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Peace Research Foundation
| Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies (CISS) | Report Error | | Geographical Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | | Description: 'Established in 1976, the Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies (CISS) has gained wide recognition as the nation's foremost source of independent and balanced information and research on a broad range of issues affecting Canada. It satisfies a need for a body of informed opinion on defence and security issues and stimulates greater public awareness of national and international developments.' | | http://www.ciss.ca/ | Date Added: 10/10/2003 |
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| Canadian International Institute of Applied Negotiation (CIIAN) | Report Error | | Geographical Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | | Description: 'The Canadian International Institute of Applied Negotiation (CIIAN) is dedicated to the prevention and resolution of destructive conflict at the local, national and international levels. CIIAN integrates innovative ADR techniques coupled with applied research into the practice of conflict resolution, mediation and other Track II diplomacy approaches.' | | http://www.canadr.com/ | Date Added: 10/10/2003 |
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| Canadian Peace Research & Education Association (CPREA) | Report Error | | Geographical Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | | Description: Canadian Peace Research & Education Association was founded by a group of academics and peace researchers meeting at a conference at the University of Sherbrooke in 1966. The main purpose of the Association is to advance research and promote education in the causes of war and the conditions of peace.' | | http://www.msvu.ca/PAX/cprea/ | Date Added: 8/8/2003 |
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Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies (CGPACS) | Report Error | | Geographical Location: Irvine, California, USA | | Description: 'The Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies (CGPACS) is a multi-disciplinary program dedicated to promoting scholarly, student, and public understanding of international conflict and cooperation. CGPACS research projects include four major working groups. Each working group conducts its own projects, generally including conferences and workshops, and resulting in published books and articles. The four working groups are Religion, Ethics, and Security; Working Group on International Environmental Cooperation Global Environmental Change and Human Security at UCI (GECHS); Working Group on International Governance; and Working Group on Security and Peacebuilding.' | | http://hypatia.ss.uci.edu/gpacs | Date Added: 10/12/2003 |
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| Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM) | Report Error | | Geographical Location: College Park, Maryland, USA | | Description: 'The University of Maryland's Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM) is strategically located at the nexus of theory and practice, academics and activism, economic development and civil society, technology and human needs. The projects of CIDCM have been dedicated to pursuing new and better understanding about the dynamics of conflict and conflict resolution, with a special emphasis on the role of economic development and information technology in conflict-prone societies.' | | http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/ | Date Added: 10/10/2003 |
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| Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), Stanford University | Report Error | | Geographical Location: Stanford, California, USA | | Description: 'The Center for International Security and Cooperation, part of Stanford University's Institute for International Studies, is a multidisciplinary community dedicated to research and training in issues of international security. The Center--formerly the Center for International Security and Arms Control--brings together scholars, policymakers, area specialists, business people, and other experts to focus on a wide range of security questions of current importance.' | | http://cisac.stanford.edu/ | Date Added: 12/15/2003 |
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| Center for Research in Conflict and Negotiation | Report Error | | Geographical Location: University Park, Pennsylvania, USA | | Description: 'The Center for Research in Conflict and Negotiation at Penn State was established in February 1988 with a grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The purpose of the center is to provide a multi-disciplinary forum where exploration of crucial issues of negotiation, conflict and dispute resolution can be examined in depth. CRCN also desires to foster research, training and intervention in the areas of conflict management, bargaining, negotiation and collaboration. CRCN researchers work in two general areas: behavioral sciences, and decision sciences and economics. The behavioral sciences explore the human and structural forces that give rise to conflict between individuals and groups and when and how those conflicts can be managed through negotiation. The decision sciences and economics focus on the economic factor affecting bargaining strength and impasses in negotiations addressing the problems of negotiation and conflict through formal mode the negotiation (or conflict) process. Currently, our research efforts fall under one of eight project areas: game theory, bargaining experiments, environmental dispute resolution, virtual collaboration, organizational conflict, evaluation of mediation, organizational diversity, and multi-party collaboration.' | | http://www.smeal.psu.edu/crcn/i | Date Added: 12/15/2003 |
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| Center for Security Studies | Report Error | | Geographical Location: Zürich, Switzerland | | Description: 'The Center for Security Studies specializes in the field of national and international security studies. Activities include research, teaching, and information services. The center has developed and maintains two electronic information services - the International Relations and Security Network (ISN) and the Information Management System for Mine Action (IMSMA).' | | http://www.fsk.ethz.ch/ | Date Added: 10/12/2003 |
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| Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) | Report Error | | Geographical Location: Washington D.C., USA | | Description: 'For four decades, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has been dedicated to providing world leaders with strategic insights on — and policy solutions to — current and emerging global issues. The CSIS staff of 190 researchers and support staff focus primarily on three subject areas. First, CSIS addresses the full spectrum of new challenges to national and international security. Second, we maintain resident experts on all of the world's major geographical regions. Third, we are committed to helping to develop new methods of governance for the global age; to this end, CSIS has programs on technology and public policy, international trade and finance, and energy.' | | http://www.csis.org/ | Date Added: 10/10/2003 |
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Half of World's Refugees are Children
There are approximately 50 million uprooted people around the world -
refugees who have sought safety in another country, and people displaced withi... (more info)
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