Peace Studies Program at UW-Milwaukee: New Paths to Peace Conference

New Paths to Peace: Innovative Approaches to Building Sustainable Peace and Development

November 5 - 7, 2003
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Keynote Speaker: Mary Anderson, author of Do No Harm: How Aid Can Support Peace -- Or War and President of the Collaborative for Development Action, which conducted a three year research effort entitled Reflecting on Peace Practices.

Purpose: Failed and failing states pose perhaps the most dangerous threat to the security of the U.S. and the world community, as well as the millions of inhabitants of those states. When a state cannot control its territory or meet the basic needs of its citizens -- such as respect for human rights, subsistence living, health, education, participatory governance, security, cultural identity, etc. -- the roots of instability, violent conflict, and terrorism grow.

However, the international community has not found a reliable way to build sustainable peace and development in many of the world's neediest areas. Military intervention is not the answer to rebuilding failed states. The purpose of the conference is to explore the state of the art in promoting and implementing innovative approaches to build sustainable peace and development -- with an emphasis on new approaches to integrate interventions across professional disciplines (e.g. humanitarian relief, development assistance, human rights, environment, diplomacy, and conflict resolution) and to integrate top-down and bottom-up approaches. What works? What are the challenges? Is there hope for addressing the world's neediest countries and intractable conflicts? The conference will bring together an international group of practitioners, government officials, and academics for an interactive session.

If you are interesting in presenting a paper or participating on a panel discussion, please see the conference call for participants.

Download registration form PDF(24k), RTF or Doc file.

The Conference is sponsored by:

the Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies,
the UWM Peace Studies Program,
and the UWM Center for International Education.

For more information, please contact Robert Ricigliano.