S/CRS in the News

Stabilization and Reconstruction: Lessons from Sri Lanka
From DIPNOTE: The U.S. Department of State Official Blog
S/CRS Conflict Prevention Officer gives several key lessons from the U.S. engagement in Sri Lanka including the importance of interagency participation, proper leveraging of resources, and effective communication among all stakeholders in a response.

Providing a "Critically Missing Piece": USIP and the Growth of the Civilian Response Corps, an article from the December 2008 edition of USIP's PeaceWatch
12/2008

Ambassador John E. Herbst's interview on the Civilian Stabilization Initiative as aired on NPR's All Things Considered
05/19/2008

Transformational Diplomacy in Darfur, Article in State Magazine
06/2007

The Promise of Democratic Peace, Secretary Rice's Op-Ed in the Washington Post
12/11/2005

Ambassador Carlos Pascual and Dr. Steve Krasner publish in Foreign Affairs on Addressing State Failure: "In today's increasingly interconnected world, weak and failed states pose an acute risk to U.S. and global security. Indeed, they present one of the most important foreign policy challenges of the contemporary era." (July/August 2005)
07/2005

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