Wednesday, November 8 06

Negotiations between Nepalese government and Maoist insurgents finally yield agreement to put guerrilla arms under U.N. control, as U.N. Secretary General Annan urges both sides to move forward with additional peace talks. UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) illustrates how transition from military to domestic civilian security is decisive in peace operations. Standoff in Ivory Coast, as Ivorian Prime Minister Banny commits to fully support U.N. Resolution 1721 and President Gbagbo threatens to resist. Afghanistan President Karzai practices 'forgive and forget' reconciliation as alliances with former enemies are struck. Is full-scale civil war inevitable in the West Bank and Gaza strip? Celebrating the half-century anniversary of peacekeeping, Annan talks with confidence about peacekeeping's role in the international community. In this Carnegie Council publication, Lilia Shevtsova lays out a framework for internally-driven Russian liberalization.