by Madhav Joshi, John Darby | May 2, 2012 | Peace Agreements
Madhav Joshi and John Darby Peacebuilding scholars and practitioners often emphasize the importance of achieving sustainable peace accords, but few have attempted to examine comprehensively the provisions of peace accords and how they are implemented. The Kroc...
by David Cortright, Kristen Wall | May 1, 2012 | Peace Agreements
Kristen Wall and David Cortright Conflict data sets enable peace scholars to identify key practices that make a difference in peacebuilding. Take, for example, the practice of peacekeeping. One of the strongest findings to emerge from empirical research is that...
by Stephen W. Bosworth | Mar 21, 2012 | Nuclear Disarmament, Sanctions
Stephen W. Bosworth I have been dealing with North Korea since the 1990s, when we tried to implement the Agreed Framework, and later when I served as the U.S. Ambassador in Seoul. When I returned to active service as the Special Representative to North Korea in...
by George A. Lopez | Mar 21, 2012 | Nuclear Disarmament, Sanctions
George A. Lopez The new North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has come to power in a fledgling nuclear state that thus far has resisted pressures from the West and the Security Council to denuclearize. As he scans the political horizon, Kim may arrive at several conclusions...
by David Cortright, Linda Gerber-Stellingwerf | Mar 21, 2012 | Nuclear Disarmament, Sanctions
David Cortright and Linda Gerber-Stellingwerf The history of nonproliferation teaches that nations must be persuaded rather than forced to give up nuclear weapons capability. This is a difficult challenge with a regime as truculent as North Korea, where the primary...
