resolution and mediation along with website hosting for dispute resolution professionals

    American Arbitration Association  A comprehensive resource for the latest information on mediation, arbitration and other forms of alternative dispute resolution

    Association for Conflict Resolution professional organization dedicated to enhancing the practice and public understanding of conflict resolution. ACR represents and serves a diverse national and international audience that includes more than 6,000 mediators, arbitrators, facilitators, educators, and others involved in the field of conflict resolution and collaborative decision-making. Anyone interested in the field of conflict resolution is welcome to join

    L'Arbitrage et La Mediation  (French) Articles and essays on Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Mediation, Conciliation, etc. Housed at the University of Nancy Law School in France

    Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management  (Berlin, Germany) the organization's work is based on identifying constructive methods for dealing with ethnic and cultural conflicts in Europe.  It also provides scientific analysis and support for the practical application of these methods

    Conflict Management Group  (Cambridge, MA) An international nonprofit training and consulting organization that focuses on methods of negotiation, conflict resolution, process design, and cooperative decision-making. As of September 2004, CMG is a division of Mercy Corps, but still retains its offices in Cambridge.

    Conflict Resolution Network (Canada) A broad-based conflict resolution organization that promotes negotiation, mediation, consensus building and peacemaking in schools, communities, government and internationally

    Independent Projects Trust (IPT)  A South African "training, facilitation, research and resource development organization which seeks to equip people with the skills to manage within a rapidly changing environment in which change is often accompanied by conflict."  There is an extensive Who's Who in Conflict Resolution in South Africa.

    Institute for International Mediation and Conflict Resolution  (Washington, DC) IIMCR is a non-profit educational institute, that "puts dedicated students from all parts of the globe in direct contact with international leaders, policy makers and experts in negotiation and conflict resolution through seminars and symposia."

    Institute of World Affairs  Provides training programs, independent evaluations and design systems to aid in international conflict management and resolution.  Note the International Conflict Initiatives Clearinghouse.

    International Peace Academy  "...an independent international organization dedicated to promoting the peaceful settlement of armed conflicts between and within states."

    Inter-Mediacion  (Spanish) Focuses on Mediation and Conflict Resolution.

    InterNeg Group (Canada) A negotiation research and training organization.  Publications and research links include International Negotiation: A Journal of Theory and Practice and InterNeg Working Papers

    Mediate.com  This is an excellent site dedicated solely to mediation.  Among other things, it gives access to an international mediator database, training resources, mediator selection criteria, general information on what to expect from mediation and much more.  Well designed and easy to navigate.

    National Institute for Advanced Conflict Resolution was founded for the purpose of advancing the field of conflict resolution in the United States, and promoting a greater understanding of the role of mediation in resolving disputes. 

    Partners for Democratic Change  This groups seeks to "advance a culture of conflict resolution in emerging democracies and market economies...It has been building an indigenous capacity to train government, nongovernment, ethnic-minority and business leaders in a broad range of conflict-management skills, including communication, negotiation, facilitation, conciliation, mediation, cooperative planning and problem-solving skills and processes."  Specific interest in Eastern Europe.

    Project on Negotiation at Harvard Law School  (Harvard, MIT, and Tufts University) The consortium aims to improve the theory and practice of negotiation and dispute resolution.  Research and publication titles, including the Negotiation Journal available from this site

    RESOLVE  Center for Environmental and Public Policy Dispute Resolution.  This non-profit organization is focused on "specializing in environmental dispute resolution, environmental mediation, consensus building, facilitation, conflict resolution and policy dialogue."  The site contains an "Ask a Mediator" section, datasets, full-text articles and papers on selected topics

    Search for Common Ground

    Soros Foundation / Open Society Institute  This group initiates, funds and supports many conflict-resolution-related initiatives and activities in Eastern Europe, ex-Soviet Union, and elsewhere and works to support open societies.

    Transnational Foundation  A small NGO working on applied peace research, conflict resolution, and global networking.  Includes a comprehensive links page organized by topic

    United States Institute of Peace  This independent, non-partisan organization working to "strengthen the nation's capacity to promote the peaceful resolution of international conflict."  Their ongoing research projects focus on Europe, the Korean Peninsula, the Balkans, the Middle East, and Asia

    Women Waging Peace  Supports the full participation of women in formal and informal peace processes around the world

Peacebuilding/Post-Conflict Reconstruction

    Catholic Relief Services (CRS): Peacebuilding Program Focuses on societies on the edge of or recovering from violence and war. The program links emergency response and development with transforming conflict to help address social injustices before people see violence as their only option for change

    Conflict Web  Extensive information on conflict prevention, mitigation and response in Africa, from USAID.

    Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy (IMTD)  IMTD works to "promote a systems approach to peace building and to facilitate the transformation of deep-rooted social conflict."  It has particular emphasis on transforming "conflict-habituated systems" into peaceful ones with country concentrations in Bosnia, Cuba, Cyprus, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Somalia and Tanzania.  It also works with the World Bank and the Business Initiatives Program which attempts to incorporate the business sector into peace building.

    Linking Complex Emergency Response and Transition Initiative (CERTI) This section of CERTI's website contains links to current publications, papers and articles on transition and post conflict reconstruction.  CERTI is a conflict prevention and resolution program that provides conflict analysis and transition strategy assistance. Thematic areas include human security, health, civil-military dynamics, psychosocial aspects, and early warning/risk assessment

Research Institutions

    Bonn International Center for Conversion  Promotes the draw-down of military activities in favor of alternative civilian pursuits; supports disarmament, demilitarization, peace-building, post-conflict rehabilitation and human development. Information on military expenditures, arms control, base closures, and economics

    Center for International Conflict Resolution (Columbia University) Strives to increase understanding of international disputes and to contribute to the resolution of ongoing conflicts.  Part of the School of International Affairs (SIPA)

    Center for the Study of Mind and Human Interaction  (University of Virginia) Seeks to reduce ethnic tension and increase community building by focusing on the nexus between psychology and conflict.  Examines group dynamics and the psychological processes underlying issues in the fields of psychoanalysis, mental health, diplomacy, history, law and political science.  Information is still available on the website, although the center closed in September, 2005.

    Conflict Research Consortium  (University of Colorado) Provides a gateway to information leading to better methods of confronting and managing intractable conflicts.  Topic areas include immigration, gender, refugees, injustice, environment, education and poverty

    Consensus Building Institute  (Cambridge, MA) Research and training organization focused on negotiation and consensus building

    Initiative on Conflict Resolution & Ethnicity (INCORE)  Research addresses ethnic, political and religious conflicts focusing primarily on post-conflict issues, issues of governance and diversity, and research methodology in violent societies

    Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology and Policy (ISCIP)  (Boston University) Focuses on conflict-prone populations in crisis, particularly Russia and other former Soviet republics.  Research addresses political, ethnic and international destabilizing factors.

    Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) (University of California, San Diego) Concerned with the causes of ethnic and religious conflict.  Research covers nonproliferation, environmental policy, globalization, e-commerce and the communications revolution.  Founded by physicist Herbert F. York, a Manhattan Project participant and chancellor of UCSD

    Minorities at Risk (MAR)  (University of Maryland) A research project that monitors the status and conflicts of politically-active communal groups in the larger countries of the world. MAR is a project of the Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM). Links to publications and other projects available from CIDCM's main page

    Peace Research Information Unit Bonn (Bonn, Germany)  "A national and international advice, information, and service center covering the whole field of research into peace and conflict."  The Peace Research Index, organized by Country, provides contact information for related institutes.

    International Peace Research Institute (PRIO)  (Oslo, Norway) Research concentrates on the causes of violent conflict and on building sustainable peace.

    Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)  (Sweden) Topics include arms production and transfers, military technology and expenditures, chemical and biological weapons, European security, export controls.  See the searchable SIPRI Articles Database.

    Tabula Rasa Institute A nonprofit peace organization and publisher of the Online Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution

    Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI)  (University of Tampere, Finland) Focuses on disarmament, theories of war and peace, Finnish foreign and security policy, the Third World, the international system and development. In recent years much of the research has focused on the European political change, on the Baltic region and on the issue of Northern Dimension.