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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Private-Sector Development in Fragile, Conflict-Affected, and Violent Countries
Report by Robert D. Lamb, Kathryn Mixon, and Sadika Hameed — June 26, 2013
Rethinking Absorptive Capacity
Report by Robert D. Lamb and Kathryn Mixon — June 17, 2013
Peace and Resilience: Assessing State Vulnerability to Conflict
Event — June 11, 2013
Global Peace Index 2013 Launch at CSIS
Press Release — June 10, 2013
Sovereign Wealth Funds in Commodity-Rich Fragile States
Commentary by Robert D. Lamb, Kathryn Mixon, and Sadika Hameed — May 13, 2013
Private Sector Development in Fragile States
Critical Questions by Robert D. Lamb, Kathryn Mixon, and Sadika Hameed — May 7, 2013
Haiti's Education Sector: What are the Obstacles?
Event — April 30, 2013
Lessons from Iraq with Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart Bowen
Press Release — March 26, 2013
Pakistan’s 2013 elections: Next Steps and Implications for the United States
Critical Questions by Sadika Hameed and Andrew Halterman — March 20, 2013
U.S. Policy Responses to Potential Transitions
Report by Contributing Authors: Robert D. Lamb, Joy Aoun, Kevin Jones, Kathryn Mixon, and Adam Parker — March 7, 2013