Program on Crisis, Conflict, and Cooperation (C3)

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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.

As crises and conflicts become increasingly transnational in their implications and effects, U.S. policymakers, international organizations, philanthropies, and issue networks are searching for more effective policy approaches to address them. Disaster response and conflict management, particularly in weak states and fragile countries, present multidimensional challenges to policymakers. Rarely are the effects limited to one country, and the spillover can include wider conflict, health crises, economic dislocation, transnational crime, and terrorism. The effort to address these issues is made more complicated by the diffusion of global power that is transforming the international order. The Program on Crisis, Conflict, and Cooperation (C3), formerly the Post-Conflict Reconstruction (PCR) Project, assesses the dynamics in conflict- and crisis-affected areas and develops innovative strategies to speed, enhance, and strengthen international crisis response and conflict management.

The Program works in three priority areas:

Crisis: Strategic approaches to disaster risk management and humanitarian assistance
Conflict: Governance, legitimacy, and stability in complex environments
Cooperation: Smart Multilateralism

Learn more about the work of the C3 program.