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CENTER FOR STRATEGIC & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, CSIS
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Category Research & Knowledge
MISSION STATEMENT
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) seeks to advance global security and prosperity in an era of economic and
political transformation by providing strategic insights and practical policy solutions to decision makers. CSIS serves as a strategic
planning partner for the government by conducting research and analysis and developing policy initiatives that look into the future
and anticipate change.
Founding year 1962.
BACKGROUND AND ACTIVITIES
While the Center has numerous programs and research projects, the Post-Conflict Reconstruction Program is focused on conflict and
post-conflict areas around the world, particularly Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, and Sri Lanka. The Center also analyzes institutional
responses by the U.S. Government, the United Nations, and regional organizations.
One of the projects focuses explicitly on religion and conflict:
ENGAGING WITH RELIGION IN CONFLICT-PRONE SETTINGS
Throughout many of its case studies, the PCR Project has recognized that U.S. and international efforts have consistently failed to
reduce religious risks and engage religious partners effectively. The PCR Project aims to provide a more holistic response to address
the weaknesses of international engagement with religious actors in conflict-prone settings, specifically the lack of systematic
analyses and integrated strategies for understanding and interacting with religious actors, as well as an absence of baselines for
measuring progress in this area.
This project aims to assist policymakers and implementing partners in developing their capacity to engage more productively on
issues such as religion's contribution to peacebuilding, the role of faith-based organizations, mobilization techniques used by religious
actors, and the protection of religious minorities in conflict settings. The Project will do so by analyzing current practices and
opportunities for improved engagement, and by developing new approaches that consider the religious character of international
actors and potential practices and concepts to adopt from religious organizations.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
(2004). Securing Peace: An Action Strategy for Sri Lanka. Workshop on Post-Conflict Reconstruction. Washington DC, Woodrow
Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University/Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS): 1-44.
Hunter, S. T. and H. Malik (2005). Modernization, Democracy, and Islam. Washington DC, Praeger/CSIS.
Hunter, S. T. and H. Malik (2005). Islam and Human Rights. Washington DC, Center for Strategic and International Studies CSIS.
McGlinchey, E. M. (2005). Revolutions and Religion in Central Asia. PONARS Policy Memo. Washington DC, Center for Strategic and
International Studies/PONARS George Mason University. 364.