Fire & Water: An Examination of the Technologies, Institutions, and Social Issues in Arms Control and Transboundary Water-Resources Agreements - by Elizabeth L. Chalecki, Peter H. Gleick, Kelli L. Larson, Arian L. Pregenzer, and Aaron T. Wolf http://www.pacinst.org/reports/fire_and_water.pdf The world of environmental security is bringing the science of natural resources in ever-closer contact with the policy issues of international stability and foreign affairs. Many U.S. and international agencies—including the U.S. Departments of State and Defense, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the Southern African Development Community—now analyze foreign policy in part through the lens of environmental resources. In October 2001, the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security; the Department of Geosciences of Oregon State University; and the Cooperative Monitoring Center (CMC) at Sandia National Laboratories sponsored a workshop designed to highlight the closeness of national security and environmental concerns through explicitly comparing the technologies, institutions, and social issues in two seemingly disparate fields: arms control and transboundary water resources. This report provides a look at the discussion and analysis. Contact Information: Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security 654 13th Street, Preservation Park Oakland,, CA   94612 USA Telephone: 510.251.1600   Nonviolence for a Change What is nonviolence? How do we measure effectiveness? What is democracy? Is property damage violent? Should all direct action be nonviolent? This 25-minute video addresses these questions in an energetic and accessible manner. As images of violent protest distract attention from the reasons for protest, it is all the more important for people to consider how they confront authority. This video looks at three campaigners, from very different backgrounds and with different experiences, exploring their visions of nonviolence: Alison Matthias recently graduated and now works for the campaigning organisation People and Planet. She has been put off large-scale demonstrations by the images of violence that she has seen in the media. Martin Shaw is a full time activist involved in a wide range of social change issues. He helped to organise the protest against the World Bank and the IMF in Prague. He doubts the effectiveness of violent protests in the long term. Ellen Moxley is a peace campaigner. She was part of the Trident Ploughshares action that openly caused £80,000 of damage to the nuclear missile programme. After five months in prison she was found not guilty. The video was produced by JustUs Productions on behalf of the Turning The Tide Programme of Quaker Peace and Social Witness. Its production has been financially supported by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, Cyril Cordon Trust, 1970 Trust and others. Contact Information: JustUs Productions Friends Meeting House St Giles Oxford, OX1 3LW U.K. Telephone: +44 207 663 1064   Email: kiris@quaker.org.uk justus@gn.apc.org Online Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution (OJPCR) http://www.trinstitute.org/ojpcr/ http://www.trinstitute.org/ojpcr/3_1cre.htm The Online Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution is intended as a resource for students, teachers and practitioners in fields relating to the reduction and elimination of conflict. It desires to be a valuable source of information to aid anyone trying to work toward a less violent and more cooperative world. OJPCR is published by the Tabula Rasa Institute. Notable Feature(s): Excellent source of reviews on books related to all aspects of peace and conflict resolution; Focus on Children's Conflict Resolution Education ; all articles are full text and are provided free-of-charge. Contact Information: Derek Sweetman, Editor in Chief OJPCR 4514-C Connecticut Ave NW Washington, DC   20008 USA Telephone: 202.238.0158   Fax: 202.238.0237 Email: editor@trinstitute.org Peace and Conflict Studies http://www.trenton.edu/~psm/pcs/ On-line access to the journal published by The Lentz Peace Research Association on behalf of the Network of Peace and Conflict Studies. Contact Information: Network of Peace and Conflict Studies Middle Georgia College 111 Jackson Hall Attn: Charles Snare Cochran, GA   31014 USA Fax: 912 934-3199 Email: csnare@warrior.mgc.peachnet.edu The International Journal of Humanities and Peace (IJHP) http://members.tripod.com/~Tetworld/ijhp1.html The journal is dedicated to peace through development. It reaches a cross-section of people in education, business, industry, law, medicine, and other fields. IJHP presents issues and views on current topics from a variety of perspectives, and invites readers' reviews, articles and short reports on peace activities--including research and focus on international and/or cross cultural issues relating to peace, disarmament, negotiation, development, women, children, youth, families, shelter, health, education, environment, impact of social change, synergy, synthesis, transformation, and other pertinent topics. Contact Information: Dr. Vasant V. Merchant, Editor International Journal of Humanities and Peace 1436 N. Evergreen Dr. Flagstaff, Arizona   86001 USA Telephone: 520.774.4793   Fax: 520.774.4793 Email: Tetworld@tripod.net To Keep the Peace, Study Peace - by Mahvish Khan http://www.changemakers.net/library/temp/nyt072702.cfm When Ashutosh Varshney, a political scientist at the University of Michigan, decided to study ethnic violence, he ended up looking at something that most experts in the field don't: peaceful cities. Mr. Varshney, who is from New Delhi, wanted to find out why some cities in India managed to avoid bloody Hindu-Muslim clashes while others erupted in horrifying violence. "For far too long scholars and policy makers have focused on the state for conflict prevention. My main research finding is that we should instead focus on civil society," Mr. Varshney said. "An integrated society is the best bet for ethnic peace." Scholars have hailed his book, "Ethnic Conflict & Civic Life: Hindus & Muslims in India" (Yale University Press), as a major breakthrough, while the United Nations has already adopted his method to study Muslim-Christian violence in Indonesia. The Open Society Institute, part of the Soros Foundations Network, which promotes democratic principles and human rights issues, has distributed 170 copies of the book to staff members around the world. And it has been talking, along with other foundations, with Mr. Varshney about extending his research to other ethnic and religious flashpoints, from Eastern Europe to Nigeria. "By carefully studying riot-prone and peaceful cities, this new model has a persuasive analysis and explanation of why violence occurs," said Samuel P. Huntington, chairman of the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. Most researchers tend to avoid studying regions where no violence exists, Mr. Huntington said, so they have no place to compare their findings to, and their conclusions are based on incomplete evidence. Mr. Varshney avoided this research flaw by leading a team of researchers from Harvard, where he taught for nine years, to explore why some Indian cities were violence-prone, while others with the exact same Hindu-Muslim ratios lived in peace. What Mr. Varshney found was that ethnically integrated organizations — including business associations, trade unions, professional groups, political parties, sports clubs — stand out as the most effective ways of controlling conflict. Notable Feature(s): Link to a profile of Mr. Varshney's book: Ethnic Conflict & Civic Life: Hindus & Muslims in India." (Yale University Press) Two Years Later, a Thousand Years Ago - by Robert Wright http://www.changemakers.net/library/temp/newyorktimes091103.cfm This Op-Ed piece from the New York Times argues that the world's nations face a daunting, if inspiring, challenge to look after each other's welfare and humanity with degrees of empathy and self-interest if security is to prevail. Globalization dates back to prehistory, when the technologically driven expansion of commerce began. Early advances in transportation — roads, wheels, boats — were used to do deals (when they weren't used to fight wars). So too with information technology. Writing seems to have evolved in Mesopotamia as a recorder of debts. Later, in the form of contracts, it would lubricate long-distance trade. All this is grounded in human nature. People instinctively play nonzero-sum games — games, like economic exchange, in which both players can win. And technological advance lets them play more complex games over longer distances. Hence globalization. What makes globalization precarious is that nonzero-sum relationships typically have a downside: both players can lose as well as win. Their fortunes are correlated, their fates partly shared, for better or worse. As a web of commerce expands and thickens, this interdependence deepens. Today the globalization of commerce, and of threats to it, has created the rudiments of international governance, from the World Health Organization to arrangements for policing nuclear weapons. Global governance sounds radical, but it's just history marching on — commerce making the world safe for itself. History's expansion of commerce has entailed the growth not just of governance, but of morality. Doing business with people, even at a distance, usually involves acknowledging their humanity. This may not sound like a major moral breakthrough. But prehistoric life seems to have featured frequent hostility among groups, with violence justified by the moral devaluation, even dehumanization, of the victims. And recorded history is replete with such bigotry. The modern idea that people of all races and religions are morally equal is often taken for granted, but viewed against the human past, it is almost bizarre. Notable Feature(s): More on nonzero-sum game theory from Robert Wright at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Waging Peace - An Inverview with Swanee Hunt - by Todd R. Nelson http://www.hopemag.com/issues/2002/septOct/specialwaging.htm http://www.womenwagingpeace.net/ Swanee Hunt, former United States ambassador to Austria, suggests a new approach to peacemaking in troubled regions: let women have a turn. As an example, she cites the work of the organization Women Waging Peace. The goal of Women Waging Peace is the full inclusion of women in peace processes. The participation of all sectors of society furthers the development of fresh, workable solutions to seemingly intractable conflicts. Sustainable peace, and therefore international security, depends on such innovations. Women Waging Peace is an initiative of the Hunt Alternatives Fund, which advances innovative and inclusive approaches to social change at a local, national, and global level. Notable Feature(s): Profiles of women peacebuilders around the world, their experiences, perspective, and wisdom; resources of articles, links, and like-minded organizations around the world; More than Victims: The Role of Women in Conflict Prevention; Winning the Peace: the Role of Women in Post-Conflict Iraq. Contact Information: Women Waging Peace 625 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge, Massachusetts   02138 USA Telephone: 617.868.3910   Fax: 617.995.1982 Email: information@womenwagingpeace.net. Alternate Dispute Resolution http://www.hg.org/adr.html http://www.hg.org/index.html Alternative dispute resolution has greatly expanded over the last several years to include many areas in addition to the traditional commercial dispute; mediation has become an important first step in the process. Heiros Gamos covers all current areas of ADR at this site. Notable Feature(s): Useful introduction to ADR by Gary H. Barnes; law news from around the world; background information and updates on virtually all governments and laws of the world by country, by region, by states in the U.S.A. Contact Information: Email: On-line form: http://www.hierosgamos.org/hg/hg_emails.asp Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Links, Reports and Practical Guides http://www.changemakers.net/library/fieldlink.cfm?field=Alternative+Dispute+Resolution A large directory of practical resources for implementing ADR reforms around the world. Alternative Dispute Resolution Practitioner's Guide http://www.usaid.gov/democracy/pdfs/pnacb895.pdf This 155-page technical paper from USAID provides case studies and overview materials on the usefulness and limitations of ADR in selected countries around the world, including Bangladesh, Bolivia, Ukraine, and South Africa. Breaking the Conflict Trap: Civil War and Development Policy http://us.oneworld.net/external/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.worldbank.org%2FWBSITE%2FEXTERNAL%2FNEWS%2F0%2C%2CcontentMDK%3A20111574%7EmenuPK%3A34457%7EpageP The repercussions of civil war are often felt in countries far removed from their countries of origin, civil wars cannot be allowed to continue towards their ill-fated conclusions. Rather, cohesive international intervention is needed to avert externalities such as drug trafficking, spread of disease and global terrorism. Indeed the report finds that contrary to popular opinion, ethnic tensions and ancient political feuds are rarely the primary cause of civil wars. Instead economic forces such as entrenched poverty and heavy dependence on natural resource exports are usually to blame. This study urges three specific sets of actions to prevent civil wars: more and better-targeted aid for countries at risk, increased transparency of the revenue derived from natural resources, and better timed post-conflict peacekeeping and aid. Notable Feature(s): Online text of the entire report. Contact Information: The World Bank 1818 H Street, N.W. Washington, DC   20433 USA Telephone: 202.473.1000   Fax: 202.477.6391 Carter Center http://www.cartercenter.org/ The Carter Center, in partnership with Emory University, is guided by a fundamental commitment to human rights and the alleviation of human suffering; it seeks to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and democracy, and improve health. Through its Conflict Resolution Program (CRP), The Carter Center marshals the experience of peacemakers to prevent and resolve armed conflicts around the globe. It is the base for the International Negotiation Network (INN), an informal network of eminent persons who can offer advice and assistance to resolve disputes. The INN is chaired by President Carter and includes world leaders, Nobel Peace laureates, former heads of state, and conflict resolution practitioners, as well as representatives of international organizations, governments, and nongovernmental organizations. The CRP has worked on projects in the Baltics, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Great Lakes region of Africa, Korea, Liberia, Sudan, and many other conflict areas worldwide. Notable Feature(s): Updates on world conflicts; global information on fighting disease and advancing health; peace and development initiatives; transparency and other election activities around the world. Contact Information: The Carter Center One Copenhill 453 Freedom Parkway Atlanta, GA   30307 USA Telephone: 404.420.5104   Fax: 404-420-5145 Email: carterweb@emory.edu Conciliation Resources (CR) http://www.c-r.org/ Conciliation Resources serves as an international resource for local or national organisations pursuing peace or conflict prevention initiatives. The principal objective is to support sustained practical activities of those working at the community and national levels to prevent or transform violent conflict into opportunities for social, political and economic development based on more just relationships. CR's journal Accord provides detailed narrative and rigorous analysis on specific war and peace processes, combining readability with practical relevance. Accord's readers work in governments, non-governmental and inter-governmental organisations in the fields of conflict resolution, human rights, relief and development. Its appeal also extends to anyone with a general interest in its themes including academic researchers, armed opposition groups and journalists. Notable Feature(s): Online and print Accord archives; Occasional Papers. Contact Information: Catherine Barnes, Series Editor Conciliation Resources PO Box 21067 London   N1 9WT UK Telephone: (44) 171 359 7728   Fax: (44) 171 359 4081 Email: conres@c-r.org ConflictNet http://www.ceip.org/files/programs/programhome.ASP ConflictNet is dedicated to promoting the resolution of conflict through non-adversarial processes. Notable Feature(s): An excellent source of global news, updates, and resources related to ethnic violence, human rights, student protests, free expression of journalists and broadcasters, regional information on Asia, Africa, and Latin America, the USA and elsewhere. ConflictWeb http://www.info.usaid.gov/regions/afr/conflictweb/ http://www.info.usaid.gov/regions/afr/conflictweb/orgs.html ConflictWeb is a USAID-hosted resource for organizations and individuals involved in conflict prevention, mitigation, and management; humanitarian assistance; conflict resolution, recovery, and post-conflict reconstruction (transition towards a sustainable, secure and durable peace.) ConflictWeb seeks to provide the development practitioner with an entry point into the field of conflict by providing a variety of resources. Notable Feature(s): Excellent directory of other agencies and organizations involved with conflict, conflict resolution, post-conflict reconstruction, cases studies and other reports; calendar and updates. Contact Information: Ajit Joshi Email: ajoshi@usaid.gov Conquering Conflict - Stewart Levine http://www.igc.org/igc/cn/hg/levine.html Gandhi Project http://www.skollfoundation.org/gandhi/index.asp http://www.participantproductions.com/ The Skoll Foundation's Gandhi Project initiative promotes the philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi, a social entrepreneur who stood against occupation by practicing peaceful resistance and civil disobedience. The project dovetails with the Skoll Foundation’s support of social entrepreneurs who are addressing critical challenges of our time, one of which is peace and security, and its goal of celebrating the work of established social entrepreneurs. Since April 2005, when the Arabic-dubbed version of Gandhi premiered at the Cultural Palace in Ramallah, the film has been shown in Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Hebron, and on the wall at the Qalandia checkpoint, which marks the border between the Palestinian Territories and Israel. The Gandhi Project aims to reach the public and, in particular, youths, teachers, peace coordinators, women’s groups and members of citizen sector organizations. In addition to screening the film, the project provides educational and community projects designed to advance peaceful resistance, self-reliance, economic development, and local empowerment. Contact Information: Skoll Foundation 250 University Avenue, Suite 200 Palo Alto, CA   94301 U.S.A. Telephone: 650.331.1031   Fax: 650.331.1033 Email: info@skollfoundation.org INCORE: Initiative on Conflict Resolution & Ethnicity http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/ In 1993 INCORE was set as a joint Initiative of the United Nations University and the University of Ulster to address the management and resolution of such conflicts. It does this through a combination of research, training and other activities which inform and influence national and international organisations working in the field of conflict. Notable Feature(s): Ethnic Conflict Digest; Ethnic Studies Network; publications; bulletins and conference reports; news & research. Contact Information: Lyn Moffett Ethnic Studies Network INCORE Aberfoyle House, Northland Road Londonderry BT48 7JA, Northern Ireland UK Telephone: + 44 (0)1504 375507   Fax: + 44 (0)1504 375510 Email: lyn@incore.ulst.ac.uk International ADR http://www.internationaladr.com/ This site is intended to serve as a resource for practitioners and others interested in learning more about the field of international alternative dispute resolution. International ADR is an electronic forum that provides information on the principal aspects of international mediation and arbitration – treaties, national arbitration laws, judicial decisions and arbitral awards, institutions and rules, model clauses, arbitrators, recent articles and books, and upcoming conferences, events and seminars. Notable Feature(s): Country Index of national arbitration laws (in English and country language), institutions and, wherever possible, digest of recent judicial decisions; international events. Contact Information: Email: info@internationalADR.com International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) http://www.ictj.org/ The ICTJ was founded in March 2001 to assist societies pursuing accountability for human rights abuse arising from repressive rule, mass atrocity, or armed conflict. As a political transition unfolds after a period of violence or repression, countries as diverse as Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sierra Leone, Peru, and East Timor are struggling to come to terms with crimes of the past. In order to promote justice, peace, and reconciliation, government officials and nongovernmental advocates are likely to consider both judicial and nonjudicial responses to human rights crimes. These may include: prosecuting individual perpetrators; offering reparations to victims of state-sponsored violence; establishing truth-seeking initiatives about past abuse; reforming institutions like the police and the courts; and removing human rights abusers from positions of power. Increasingly, these approaches are used together to achieve a more comprehensive and far-reaching sense of justice. Notable Feature(s): TJ policy and strategic thinking and problem solving research; weekly news summary; transitional justice network; Contact Information: Alex Boraine, president International Center for Transitional Justice 20 Exchange Place 33rd Floor New York, NY   10005 USA Telephone: 917.438.9300   Fax: 212.509.6036 Email: info@ictj.org aboraine@ictj.org International Support for Civil Justice Reform in Developing and Transition Countries: An Overview and Evaluation – by Richard E. Messick http://www1.worldbank.org/publicsector/legal/donorsupported.doc KEY ARTICLES: Conflict Resolution Education and Social Emotional Learning Programs: A critical comparison of school-based efforts http://www.ncip.org/articles/Social_emotional.html Peace Brigades International (PBI) http://www.igc.apc.org/pbi/index.html http://www.igc.apc.org/pbi/bulletin.html Peace Brigades International (PBI) is a unique grassroots organization exploring and implementing nonviolent approaches to peacekeeping and support for basic human rights. By invitation, PBI sends teams of volunteers who go into areas of political repression and conflict. PBI provides protective international accompaniment for individuals and organizations who have been threatened by political violence or who are otherwise at risk. In this way, PBI enlarges the space for local activists to work for social justice and human rights, while at the same time being non-partisan: not telling them what to do, how to do it, or how their future should be formed. Notable Feature(s): PBI monthly bulletin; materials in Spanish; Emergency Response Network (ERN) Human Rights Alerts; directory of organizations in Colombia and Guatemala; special reports on Balkans, Haiti; global contact information, including Asia. Contact Information: Peace Brigades International 5 Caledonian Road London N1 9DX United Kingdom Telephone: +44-171-713-0392   Fax: +44-171-837-2290 Email: pbiio@gn.apc.org PeaceWatch Online Magazine http://www.usip.org/pubs/pw/1298/pw1298.html Contact Information: United States Institute of Peace 1200 17th Street NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC   20036=3011 USA Email: usip_requests@usip.org Private Peacemaking - USIP-Assisted Peacemaking Projects of Nonprofit Organizations http://www.usip.org/pubs/pworks/smock20/smopwk20.html Contact Information: United States Institute of Peace 1200 17th Street NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC   20036=3011 USA Email: usip_requests@usip.org Program on Nonviolent Sanctions and Cultural Survival (PONSACS) http://hdc-www.harvard.edu/cfia/pnscs/ The Program on Nonviolent Sanctions and Cultural Survival (PONSACS) studies situations of conflict in order to better understand their nature and the capabilities of nonviolent actions in support of human rights and civil liberties. The Program rationale is based on the simple premise about the nature of political power – that it is rooted in and continually dependent upon cooperation and obedience, and that each can be withdrawn. Notable Feature(s): Case studies of analytic, non-adversarial discussions by members of various interested parties brought together in small groups to establish greater awareness and clearer (or new) perceptions regarding the concerns of other participants, that can inform each participant's future work. Contact Information: Program on Nonviolent Sanctions and Cultural Survival 1737 Cambridge Street Harvard University Cambridge, MA   02138 USA Telephone: 617.495.5580   Fax: 617.496.8562 Email: pns@cfia.harvard.edu RESOLVE - Center for Environmental and Public Policy Dispute Resolution http://www.resolv.org/ RESOLVE is a leader in mediating solutions to controversial problems and broadening the techniques for consensus building on public policy issues. RESOLVE is dedicated to improving dialogue and negotiation between parties to solve complex public policy issues and to advancing both research and practice in the dispute resolution field. RESOLVE works in the United States and internationally and has an accomplished team of senior mediators managing numerous mediation cases each year. Notable Feature(s): Free "Ask a Mediator" service to pose questions needing resolution; public and private on-line conference rooms; consensus-building tools and principles; articles and case studies; working drafts for review and comment; listserv; bibliography on dispute resolution and related concepts; links. Contact Information: RESOLVE, Inc. 1255 23rd Street, NW, Suite 275 Washington, DC   20037 USA Telephone: 202.944.2300   Email: info@resolv.org Search for Common Ground http://www.searchforcommonground.org/ Search for Common Ground is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization based in Washington, DC, which works in partnership with the European Centre for Common Ground in Brussels to transform conflict into cooperative action. Notable Feature(s): Resources, program initiatives, and contact information in several regions, including Africa, the Middle East, the Ukraine, Macedonia, and America; various media and other educational enterprises, including an annual film festival, designed to bridge ethnic differences and to change the way people think about conflict, violence, and societal divisions over race and economic opportunity; story leads for journalists; publications. Contact Information: John Marks, President Search for Common Ground 1601 Connecticut Ave. N.W. Suite 200 Washington, DC   20009 USA Telephone: 202.265.4300   Fax: 202.232.6718 Email: search@sfcg.org JMarks@sfcg.org Telling the Truth to Peoples at Risk: Some Introductory Thoughts on Media & Conflict http://www.nyu.edu/globalbeat/pubs/manoff0798.html Contact Information: Email: global.beat@nyu.edu Tetworld Center for Peace and Global Gaming http://www.tetworld.org Tetworld: Peace Through Development Game is inspired by a concept proposed by R. Buckminster (Bucky) Fuller, in Chapter 6, of his book Utopia or Oblivion. The purpose and goal of the game is to "make the world work for everyone." Contact Information: Mark A. Siegmund, Project Director Associate Editor International Journal of Humanities and Peace HC2 Box 434H2 Twentynine Palms, CA   92277 USA Email: siegmund@thegrid.net Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research http://www.transnational.org The Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research is an experiment in applied peace research and global networking. Among the topics addressed are conflict mediation, non-governmental conflict-resolution in the field, nonviolence, and global poverty in the late 20th century. Notable Feature(s): News, feature articles, perspective, opinion and data on social and political situations around the world. Contact Information: Christina Spännar and Jan Øberg The Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research Vegagatan 25, S - 224 57 Lund Sweden Telephone: 46-46-145909   Fax: 46-46-144512 Email: tff@transnational.org Ubuntu - A South African Peace Lesson for schools and community groups http://www.ivow.net/ubuntu.html This lesson presents the concept of Ubuntu, both in order to appreciate its wisdom as philosophy, and to provide perspective for studying the remarkable changes in South Africa as a foundation of peaceful transformation. The lesson can be a stand alone presentation of Ubuntu, or contribute to units on South African history and geography. Ubuntu is a Zulu word. It articulates a world view, or vision of humanity. Ubuntu regards humanity as an integral part of eco-systems that lead to a communal responsibility to sustain life. Human value is based on social, cultural and spiritual criteria. Natural resources are shared on principle of equity among and between generations. At its heart Ubuntu rests on the phrase "I am what I am because of you." Fundamentally, this phrase communicates a basic respect, empathy, and compassion for others. It describes a person as "being-with-others" and prescribes what "being-with-others" should be all about. United States Institute of Peace Library - Peace Agreements http://www.usip.org/library/pa.html Contact Information: United States Institute of Peace 1200 17th Street NW Suite 200 Washington, DC   20036-3011 USA Email: usip_requests@usip.org