Program on Crisis, Conflict, and Cooperation (C3)

The Program on Crisis, Conflict, and Cooperation (C3) is a leading source of analysis on societies affected by crisis and conflict and makes recommendations on cooperative strategies for crisis response and conflict management

Instability, violence, conflict, disaster, and poverty are permanent features of the international landscape. Civilian and military leaders in the developed world are repeatedly called on to respond to complex crises, but the record of success is mixed and not, overall, encouraging. Outsiders rarely have the knowledge, skills, patience, or resources to transform conflict, reduce violence, and overcome fragility. In a time of economic crisis and declining budgets, many donors are seeking new approaches that are less costly for them, less disruptive to recipient societies, and more effective at sustaining positive outcomes and breaking dependency on foreign aid.

The Program on Crisis, Conflict, and Cooperation (C3) educates decisionmakers worldwide about complex issues at the intersection of conflict, crisis, development, and governance. Established in 2002 as the Post-Conflict Reconstruction (PCR) Project, today the C3 program:

  • MONITORS, evaluates, and advises on peace building, stabilization, development, and transition efforts
  • ANALYZES aid and investment plans for flawed assumptions about local feasibility and absorptive capacity
  • STUDIES private-sector activity in countries affected by conflict, violence, and fragility to increase investment and economic activity, minimize risk, and capture positive spillovers
  • ADVISES donors on improving delivery capacity, institutionalizing lessons and knowledge, and customizing aid to local conditions
  • COLLECTS and analyzes data on international responses to protests, coups, conflicts, and political transitions
  • RESEARCHES and maps statelets, hybrid governance, informal economies, non-Westphalian sovereignty, and other emerging crisis environments

 

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The Uncertain Transition from Stability to Peace

Most violent conflicts since the turn of this century were in countries that had experienced an earlier violent conflict.

Report by Sarah Minot Asrar, Robert D. Lamb, and Kathryn Mixon — February 13, 2015

Advances and Challenges in Political Transitions

The United States has provided support to political transitions worldwide for many years.

Report by Robert D. Lamb, Joy Aoun, Scott Aughenbaugh, Ernest Bower, Heather A. Conley, Richard Downie, Persis Khambatta, Andrew C. Kuchins, Stephen Lennon, Carl Meacham, Richard Rossow, and Thomas M. Sanderson and Johanna Mendelson Forman — October 30, 2014

Advances and Challenges in Political Transitions

What role will extremism, organized crime, and chaotic violence play? What contributions will youth, women, the private sector, and technology make to prevention, mitigation, and recovery? And what tools, approaches, resources, and support will be needed to build more resilient societies in the coming years?

Event — October 21, 2014

Rethinking Legitimacy and Illegitimacy

Decisionmakers often need to understand how much support or opposition an organization, operation, or policy might face.

Report by Robert D. Lamb — May 20, 2014

FYSA: For Your Situational Awareness l Issue 6

You can also find links to select upcoming and recent events, publications, media quotes, congressional testimony, and multimedia produced by our scholars and staff.

Newsletter by Clark A. Murdock, Robert D. Lamb and Scott Aughenbaugh, and Jesse Ellman — April 23, 2014

FYSA: For Your Situational Awareness l Issue 5

You can also find links to select upcoming and recent events, publications, media quotes, congressional testimony, and multimedia produced by our scholars and staff.

Newsletter by Stephanie Sanok Kostro, Kathryn Mixon and David J. Berteau and Kathleen H. Hicks — March 21, 2014